09/10/1899
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"Inasmuch as said land has been abandoned for military purposes, it is further ordered and directed that the portion of said military reservation lying south of the Colorado River and being in the Terr..."
"It is hereby ordered that the President's Order of January 9, 1884, be, and the same is, hereby revoked as to that part of said military reservation lying south of the Colorado River."
"Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer in command is hereby ratified as if said power to appoint had been conferred in said Executive Order of February 1, 1900."
"In case the commandant shall make such appointment from civil life he shall require of the appointee good and sufficient security for the due performance of the duties of the office."