Executive Order 2345 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 2345—Increasing the Strength of the Regular Army

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Tuesday, March 21, 1916

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1 min read (109 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 1916-03-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Increasing the Strength of the Regular Army." 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

▪ Under authority of the Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 17, 1916, an emergency having arisen making necessary an increase in the enlisted strength of the Regular Army within the continental limits of the United States, the arms of the service are hereby brought up to the statutory maximum enlisted strength as set forth in the following tabulated statement.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

109

896 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 2345, Woodrow Wilson (Mar 21, 1916). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2345-increasing-the-strength-the-regular-army.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under authority of the Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 17, 1916, an emergency having arisen making necessary an increase in the enlisted strength of the Regular Army within the continental limits of the United States, the arms of the service are hereby brought up to the statutory maximum enlisted strength as set forth in the following tabulated statement. Arms of the service Statutory maximum enlisted strength. 20 regiments of Infantry............................................................................... 36,720 11 regiments, and regimental headquarters and two squadrons of Cavalry.... 14,469 3 regiments, and regimental headquarters and one battalion of Field Artillery... 4,172 Coast Artillery Corps.......................................... 19,321 Engineers...................................................... 2,002 WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, March 21, 1916.