Show Object to Writing on Commissions I I Washington Letter Naval officers who are promoted for forga ga antry and who have already been conveniently nicknamed by associates are complaining at the defacement of commissions recently is issued sued suh Tor br eminent and conspicuous con conduct conduct duct i n battle during the tha war with Spain The engraving of these commissions is of fine script and the penmanship used in lilting filling in the live name earned is done with a stub pea and is its of the backhand variety On One a officer commenting on it Said For many years the names and rank of off officers I Icons cons cers were filled in by an expert penman until it became an accented tact that a commission would not be disfigured by poor penmanship but the specimen on th the hero hem commissions Written In back hand with a stub pen not only spoil th the appearance of a valued commission but would hardly do credit to a pupil j 1 |