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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-08-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring the Fort Howard Military Reservation, Maryland, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration." 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 Transferring the Fort Howard Military Reservation, Maryland, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
128
785 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
17.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8501, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 2, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8501-transferring-the-fort-howard-military-reservation-maryland-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1212), it is hereby ordered that the Fort Howard Military Reservation, as it now exists, situate on North Point, in the County of Baltimore, State of Maryland, containing a total area of 155.637 acres, more or less, be, and it is hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the War Department to the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration: Provided, however, That the War Department shall continue its present occupancy of the Fort Howard Military Reservation until such time as additional facilities now being constructed at the Arlington Cantonment, Virginia, are ready for military use. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 2, 1940.
