Executive Order 919

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that the west half of the southwest quarter of section 1; the east half of the southeast quarter of section 2; the north half of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and lot 4 of section 10; all in township 17 south, range 13 west; and the west tier of section 6, consisting of lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 of said section, in township 17 south, range 12 west; all lying north of the military reservation of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and within the limits of the Gila National Forest as established by Proclamation of the President of July 21, 1905, be further withdrawn from sale or other disposition, subject to private rights if any there be, for military purposes to protect the water supply of Fort Bayard: Provided, That this withdrawal for use by the War Department shall not revoke the withdrawal of the land as a part of the Gila National Forest made by the Proclamation of July 21, 1905, but both withdrawals shall stand together, the withdrawal for the War Department being the dominant one, and whenever the use of the land as a National Forest does not interfere with the protection of the water supply of Fort Bayard, such use shall not be interfered with, but the lands shall not be subject to appropriation under any of the public land laws.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 23, 1908.