“ A list of the orders revoked by this order is as follows, to wit:
‘‘1.⁠ The Executive order of March 26, 1917, which permitted the Civil Service Commission, when necessary, to authorize appointments on noncompetitive tests of fitness. ‘‘2.⁠ The Executive order of April 7, 1917, permitting removal of any employee upon grounds that his retention would be inimical to public welfare. ‘‘3.⁠ The Executive order of April 14, 1917, permitting employees of the Treasury Department to serve upon State, county, or municipal committees of public defense. ”

“ This amendment raised the salary at which appointments could be made, without examination, from $75 a month to $106 a month.’’ Employees appointed under the orders which are hereby revoked, serving in positions which are permanent under peace conditions, shall not hereby be given a competitive classified status, but may, in the discretion of the head of the department or independent establishment where now employed, continue in their present excepted status and in their present positions or such allied positions as the commission may approve. ”