I hereby direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the classification of the Department of the Interior.

Provided, That appointments to positions at pension agencies shall not be charged to the apportionment.

Professional experts and special agents employed for short periods at per diem salaries and paid only when actually employed.

Transfers may be made as follows:

the President hereby makes and promulgates the following rule to cancel and be in lieu of Customs Rule V of the Revised Civil-Service Rules

All vacancies, unless filled by promotion, transfer, or reappointment, shall be filled in the following manner:

To test fitness for admission to the classified service of the Government Printing Office, examinations of a practical character shall be provided by the Commission.

I do hereby admonish all such citizens and other persons to abstain from every violation of the laws hereinbefore referred to.

I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States charged with the execution of said laws the utmost diligence in preventing violations thereof.

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tracts of country in the Territory of Oklahoma be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement and entry.

I direct that the diplomatic representatives of the United States in all foreign countries display the flags over their embassies and legations at half-mast for ten days.