Executive Order 612

by President of the United States

A survey having been made of the military reservation of Camp Downes, at Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, as declared by Executive Order of September 1, 1903 (G. O., No. 34, War Department, October 18, 1903), by Lieutenant Thomas H. Jackson, Corps of Engineers, from which it appears that the metes and bounds of said reservation, as given in the order making the same, are erroneous; it is hereby ordered that the said Executive Order of September 1, 1903, so far as it relates to this reservation, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to reserve, subject to private rights, all public lands, and those only, included within metes and bounds as follows, viz:

Beginning at a point on beach at the northwest corner of the reservation and running thence N. 62° 36′ E. 80 feet to a monument; thence, on same course, 88 feet 10 inches, to a monument (Corner 2); thence S. 54° 13′ E., 287 feet 8 inches, to Corner 3; thence N. 74° 55′ E., 187 feet, 4 inches, to Corner 4; thence N. 18° 30′ E., 59 feet, 3 inches, to Corner 5; thence N. 43 11′ E., 495 feet, 6 inches, to Corner 6; thence N. 44° 40′ E., 309 feet, to Corner 7; thence N. 66° 35′ E., 1,006 feet, 8 inches, to Corner 8; thence S. 28° 53′ E., 1,685 feet, to Corner 9: thence S. 38° 52′ W., 694 feet, to Corner 10; thence S. 33° 3′ E., 332 feet, 5.5 inches, to Corner 11; thence S. 21° 27′ W., 443 feet, to Corner 12; thence S. 42° 44′ W., 234 feet, 2 inches, to Corner 13; thence S. 15° 14′ W., 161 feet, to Corner 14; thence S. 53° 48′ W., 423 feet, 6.5 inches, to Corner 15; thence S. 43° 00′ W., 211 feet, 2.5 inches, to a monument; thence, on same course, 150 feet, to a point on beach (southwest corner of the reservation); thence northwesterly, following the line of the beach and including the land along the beach to low-water mark, to the point of beginning; containing, approximately, 119.8 acres. The bearings are true; magnetic variation 1° E. All corners, except those on beach, are marked by concrete monuments.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

April 9, 1907.