June 13, 1905
White House
Rule XI was amended by the addition of the following clause to section 2:
(c) Any employee in the classified Indian Service may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be promoted without examination to the position of superintendent of an Indian school upon a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the employee possesses the requisite business and executive qualifications to fill the position, and the Commission will on such statement issue the necessary certificate.
Theodore Roosevelt