Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1916 — Naval Appointment Lost Because of Age Limit Rule. [ARTICLE]

Naval Appointment Lost Because of Age Limit Rule.

The appointment of George W. Healey last week by Will R. Wood to the naval academy at Annapolis, has been lost because of a rule which reads that upon becoming twenty years of age one is ineligible. Healey was twenty just a month ago but no exceptions are made to the rule even if it is only one day, .Reprfe&entative Wood did not know the exact age oi the applicant when the appointment was made.