They should know that during good behavior and efficient performance of their duty they are secure in their positions, and that when they desire to return to the United States an effort will be made to place them in the civil service at home.
"I want no better men than the present officers and employees of the Government, Americans and Filipinos.

They compare favorably with any set of men I have ever seen both as regards ability and fidelity to duty." Under the operation of the Civil Service Act the proportion of Filipinos employed has increased from 49 per cent, in 1903, to 71 per cent in 1913, as is shown by the following table:-- Comparison of Percentages of Americans and Filipinos in the Service ============================================= | NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES YEAR |----------------------------- | Americans | Filipinos -- ------------------------------------------- 1903 .........

| 51% | 49% 1904 .........

| 49 | 51 1905 .........

| 45 | 55 1906 [487] ...