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Executive Order 10677—Amendment of Executive Order 10629, as Amended, To Authorize Enlistments in the Ready Reserve of the Air Force Reserve

September 01, 1956

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (a) of section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as added by section 2 (1) of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 600), it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10629 of August 13, 1955, authorizing enlistments in the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, as amended by Executive Order No. 10667 of May 9, 1956, to include the Naval Reserve and the Coast Guard Reserve, be, and it is hereby amended to read as follows:

"WHEREAS I have determined that the enlisted strength of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and Air Force Reserve cannot be maintained at the level necessary for the national defense:

"NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (a) of section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 as added by section 2 (i) of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 600), I hereby authorize the acceptance of enlistments in units of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and Air Force Reserve pursuant to the provisions of the said section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as added as heretofore indicated, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 1, 1956.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Executive Order 10677—Amendment of Executive Order 10629, as Amended, To Authorize Enlistments in the Ready Reserve of the Air Force Reserve Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/234364

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