Executive Order 2661

Mr. George Simmons may be appointed as messenger boy at $480 per annum in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, without reference to the civil service rules.

This order Is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations, who state that on account of existing conditions there is need for a confidential messenger in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and that the nature of the work requires a person of known integrity and qualifications.

Woodrow Wilson.

The White House,

11 July, 1917.

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