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Woodrow Wilson: Whereas, the maintenance of lighthouses and other aids to navigation in the Virgin Islands, West Indies, is necessary…

On the recordJuly 19, 1917
Whereas, the maintenance of lighthouses and other aids to navigation in the Virgin Islands, West Indies, is necessary for the safe navigation of the waters thereof by the vessels of the Navy and of the merchant marine of the United States, and for the promotion of their commercial interests.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2670—Lighthouse Service—Virgin Islands

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