Show A Naval Order WASHINGTON Oct 16 The following order has been issued to Ute comandants of all Navy Yards NAVY DKPABTMENT t > WASHINGTON D C Oct 141886J i DKAB SIn The custom has grown up in i the navy yerds of having a list of men em I ployes suspended There is no authority of law for this and you will see that it is discontinued and all such lists erased Yours respectfully Signed H C WHITNEY Secretary of the Navy The law provides that no new men shall be employed at the navy yards during the sixty days preceding an election but this does not apply to the men already employed and carried along on the suspended roll The above order understood to be intended to prevent an invasion of the law by hiring mewosaaj reag four months before an electionaBGjyf > rrying them without pay 1 until eleotiontime |