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Executive Order

February 05, 1904

The special rule of July 3, 1902, rendering certain persons who were in the employ of the United States in the military government of Cuba eligible to retention and employment in positions in the classified service of a grade corresponding to that which they then held, is hereby revoked.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206779

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