Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Civil Service: Revocation of Promotion Regulations

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Monday, December 11, 1893

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1 min read (106 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 Grover Cleveland on 1893-12-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Civil Service: Revocation of Promotion Regulations." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Civil Service: Revocation of Promotion Regulations.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

106

644 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

45.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Civil Service: Revocation of Promotion Regulations," Grover Cleveland (Dec 11, 1893). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-civil-service-revocation-promotion-regulations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

The promotion regulations applied to the War Department May 7, 1887, under authority contained in amended Civil-Service Rule VI are hereby revoked, and hereafter promotions in that Department, until otherwise provided, will be made in accordance with the provisions of Departmental Rule IX and the order of the Secretary of War of March 2, 1892, or such other and further orders as the said Secretary may make nor inconsistent with the civil-service rules and the order of the President of December 4, 1891, directing the keeping of an efficiency record with a view to the placing of promotions wholly upon the basis of merit. GROVER CLEVELAND.