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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1938-02-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Paragraph 10(a), Subdivision IV, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules." 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
▪403, 406), it is ordered that paragraph 10(a), Subdivision IV, Schedule A, of the Civil Service Rules, excepting from competitive civil-service requirements certain positions at the United States Military Academy at West Point, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "10.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
155
977 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
17.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7815, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 15, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7815-amending-paragraph-10a-subdivision-iv-schedule-the-civil-service.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Third of section 6 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 406), it is ordered that paragraph 10(a), Subdivision IV, Schedule A, of the Civil Service Rules, excepting from competitive civil-service requirements certain positions at the United States Military Academy at West Point, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "10. (a) Civilian professors, instructors (except civilian instructor of wrestling, civilian instructor of boxing, civilian instructor of gymnastics, and chapel organist and choirmaster), and teachers in the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the position of librarian when filled by appointment of a graduate of that academy." The purpose of this order is to place the position of chapel organist and choirmaster at the United States Military Academy in the classified civil service. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, February 15, 1938 .
