Under this provision hereafter all official reports which the GovernorGeneral of the Philippine Islands may be required to make of the transactions of the Government of the Philippine Islands will be made to the War Department, and all matters pertaining to the Government of the Philippine Islands, except as otherwise provided by law, are placed in the jurisdiction of that department. The business of the War Department pertaining to civil government in the Philippine Islands is, pursuant to Section 87 of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, assigned to the Bureau of Insular Affairs. WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, September 19, 1916. [Alaska. Regulations for sale of the Federal and Cliff Additions to Seward Townsite, Alaska.] Pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved March 12, 1914 (38 Stat., 305), it is hereby ordered that the disposition of the lots in the Federal and Cliff Additions to the townsite of Seward, Alaska, shall be in accordance with the regulations contained in Executive Order No. 2214, issued June 19, 1915, except as to terms of sale, restrictions as to use of lots purchased, forfeiture for failure to comply with restrictions, and time as to issuance of entry and patent, which shall be as follows: TERMS. No lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that amount will be accepted unless made in multiples of five dollars; the minimum of $25.00 on each lot sold for less than $50.00 must be paid in cash within the time hereinafter specified, and if the price bid is $50.00 or more, one-half of the bid price must be paid in cash within said specified time and the remainder within one year from the date of the register's certificate of sale, or the entire purchase price may be paid at the time of sale. The successful bidder will be given by the Superintendent of Sale a memorandum certificate for identification purposes, showing name and address of bidder, lot, and amount of bid, and the bidder must file it with the Superintendent of Sale before the close of the next succeeding sale day, or the next business day, if bid is accepted on last preceding sale day, together with his application to purchase the lot properly filled and signed and accompanied by the cash payment required by these regulations. The application should be, in substance, as follows: "I, post office address ..... having Block No. been declared the successful bidder for lot No. in the .... Addition to the townsite of Seward, Alaska, as delineated and designated on the approved plat thereof, containing square feet, do hereby apply to purchase said lot, subject to all the regulations governing the sale thereof, and agree to pay therefor the amount bid by me, viz:dollars ($........), on the terms prescribed by said regulations, and upon failure to pay any installment on or before the day the same becomes due, all rights under this application, together with the payments theretofore made, may be forfeited to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior." WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, July 11, 1916. [Increasing the Strength of the Regular Army.] 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. 20 regiments of Infantry.... Statutory maximum enlisted strength. 36,720 II regiments, and regimental headquarters and two squadrons 14,469 3 regiments, and regimental headquarters and one battalion 4,172 Coast Artillery Corps.. 19,321 Engineers 2,002 WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 21, 1916. Establishing Sizes and Proportions of the American Flag and the President's Flag THE WHITE HOUSE, May 29, 1916. The Executive Order of October 29, 1912, is hereby revoked, and for it is substituted the following: Whereas, "An Act to Establish the Flag of the United States," approved on the 4th of April, 1818, reading as follows: "Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field. "Section 2. And be it further enacted, That on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag: and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth of July then next succeeding such admission." fails to establish proportions; Whereas, investigation shows some sixty-six different sizes of National flags, and of varying proportions, in use in the Executive Departments; It is hereby ordered that National Flags and Union Jacks for all Departments of the Government, with the exception noted under (a), shall conform to the following proportions: Hoist (width) of Flag.... I Fly (length) of Union.... .76 (a) Exception: The colors carried by troops, and camp colors, shall be the sizes prescribed for the Military Service (Army and Navy). Limitation of the number of sizes: With the exception of colors under note (a), the sizes of flags manufactured or purchased for the Government Departments will be limited to those with the following hoists: Union Jacks: The size of the Jack shall be the size of the Union of the National Flag with which it is flown. Position and Size of Stars: The position and size of each star for the Union of the flag shall be as indicated on a plan which will be furnished to the Departments by the Navy Department. From this plan can be determined the location and size of stars for flags of any dimensions. Extra blue-prints of this plan will be furnished upon application to the Navy Department. Order effective: All National Flags and Union Jacks now on hand. or for which contracts have been awarded shall be continued in use until unserviceable, but all those manufactured or purchased for Government use after the date of this order shall conform strictly to the dimensions and proportions herein prescribed. President's Flag: The President's flag shall be in accordance with the plan accompanying and forming a part of this order. In case sizes. are needed other than the two sizes shown on the plan, they shall be manufactured in the same proportions as those shown. WOODROW WILSON. [NOTE. This order was accompanied with illustration (in color) and design of the President's flag, showing solid blue field with eagle in centre bearing shield with red bars; white star at each corner; legend: E Pluribus Unum.] PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A PROCLAMATION MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN: [Flag Day.] Many circumstances have recently conspired to turn our thoughts to a critical examination of the conditions of our national life, of the influences which have seemed to threaten to divide us in interest and sympathy, of forces within and forces without that seemed likely to L draw us away from the happy traditions of united purpose and action of which we have been so proud. It has therefore seemed to me fitting that I should call your attention to the approach of the anniversary of the day upon which the flag of the United States was adopted by the Congress as the emblem of the Union, and to suggest to you that it should this year and in years to come be given special significance as a day of renewal and reminder, a day upon which we should direct our minds with a special desire of renewal to thoughts of the ideals and principles of which we have sought to make our great Government the embodiment. I therefore suggest and request that throughout the nation and if possible in every community the fourteenth day of June be observed as Flag Day with special patriotic exercises, at which means shall be taken to give significant expression to our thoughtful love of America, our comprehension of the great mission of liberty and justice to which we have devoted ourselves as a people, our pride in the history and our enthusiasm for the political program of the nation, our determination to make it greater and purer with each generation, and our resolution to demonstrate to all the world its vital union in sentiment and purpose, accepting only those as true compatriots who feel as we do the compulsion of this supreme allegiance. Let us on that day rededicate ourselves to the nation, "one and inseparable," from which every thought that is not worthy of our fathers' first vows in independence, liberty, and right shall be excluded and in which we shall stand with united hearts, for an America which no man can corrupt, no influence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself,-a nation signally distinguished among all the nations of mankind for its clear, individual conception alike of its duties and its privileges, its obligations and its rights. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States of America. the one hundred and fortieth. [SEAL.] By the President: WOODROW WILSON. ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION [Contribution Day for Aid of Stricken Jewish People.] WHEREAS, I have received from the Senate of the United States a Resolution, passed January 6, 1916, reading as follows: "Whereas in the various countries now engaged in war there are nine millions of Jews, the great majority of whom are destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; and "Whereas millions of them have been driven from their homes without warning, deprived of an opportunity to make provision for their most elementary wants, causing starvation, disease and untold suffering; and "Whereas the people of the United States of America have learned with sorrow of this terrible plight of millions of human beings and have most generously responded to the cry for help whenever such an appeal has reached them; Therefore be it "RESOLVED, That, in view of the misery, wretchedness, and hardships which these nine millions of Jews are suffering, the President of the United States be respectfully asked to designate a day on which the citizens of this country may give expression to their sympathy by contributing to the funds now being raised for the relief of the Jews in the war zones." AND WHEREAS, I feel confident that the people of the United States will be moved to aid the war-stricken people of a race which has given to the United States so many worthy citizens; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, in compliance with the suggestion of the Senate thereof, do appoint and proclaim January 27, 1916, as a day upon which the people of the United States may make such contributions as they feel disposed for the aid of the stricken Jewish people. Contributions may be addressed to the American Red Cross, Washington, D. C., which will care for their proper distribution. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth. [SEAL.] By the President: WOODROW WILSON. ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. [Waiving Citizenship Requirement for Specified Federal Appointment.] THE WHITE HOUSE, June 30, 1916. The requirement of the United States citizenship is hereby waived to permit the certification of Mr. Cedric R. Landon for appointment to the position of predatory animal inspector, Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, for service in the State of Texas. Mr. Landon was born in Canada in 1887, was in Texas for a while during his minority, and declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States on November 13, 1914. He had been serving temporarily |