Executive Order 797

The following-described tract of public land at Chena, in the Territory of Alaska, is hereby reserved from sale or other disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, and set apart as a military reservation for the use of the Signal Corps, United States Army, in the matter of the operation of telegraph lines in Alaska, viz:

That tract of land included within metes and bounds as follows:

Beginning at a stake 2″ x 4″ (Corner No. 1), located at the southeast corner of said tract, and also distant west 23.5 feet from corner of residence of H. A. Currier; thence north 200 feet to a similar stake (Corner No. 2), and also distant west 23.5 feet from the northwest corner of lot of H. A. Currier on First street; thence west 100 feet to a similar stake (Corner No. 3) ; thence south 200 feet to a similar stake (Corner No. 4); thence east, along Front street, 100 feet, to Corner No. 1, the point of beginning. Area, 20,000 square feet. The bearings are true. Lat. 64° 50′ N.; long. 148° 00′ W.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House

May 16, 1908.