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This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1887-06-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive Order." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Executive Order.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
157
921 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
15.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order," Grover Cleveland (Jun 7, 1887). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-262.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Honorable GOVERNOR OF ________. SIR: The President of the United States having approved the recommendation that all the flags in the custody of the War Department be returned to the authorities of the respective States in which the regiments which bore them were organized, for such final disposition as they may determine, I am instructed by the honorable Secretary of War to make you, in the name of the War Department, a tender of the flags now in this office belonging to the late volunteer organizations of the State of ______. In discharging this pleasant duty I beg you will please advise me of your wishes in this matter. It is the intention in returning each flag to give its history as far as it is possible to do so, stating the circumstances of its capture and recovery. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. C. DRUM, Adjutant-General.
