Executive Order 8440—Amendment of Executive Order No. 7293 of February 14, 1936, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 11 of the act of June 10, 1922, c. 212, 42 Stat. 625, 630, Executive Order No. 7293 of February 14, 1936, as amended by Executive Order No. 7831 of March 7, 1938, and Executive Order No. 8107 of May 3, 1939, prescribing regulations governing the granting of allowances for quarters and subsistence to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service who are not furnished quarters or rations in kind, is hereby further amended to the extent that enlisted men of the Army on duty in Bogota, Colombia, and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps on duty in the office of the Naval Attaché, American Embassy, Bogota, Colombia, and the office of the Naval Attaché, American Embassy, Guatemala City, Guatemala, who are not furnished quarters or rations in kind, shall receive, while on such duty, a per diem allowance of $3.00 in lieu of subsistence and $1.00 in lieu of quarters.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 12, 1940.