No pressure, political, social, or personal, of any kind, will be permitted to exercise the least effect in any question of promotion or detail; and if there is reason to believe that such pressure is exercised at the instigation of the officer concerned, it will be held to militate against him.
Roosevelt emphasizes that no external pressures should influence military promotions, ensuring fairness.
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