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Army Commissions
ARMY COMMISSIONS. The Secretary of War has advised each division commander as follows: You are authorized to discharge any enlisted man who receives a commission in an organization in Federal Service, provided the commission automatically places him on duty as an officer. The discharge should be as of date prior to •the date of acceptance of commission. In case an enlisted man is commissioned
in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the soldier is authorized to accept the commission, hut will not be discharged until ordered to active duty. When so ordered he will be discharged as of the date preceding the. day he starts to obey the order. Your command will be advised accordingly and no applications for authority to dis charge enlisted men for the purpose in dicated above will be sent to the War Department.
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ARMY DENTAL CORPS. While the surgeon general of the Army has discontinued for the present examination of applicants for the Dental Reserve Corps, as already stated in these columns, two exceptions are made as follow s: First, since the .medical department will have need of certain dental special ists in various locations in this country and abroad, applications will be consid ered of such men as are especially well qualified in such branches as the needs of the Army may demand. The dental specialists needed at this time are to be found among those who have had experi ence in the management of fractures of the jaws, and minor or m ajor oral sur gery. Applications for appointment in 1363
the dental reserve corps, will, therefore, be considered of men qualifying in the work above outlined. Second, when a dentist is drafted and has been physically accepted by those in charge of the camp where the dentist has been sent as a private, he may then make application for appointment in the dental reserve corps thru the proper channels to the dental surgeon there in charge, who will promptly have completed papers sent to this office for final action, when an additional number of dental officers are required. The following has been sent by the surgeon general of the Army to camp surgeons: “ You will probably find in
in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the soldier is authorized to accept the commission, hut will not be discharged until ordered to active duty. When so ordered he will be discharged as of the date preceding the. day he starts to obey the order. Your command will be advised accordingly and no applications for authority to dis charge enlisted men for the purpose in dicated above will be sent to the War Department.
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ARMY DENTAL CORPS. While the surgeon general of the Army has discontinued for the present examination of applicants for the Dental Reserve Corps, as already stated in these columns, two exceptions are made as follow s: First, since the .medical department will have need of certain dental special ists in various locations in this country and abroad, applications will be consid ered of such men as are especially well qualified in such branches as the needs of the Army may demand. The dental specialists needed at this time are to be found among those who have had experi ence in the management of fractures of the jaws, and minor or m ajor oral sur gery. Applications for appointment in 1363
the dental reserve corps, will, therefore, be considered of men qualifying in the work above outlined. Second, when a dentist is drafted and has been physically accepted by those in charge of the camp where the dentist has been sent as a private, he may then make application for appointment in the dental reserve corps thru the proper channels to the dental surgeon there in charge, who will promptly have completed papers sent to this office for final action, when an additional number of dental officers are required. The following has been sent by the surgeon general of the Army to camp surgeons: “ You will probably find in