Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1917 — Cadet Officers Will Soon Know Their Fates. [ARTICLE]

Cadet Officers Will Soon Know Their Fates.

r The federal board‘has started the ; work of examining the cadet officers at Ft. Harrison, for commissions, and in a very short time the boys will begin to know just what has been the result of their training the past three months* There are several Jasper county boys who are in this camp and all of them are anxious to know how well they have succeeded. Just what commissions they will win is not known, but there is a feeling that very few commissions above fnat of lieutenant will be granted, the commissions of captain be given to the regulars. The fact, however, that the army is going to be in need of a large number of officers for the training of the cnscript troops that are soon to be mobilized, makes the situation look more hopeful. There is a story going the rounds that few of the Indiana boys who get commissions will be retained in the state. They will be sent to other states to train the drafted men and officers from other states will be sent to Indiana for the same purpose.