Civil service in the Engineer Department. Letter from the Civil Service Commission transmitting in response to Senate resolution of march 16, 1897, requesting "The Secretary of War and the Civil Service Commission to furnish to the Senate, from the files of their respective offices and the office of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, copies of all orders, circulars, and instructions issued to, and of all correspondence with engineers in charge of public works relative to the application of the civil service rules to the operations in charge of the Engineer Department," copies of all papers bearing upon the subject-matter of the resolution.