Executive Order 9187 Constitutional Friction / Overreach (-0.19)

Executive Order 9187—Transferring Certain Personnel From the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War and Navy Departments

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Tuesday, June 30, 1942

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1 min read (283 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-06-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Certain Personnel From the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War and Navy Departments." 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 following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department: Ensign Francis X.

▪ The above-named officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

283

1,744 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

-0.19

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9187, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 30, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9187-transferring-certain-personnel-from-the-coast-and-geodetic-survey-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 16 of the act of May 22, 1917, 40 Stat. 87 (U.S.C., title 33, sec. 855), and as President of the United States, and in view of the existing national emergency, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department: Ensign Francis X. Popper Lieutenant John C. Ellerbe, Jr. Lieutenant Edward R. McCarthy Lieutenant James D. Thurmond Lieutenant Commander Leo C. Wilder 2. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department: Ensign Edward G. Cunney Ensign Norman Porter Ensign G. Albion Smith Ensign Lorin P. Woodcock Lieutenant (jg) William R. Jackson Lieutenant (jg) William N. Martin Lieutenant Roswell C. Bolstad Lieutenant Horace G. Conerly Lieutenant Robert A. Earle Lieutenant Fred A. Riddell Lieutenant Emmett H. Sheridan Lieutenant Commander Edgar H. Bernstein Captain Frederick B. T. Siems Captain Paul C. Whitney 3. The above-named officers shall, while under the jurisdiction of the War or Navy Department, serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and while so serving shall constitute a part of the active military or naval forces of the United States and shall be under direct orders of the War or Navy Department and subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Army or Navy so far as they may be applicable. 4. The above-named officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, June 30, 1942.