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Executive Order

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
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Saturday, April 23, 1864
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1 min read (276 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on 1864-04-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive Order." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ The draft for three years' service to go on in any State or district where the quota is not filled up; but if any officer or soldier in this special service should be drafted he shall be credited for the service rendered JOHN BROUGH, Governor of Ohio O.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
276
2,050 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order, "Executive Order," Abraham Lincoln (Apr 23, 1864). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-395.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I. The governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin offer to the President infantry troops for the approaching campaign as follows: Ohio--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30, 000 Indiana------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20, 000 Illinois--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20,000 Iowa----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10,000 Wisconsin------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5,000 II. The term of service to be one hundred days, reckoning from the date of muster into the service of the United States, unless sooner discharged. III. The troops to be mustered into the service of the United States by regiments, when the regiments are filled up, according to regulations, to the minimum strength, the regiments to be organized according to the regulations of the War Department. The whole number to be furnished within twenty days from date of notice of the acceptance of this proposition. IV. The troops to be clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted, transported, and paid as other United States infantry volunteers, and to serve in fortifications, or wherever their services may be required, within or without their respective States. V. No bounty to be paid the troops, nor the service charged or credited on any draft. VI. The draft for three years' service to go on in any State or district where the quota is not filled up; but if any officer or soldier in this special service should be drafted he shall be credited for the service rendered JOHN BROUGH, Governor of Ohio O. P. MORTON, Governor of Indiana RICHARD YATES, Governor of Illinois. WM. M. STONE, Governor of Iowa . JAMES T. LEWIS, Governor of Wisconsin. APRIL 23, 1864. The foregoing proposition of the governors is accepted, and the Secretary of War is directed to carry it into execution. A. LINCOLN.