on only when a
suitable appointment can not be made in any of the modes indicated in
the second paragraph of this order.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, September 30, 1895_.

Lieutenant-General John M. Schofield having reached the age entitling
him to relief from active military service, he is, in accordance with
the provisions of law, hereby placed upon the retired list of the Army,
to date September 29, 1895, with all the pay and allowances belonging
to his rank upon such retirement.

It is with much regret that the President makes the announcement
that the country is thus to lose from the command of its Army this
distinguished general, who has done so much for its honor and
efficiency. His gallantry in war challenges the admiration of all
his countrymen, while they will not fail to gratefully remember and
appreciate how faithfully he has served his country in times of peace
by his splendid and successful performance of civil as well as military
duty.

Lieutenant-General Schofield's career, exhibiting an unvarying
love for his profession, a jealous care for its honor and good name,
a just apprehension of the subordination it exacts, and a constant
manifestation of the best traits of true Americanism, furnishes to the
Army an example of inestimable value, and should teach all our people
that the highest soldierly qualities are built upon the keenest sense
of the obligations belonging to good citizenship.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _November 6, 1895_.

Section 2 of Postal Rule I is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"thereto" in line 6 the following:

And whenever, by order of the Postmaster-General, any post-office
shall be consolidated with and made part of another post-office where
free delivery is established, all the employees of the office thus
consolidated whose names appear on the roster of said office approved
by the Post-Office Department, and including the postmaster thereof,
shall from the date of said order be employees of said free-delivery
office, and the person holding on the date of said order the position
of postmaster at the office thus consolidated with said free-delivery
office may be assigned to any position therein and given any appropriate
designation under the classification act which the Postmaster-General
may direct.

The section as amended shall read as follows:

2. Th