Calvin Coolidge: “Democracies are peace-moving.”

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

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…

The Civil Service Commission cannot recommend the appointment as required by the interests of the service.

They shall serve only so long as absolutely required and in no case beyond the usual field season.