Executive Order 9113—Transferring Certain Vessels and Personnel From the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War and Navy Departments

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 16 of the act of May 22, 1917, 40 Stat. 87 (U.S.C., title 33, sec. 855), and as President of the United States, and in view of the existing national emergency, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department:

OCEANOGRAPHER
HYDROGRAPHER

2. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department:

          Commander Henry B. Campbell
          Lieutenant (jg) Robert A. Marshall
          Lieutenant (jg) Arthur L. Wardwell
          Ensign Robert W. McCarty
          Lieutenant William M. Scaife
          Lieutenant (jg) Edwin C. Baum
          Lieutenant (jg) John Laskowski
          Ensign Charles W. Clark

3. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department:

          Lieutenant Philip C. Doran
          Lieutenant Carl I. Aslakson
          Lieutenant (jg) Joseph P. Lushene
          Lieutenant (jg) James C. Tison, Jr.
          Lieutenant (jg) John C. Bull
          Ensign William R. Tucker
          Ensign Don A. Jones
          Ensign David M. Whipp

4. The above-named officers shall, while under the jurisdiction of the War or Navy Department, serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and while so serving shall constitute a part of the active military or naval forces of the United States and shall be under direct orders of the War or Navy Department and subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Army or Navy so far as they may be applicable.

5. The above-named vessels and officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 28, 1942.