Military

We do not intend after this war to present the same disastrous situation to those brave men who today are fighting our battles in all parts of the world.

I hereby proclaim Monday, April 6, 1942, as Army Day.

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy immediately to take possession of and operate the plants of Brewster Aeronautical Corporation located at Long Island City, New York, Newark, New Jersey, and Johnsville, Pennsylvania.

The authority herein conferred may be exercised by the Chairman of the War Production Board, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Maritime Commission, and the Board of Directors…

The above-named officers shall serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

It is hereby ordered as follows: The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department.

The war effort must come first and everything else must wait.

Payments of allowances for quarters and subsistence may be made to enlisted men not more than one month in advance, except that as to men proceeding to or from a station beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, such…

In effectuating such program the Director shall have authority to accomplish all necessary evacuation not undertaken by the Secretary of War or appropriate military commander.

Lend-lease has given us experience with which to fight the aggressor.

It seems better to merge the movement of ships... and give to the one person several subdivisions under him.

The functions, duties, and powers of the chiefs of the following-named branches of the Army of the United States are transferred to the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces: Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery Corps.

I hereby order into the active military service of the United States.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and for the purpose of assuring the most effective prosecution of war procurement…

American armed forces must be used at any place in all the world where it seems advisable to engage the forces of the enemy.

Enlisted men of the Marine Corps having established their special qualifications in the use of the arm or arms which they are required to use, under such regulations and conditions as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the…

We have no desire for offensive armament.

The armaments of the world have grown up in general mutual relation to each other.