December 23, 1896
Amend clause 2 (b) of Rule III by adding at the end thereof the following:
And all officers and employees in the penitentiary service who are by law subject to classification.
Approved:
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Grover Cleveland, Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206062