A Lieutenant to man a ship of the fourth rating; a torpedo boat destroyer, torpedo boat, tug, tender or a ship not rated.
A Lieutenant, junior grade, to command a torpedo boat, tug, tender or ship not rated.
An Ensign to man a torpedo boat, tug or ship not rated.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1901.
To the Secretary of the Treasury:
SIR:—The sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as remains unexpended, allotted and set aside by order of April 23, 1901, from the appropriation made for the benefit and Government of Puerto Rico by the act of March 24, 1900 (31 Stat, p. 51), is to be devoted to public and permanent improvements in Puerto Rico and other governmental and public purposes therein, as provided in the said act, and it is to be expended under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Government and administrative authorities of the Island.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., June 21, 1901.
I hereby order and direct that Executive Order dated May 3, 1899, be amended so as to authorize the appointment of civilians as Collectors of Customs in the Philippine Archipelago.