Executive Order 9274 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9274—Authorizing an Increase in the Number of Units and Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Thursday, November 19, 1942

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1 min read (179 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 1942-11-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing an Increase in the Number of Units and Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps." 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

▪ 9163 of May 15, 1942, of such character and in such numbers as he may determine from time to time to be necessary to meet the requirements of the Army, subject to the limitation that the total number of women enrolled or appointed in such Corps shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand.

▪ 9163 of May 15, 1942, is hereby amended to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

179

1,012 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9274, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 19, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9274-authorizing-increase-the-number-units-and-members-the-womens-army.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act entitled "An Act to establish a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps for service with the Army of the United States", approved May 14, 1942 (Public Law 554, 77th Congress), as amended by the act approved October 26, 1942 (Public Law 761, 77th Congress), and in order further to accomplish the purpose of said act, as amended, I do hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to establish units of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, heretofore established by Executive Order No. 9163 of May 15, 1942, of such character and in such numbers as he may determine from time to time to be necessary to meet the requirements of the Army, subject to the limitation that the total number of women enrolled or appointed in such Corps shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand. Executive Order No. 9163 of May 15, 1942, is hereby amended to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 19, 1942.