the following portion of the Fort De Russy Military Reservation, situated at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, set apart by Executive Order (No. 2978) of October 21, 1918, is hereby withdrawn from the operation of said…

Clause (a) section 1, Civil Service Rule IX, Reinstatement, is amended to read as follows:

Unless otherwise provided hereinafter a person may be reinstated only to the department or independent Government establishment from which separated and upon requisition made within one year from the date of his separation.

Provided,that the applicant for reinstatement who has been separated more than five years is otherwise eligible as set forth under the conditions of the Executive Order of June 2, 1920;

In its discretion the Commission may after absolute appointment allow reinstatement in any part of the classified service, and it may also authorize waiver of the one-year limit herein prescribed, under the following time limitations: two…

Provided, further, that he can qualify under an appropriate noncompetitive examination.

The Post Office is a business institution--a service given by the Government to the public, and that the cost of that service should be borne by the persons who receive the benefits of the service, and not by the taxpayers.

Mrs. Birdie E. Gordon may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, without regard to the length of time she has been separated from the service.

Mrs. Lulu M. Davis may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without regard to the length of time she has been separated from the service.

We are anxious to secure as soon as we can the erection of the Department of Justice and Labor and the Archives.

Mrs. Frances D. Haldeman may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without regard to the length of her separation from the service.

Walter Newton and Vernon Kellogg.