Executive Order 301: Amending Civil Service Rules to Allow Appointment of Retired Army Officers as Superintendents at Indian Schools Without Examination

March 3, 1905

White House

Section IX of Civil Service Rule II is hereby amended by adding to Section IX the following:

A retired army officer may be appointed as superintendent of an Indian school without competitive examination upon request of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, setting forth that such officer has the required educational and business qualifications for such position, and accompanied by the authenticated military record of said officer. The Commission will then issue the necessary certificate.

Theodore Roosevelt