Executive Order 203

White House, February 11, 1903.⁠

Special Rule.

In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the Constitution and by virtue of the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised Statutes, and of the civil-service act approved January 16, 1883, the following special civil-service rule is hereby promulgated:

The temporary clerks employed at the various naval stations in the insular possessions of the United States (except San Juan and Honolulu), whose names are on a list heretofore furnished the Civil Service Commission by the Secretary of the Navy, may be absolutely appointed, it appearing that their original appointments without examination were necessary for sufficient reasons, among which were (1) inability of the Commission to certify eligibles who would accept promptly, (2) inability of the Department to secure accommodations on transports, and (3) delays caused by the failure of eligibles to accept appointment.

Approved, February 11, 1903.

Theodore Roosevelt.⁠