dChan - Q Origins Project Archive

Military Orders

CFR Title 3 compilations for the 1938-1943 and 1943-1948 periods contain the

texts of 12 presidential directives denominated as military orders.32 The first of these

was issued on July 5, 1939, and the last on October 18, 1948. Ten of them bear the

signature of President Roosevelt; the other two were signed by President Truman.

These directives appear to have been issued by the President in conjunction with the

execution of his duties as Commander-in-Chief and pertain to matters concerning

armed forces administration and personnel. Indeed, half of them bear the

Commander-in-Chief title below the President’s signature. Moreover, while all of

them make reference to “the authority vested in me as President of the United States

and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States,” two also

cite a specific Article of War and six also cite explicit statutory authority for their

issuance. No directives of this designation were subsequently produced in the

Federal Register or CFR Title compilations until November 2001, when President

George W. Bush issued a controversial military order on the detention, treatment, and

trial, by military tribunals, of noncitizens alleged to be terrorists.33

https:// fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-611.pdf