Executive Order
07/15/1898
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In case the commandant shall make such appointment from civil life he shall require of the appointee good and sufficient...
I recommend the appropriation by Congress during the present session of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the ...
invite attention to the recommendation of the Board
I renew the recommendation made in my annual message to the Congress on December 3, 1900, that in accordance with preced...