Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — U. S. Preparing Commissions For Student Officers. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Preparing Commissions For Student Officers.

Washington, July 27.—War department officials are preparing to issue commissions to successful candidates at the officers’ training camps promptly on the closing of the first series of camps on August 15. Definite figures as to the number to be commissioned are not available, but probably more than 25,000 men and perhaps 25,000 will receive their papers. Their assignment to the regular army, national guard, or national will follow immediately. Officers in charge of the camps already are making up their recommendations. These lists will begin to reach the war department about Aug. 1, ’and a special corps of clerks will be set to work making out the commissions so that all can be .returned to the camps in time to be issued to the new officers when the training period closes. An officer from each camp will bring in the list and take back the commissions.