Executive Order 475

by President of the United States

In recognition of the fact that experience in the military and naval service peculiarly fits persons for appointment to certain positions in the State, War, and Navy Department building, the Civil Service Commission, upon request of the superintendent of that building, approved by the commission charged with the care of the building, will certify in their order, next after eligibles entitled to preference under section 1754, Revised Statutes, persons honorably discharged as water tenders, oilers, and firemen from the United States Navy for the position of fireman; persons honorably discharged as warrant machinists in the Navy for the position of chief engineer or assistant engineer; and persons honorably discharged as noncommissioned officers in the United States Army for the position of watchman.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 5, 1906.