Executive Order 2588

In accordance with the authority vested in me by the "Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes," approved August 29, 1916, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare that a national emergency exists and do direct that there be transferred to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department for temporary use the lighthouse tenders, including equipment and personnel thereof, as given in the following list; and that at the expiration of this service such tenders, equipment, and personnel be transferred to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department; also, that there be transferred to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department, the tenders, light stations, and light-vessel stations, equipment, and personnel thereof, as given in the following list.

The Navy or War Departments shall return to the service and jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce any or all of the material or personnel of the Lighthouse Service when directed by me so to do.

Woodrow Wilson.⁠

The White House,

April 11, 1917.

List of tenders transferred to the War Department:

Hibiscus, Anemone, Mistletoe, Iris, Orchid, Mangrove, Sunflower, Heather, Zizania, Pansy, Tulip, Maple, Laurel, Ivy, Madrono, Columbine, Mayflower, Larkspur, Daisy, Jessamine, Arbutis, Magnolia, Sequoia, Azalea, John Rodgers, Myrtle, Juniper, Cypress, Camelia, Manxanita.

List of tenders, light stations, and light-vessel stations transferred to the Navy Department:

Tenders.—Lilac, Woodbine, Holly, Water Lily, Snow Drop, Hyacinth, Sumac, Crocus, Amaranth, Marigold, Aspen, Clover, Fern, Rose, Kukui.

Light stations and vessels:

First naval district.—Light stations: West Quoddy Head, Bass Harbor Head, Heron Neck, Pemaquid Point, Cape Neddick.

Second naval district.—Light stations: Gay Head; Point Judith; North Light, Block Island; Sakonnet; Watch Hill; Southeast Light, Block Island. Light vessel: Nantucket Shoals.

Third naval district.—Light stations: Montauk, Fire Island, Highlands of Navesink. Light vessel: Fire Island.

Fourth naval district.—Light stations: Cape May, Cape Henlopen.

Fifth naval district.—Light stations: Cape Charles, Cape Henry. Light vessel: Diamond Shoals.

Sixth naval district.—Light vessel: Frying Pan Shoals.

Seventh naval district.—Light stations: St. Augustine, Mosquito Inlet, Jupiter Inlet.

Eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth naval districts.— None.