Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1920 — PERSHING BOARD TO PICK 7,900 OFFCERS FOR ARMY [ARTICLE]

PERSHING BOARD TO PICK 7,900 OFFCERS FOR ARMY

A board of general officers, headed by Gen. Pershing, has • started work on selecting qualified men to fill 7,900 existing vacancies in the commissioned list army. About 5,000 suitable appointees will be available as a result of the July examinations, a war department statement today said, and as a result of this shortage qualified second lieutenants will be promoted to first lieutenants as soon as appointments and promotions under the law are completed, leaving the remaining vacancies in the junior grade. .