n the
classified service from the date of such establishment; and whenever
by order of the Postmaster-General any post-office shall be
consolidated with and made a part of a free-delivery post-office
the Postmaster-General shall at once notify the Commission of such
consolidation and from the date of said order the employees of the
office thus made a part of the free-delivery office whose names appear
on the roster of the Post-Office Department shall be employees of said
free-delivery office, and the person holding on the date of said order
the position of postmaster at the office thus made a part of said
free-delivery office may be made an employee in said free-delivery
office and may at the time of classification be assigned to any
position therein and given any appropriate designation which the
Postmaster-General may direct.

5. The Government printing service shall include the officers and
employees in the Government Printing Office who have been or may
hereafter be classified under the civil-service act.

6. The internal-revenue service shall include the officers and employees
who have been or may hereafter be classified under the civil-service act
in any internal-revenue district.

7. All officers and employees who have heretofore been classified under
the civil-service act shall be considered as still classified and
subject to the provisions of these rules.

8. The following-mentioned positions or employees shall not be subject
to the provisions of these rules:

(_a_) Any position filled by a person whose place of private
business is conveniently located for the performance of the duties of
said position, or any position filled by a person remunerated in one sum
both for services rendered therein and for necessary rent, fuel, and
lights furnished for the performance of the duties thereof:
_Provided_, That in either case the performance of the duties of
said position requires only a portion of the time and attention of the
occupant, paying him a compensation not exceeding, for his personal
salary only, $300 per annum, and permitting of his pursuing other
regular business or occupation.

(_b_) Any person in the military or naval service of the United
States who is detailed for the performance of civil duties.

(_c_) Any person employed in a foreign country under the State
Department or temporarily employed in a confidential capacity