Executive Order
07/12/1898
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This order to take effect on the first day of May, 1901.
The said appointment to be made by the Military Governor thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Existing problems demand the thought and quicken the conscience of the country.
The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.