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On the recordFebruary 4, 1904
The special rule of July 3, 1902, rendering certain persons who were in the employ of the United States in the military government of Cuba eligible to retention and employment in positions in the classified service of a grade corresponding to that which they then held, is hereby revoked.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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