Executive Order 1995 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 1995—Military Reservation for National Guard

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Thursday, July 23, 1914

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1 min read (114 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on 1914-07-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Military Reservation for National Guard." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Executive orders of November 9, 1907, and January 28, 1908, setting aside certain townships in the State of Arizona as additions to the Navajo Indian Reservation, are hereby modified so as to release from the said withdrawals all of the unappropriated tracts in sec.

▪ 29 E., of the Gila and Salt River meridian, in Arizona, which tracts are hereby reserved as a rifle range for use of Company G, First Infantry, Organized Militia of the State of Arizona: Provided, That the lands shall revert to their former status as Indian reservation when no longer used or needed for the purpose reserved.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

114

655 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 1995, Woodrow Wilson (Jul 23, 1914). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1995-military-reservation-for-national-guard.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Executive orders of November 9, 1907, and January 28, 1908, setting aside certain townships in the State of Arizona as additions to the Navajo Indian Reservation, are hereby modified so as to release from the said withdrawals all of the unappropriated tracts in sec. 10, T. 24 N., R. 29 E., of the Gila and Salt River meridian, in Arizona, which tracts are hereby reserved as a rifle range for use of Company G, First Infantry, Organized Militia of the State of Arizona: Provided, That the lands shall revert to their former status as Indian reservation when no longer used or needed for the purpose reserved. WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, July 23, 1914