Franklin Roosevelt actually said...
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, and as President of the United States, section 1 of Executive Order No. 8737 of April 16, 1941, establishing the Fort Gulick Military Reservation in the Canal Zone, is hereby amended by adding to the area described therein as the Main Reservation the following-described area of land in the Canal Zone, subject to the provisions of section 2 of that order.
03/23/1942