Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-13
CREDIT GIVEN TO
ALL CANDIDATES
Major General Barry ADVISES Those
Sot Getting Commissions to
49, Go In National ARMY
TWELyE CHOSEN FOR MAJORS
Total ST 1,496 Out of Asses at Fort
Sheridan are Selected TO BecoEe
Officers.

ne IsE. reserve .EL44[EAS 70 2e-AA-AAE5
camp al Fort Sheridan VIII be his
tory tomorrow night.
The army instructors have done
their work. The students have done
theirs Majors. captains and Heuten-
ants have been evolved from stu
dents. clerks. mechanics. lawyers,
/ policemen and scores Of other trades
and professions.
Commissions have been awarded
ana the men. no longer training camp
students. bur officers IA the United
States reserve army. are ready t0
take up their work.
Some viii 20 TO Rockford 10 train
/ the new great national army. Some
have been assigned on special de-
tails. the objects of which are mill
Itarv secrets. Some WIFI 90 into the
/ auarterr1aster's department, some to
the adfutant generals Office and some
. into the regular army No matter
where they 60. each viii bear ms
rank as IT. s. r.
Vacation for Regulars,
+ The new reserve officers training
camp Will be officially opened Aug r.
/ IN the meantime the regular army Of
/ dcers assigned 10 the fort the men
who have worked so jealousy to turn
ont officers that viii he a credit 10
. the Stars and Stripes, viii be given
9 little rest.
/ The newly commissioned officers
/ kept the telegraph lines out Of Fort
. Sheridan busy all day yesterday an
/ uouncfnz 10 wives. sweethearts and
/ friends The news of their success.
Am order was issued instructing
. them To refrain from communicating
the information until officially re-
( leased by camp commanders and al
though many had hard work keeping
the good news quiet, not one dis
obeved the Injunction
The morning was spent iu checking
in rifles and other equipment. Many
. of the companies that had not already
/ taken the oath Of Office of their new
grade ala Sc under the supervision 0t
the regular army officers
Leave Begins Wednesday.
. Liberty was granted after the noon
mess until reveille this morning. The
MEN viii he paid next Wednesday,
after which their leave Of absence
. viii begin. to continue until most OF
them report for duty Aug, o.
/ "A detail Of four men from each
r0mpauT viii he sent next Sunday t0
/ Cambridge. Mass. for training I'm
trench and bayonet fighting al the
hands of the French army officers
who have been instructIug Harvard
students
When the enrolment at the camp
was 0flcially closed on May q, 4.S06
men were taking training OF shls
number 1.496 we're given commissions
( at the close OF camp. The greater
part of the remainder were given
honorable discharges because of phy-
. steal disability. urgent business or
family reasons which would not per
init OF them completing the course, pr
because they were not adapted to
army work.
Many of The reserve officers were
sent to Fort Leaveuw0Tth and other
government schools for training i'm
special subjects. A few We're detailed
for overseas duty.
Credit for All Candidates.
II was made clear by Major Gen
eraG Barry of Chicago, in charge of
the central army department, and e&-
ecutives under his command that uC
6iscredil attached to candidate be-
cause he was not awarded commits
sion. In an address to the new OIL
GERS General Barry said
To those Of YOU VINO have not won
+ out / wish to say that you are en-
titled to just as much credit as those
who have. The successful ones prob
ably had advantages at the start that
YOU did not have. But keep On and
YOU viii put some of them off the
track Let me advise those who have
not won out to keep right on by go
ing into the National army.
Commissions of two designations
. we're granted. One set is known as
Officers reserve corps and the other
as officers of the national army.
The men designated for the officers
( reserve corps are within the age linn
its prescribed by the army regula-
ttoas for the respective grades Men
who we're older than allowed for the
grades to which they were designated
are placed in the list known as the
national army. There is no differ
ence FIN pay or rank among men Of
the same grade in the reserve corps
and the national army.
Twelve Made Majors.
The 1896 commissions were award
I ed as follows. Majors, IL, captains,
. ISIS. first Iieutenants. 206i second
. Ueuteuants 1880.
Here are the commissions granted
I fra the infantry branch Of the service
t0 members Of the officers reserve
. corps. Majors, 3; captains, 1Q9: first
. lieutenauts, 81, second Iieutenants,
. 4SS-
/ National army commissions in the
infantry branches were awarded AIS
+ follows Captains, 2S: first Heuten-
ants. Sc; second Heutenants, 55-
In the calvary branch there were
named the following
/ Officers reserve Majors.
two, captains. nine, first Heutenants,
/ 10. second lieutenants. -.
/ National army-Captaius five; first
/ l5eutenants, four; second IIeuUeuants,
! 10.
( Commissions were awarded as fol-
lows in the field artillery.
Officers reserve corps Majors.
. three. captains, 81, first Ieutenautss
! 81. second lleUtenauts, I58
National army Captains, two first
Ieuteuauts. seven. second 1ieuteuants,
nine.
Named for Other Branches.
ia the quartermaster's corps there
were 1870 national army second lieu
Z teuancies awarded. Five first and
/ FIVE second iieuteuaucies We're
; .r-arfn8 in the statistical 6pnar 5u1pns