Executive Order 2890

It is hereby ordered that all veterans of the Civil War in the service of the Government of the United States who desire to attend the Fifty-second National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Portland, Oreg., August 18 to 24, 1918, shall be granted leave of absence with pay, in addition to the annual leave provided for by statute, from August 18 to 24, inclusive, that they may have the opportunity to attend the encampment, and that they be granted as many more days additional leave with pay in each case as are necessary for the journey to Portland and return to their posts of duty.

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

June 21, 1918.