Executive Order 8937—Extending the Period of Eligibility on Civil Service Registers or Lists of Persons Who Serve in the Armed Forces of the United States
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that no period of time served in the military or naval forces of the United States subsequent to May 1, 1940, shall be counted in determining the period of eligibility for appointment of those persons whose names appear on eligible registers or reemployment or replacement lists of the Civil Service Commission at the time of entering upon active military or naval service or who attain eligibility during such service: Provided, that such persons shall notify the Civil Service Commission within forty days after their service in the armed forces has terminated that they desire to have the benefits of this order.
This order supersedes Executive Order No. 8602 of November 25, 1940, entitled "Extending the Period of Eligibility on Civil Service Registers of Persons who Serve in the Armed Forces of the United States".
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
November 7, 1941.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8937—Extending the Period of Eligibility on Civil Service Registers or Lists of Persons Who Serve in the Armed Forces of the United States Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372201