Executive Order 8040 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8040—Regulations Governing the Payment of Additional Compensation to Enlisted Men of the Navy Specially Qualified in the Use of Arms

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Wednesday, January 25, 1939

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1 min read (250 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-01-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Regulations Governing the Payment of Additional Compensation to Enlisted Men of the Navy Specially Qualified in the Use of Arms." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 3696 of June 22, 1922, prescribing regulations governing the payment of additional compensation to enlisted men of the Navy specially qualified in the use of arms, is hereby superseded.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

250

1,598 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8040, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 25, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8040-regulations-governing-the-payment-additional-compensation-enlisted.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 18 of the act entitled "An Act To readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service", approved June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 632), it is hereby ordered that enlisted men of the Navy who have established their special qualifications in the use of the arm or arms which they may be required to use, according to standards of efficiency that may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Navy, and who are so stationed by their commanding officers that they may be required to use such arm or arms, including periods while transferred for temporary duty away from the ship to which permanently attached (provided the commanding officer of the ship to which they are permanently attached has retained them in the battle stations where they normally use such arm or arms), shall receive additional compensation, for such periods of time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, as follows: First Class----------------------$5.00 per month Second Class--------------------4.00 per month Third Class-----------------------3.00 per month Fourth Class---------------------2.00 per month Fifth Class------------------------1.00 per month Executive Order No. 3696 of June 22, 1922, prescribing regulations governing the payment of additional compensation to enlisted men of the Navy specially qualified in the use of arms, is hereby superseded. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 25, 1939.