Calvin Coolidge: “We have raised the mental and moral standards of life.”

The Consular Regulations are hereby amended as follows

It is hereby ordered...that the above-described lands, subject to valid rights, shall be opened to entry only under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men of the War with Germany, under the terms and conditions of…

No employee entitled to military preference in appointment shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary if his record is good.

The names of disabled veterans, their wives, and the widows of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be placed above all others.