Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — Bates Tucker Again An Officer In Army [ARTICLE]

Bates Tucker Again An Officer In Army

Bates Tucker, who will be remembered by many Rensselaer people, and who joined the army while his father was pastor of the Baptist church of this city; is again in the army, now being a captian and an instructor at Marion preparatory school in Tennessee, which is being attended by Robert Loy, of this city, and Randolph Gardner, of Monticello. In the organization of the school Captain Tucker holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, but his army rank is that of captain. He rose from the ranks, having been commissioned while serving in the Philippines. He afterwards served for some time in Cuba and Porto Rico, and while in the latter place resigned in order to accept a position as an instructor in a military academy in Porto Rico. Captain Tucker has the reputation of being a firm desciplinarian and one of the best instructors in the army. Had he continued in serivce without in-ter-ruption it is probable that he would have held a somewhat higher rank at this time.