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On the recordJune 3, 1931
There is reserved to the United States the right to obtain, out of the source of water supply at Spring Reserve Lot, all the water needed for military purposes on the portion of the Keaahala Military Reservation being retained by the Federal Government.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5637—Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Part of the Keaahala Military Reservation

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