Executive Order
07/12/1898
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This order to take effect on the first day of November, 1900.
Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer in command is hereby ratified as if said power t...
The past can never be undone.
It is gratifying to be able to state that the improvement in the service, following closely upon the steady progress in ...