In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the
Constitution, and by virtue of the seventeen hundred and fifty-third
section of the Revised Statutes and of the civil-service act approved
January 16, 1883, the following rule for the regulation and improvement
of the executive civil service is amended as stated below, and is hereby
promulgated:
Rule XI is amended by striking out the last sentence of said rule as
printed in the annual report of the Commission and inserting in place
thereof the following, namely:
No person under enlistment in the Army or Navy of the United States
shall be examined under these rules except for some place in the
Department under which he is enlisted requiring special qualifications,
and with the consent in writing of the head of such Department.
Approved, April 23, 1884.