Executive Order 5777 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5777—Amendment of Schedule B of the Civil-Service Rules to Increase the Number of Positions of Headquarters Messenger, Philippine Department

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Tuesday, January 19, 1932

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1 min read (107 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 Herbert Hoover on 1932-01-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Schedule B of the Civil-Service Rules to Increase the Number of Positions of Headquarters Messenger, Philippine Department." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Paragraph 3 of Schedule B, Subdivision IV, War Department, of positions excepted from the competitive feature of examination under the civil-service rules, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

107

702 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5777, Herbert Hoover (Jan 19, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5777-amendment-schedule-b-the-civil-service-rules-increase-the-number.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Paragraph 3 of Schedule B, Subdivision IV, War Department, of positions excepted from the competitive feature of examination under the civil-service rules, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3. Four positions of headquarters messenger at the headquarters of the Philippine Department, when filled by honorably discharged enlisted men who have been on duty at those headquarters. The effect of this amendment is to increase the number of positions, upon the recommendation of the War Department that the reasons for the exception are equally applicable to all four positions. The commission concurs with the department in recommending this amendment. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, January 19, 1932.