Executive Order 617

Section 2 (a) of the order of June 27, 1906, in regard to appointments and promotions in the consular service, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2 (a). By promotion on the basis of ability and efficiency as shown in the service, of consular clerks and of vice consuls, deputy consuls, consular agents, student interpreters and interpreters in the consular or diplomatic service, who shall have been appointed to such offices upon examination.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

April 20, 1907.