The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows:
Rule I, section 2, clause (b): In the third line, after the word "act," insert "and these rules;" so that as amended the clause will read:
(b) The term "classified service" refers to all that part of the executive civil service of the United States included within the provisions of the civil-service act and these rules.
Rule III, section 2, clause (a), is amended by adding thereto the following clause:
The Ordnance Department at large.
Rule III, section 2, clause (a), is amended by striking out after "persons" in the third line the words "who have been nominated for" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "whose appointments are subject to."
Rule III, section 2 clause (b), is amended by inserting in the second line, after the word "designation," the words "except persons merely employed as laborers or workmen and persons whose appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate."
Rule III, section 2, clause (b), is amended by adding thereto the following words:
Who are employed in the Department of Justice under the annual appropriation for the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of officers of the courts.
Rule III, section 3, is amended to read as follows: