Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — TWO NEW WAR SECRETARIES [ARTICLE]

TWO NEW WAR SECRETARIES

E. R. Stettinius and Frederick Keppel to Aid Baker. Washington, April 5. —Congress took final action on the bill creating two additional secretaries of war. and the appointments probably will be announced within a few days. It is understood the men to be selected are Edward R. Stettinius. surveyor of army purchases, and Frederick Keppel, dean of Columbia university and now acting as confidential assistant to Secretary Baker. _ With the appointment of the new secretaries reorganization of the war department, worked out by SecretaryBaker and approved by the president, will be put into full effect. Mr. Stettinius, it is understood, will be in charge of industrial and commercial work and Dean Keppel in charge of the nonmilitary life of the army.