Executive Order 111

Persons appointed temporarily under the provisions of Rule VIII, clause 12, of the civil-service rules, in the Navy Department, may be treated as absolutely in the classified civil service under the following conditions:

1. That such persons entered on duty prior to September 15, 1898, and have been continuously in the service.
2. That the services of such persons have proved satisfactory to their immediate superiors, who shall certify that they can not be dispensed with without detriment to the public interests.
3. That such persons shall have attained an efficiency record of 75 for the six months ended December 31, 1898, under the provisions of Navy Departmental Order No. 13, adopted by the Commission July 29, 1896.
4. Such persons shall not be eligible for transfer to positions in the Departments at Washington except after service of six months and under the conditions prescribed in Civil-Service Rule X and upon a statement by the head of the department requesting the transfer that the conditions of good administration demand the appointment of the person nominated because of some special requirement of the place or qualifications of the person for the place which can not otherwise be reasonably met.

Every absolute appointment under this rule shall be reported to the Civil Service Commission in the usual monthly reports of the department.

Approved January 20, 1899.

William McKinley.