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Show TO SIGN COMMISSI Completion of Army Rerj ganization Delayed Be-cause Be-cause Wilson Is Busy, "WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Cor-", tion of the reorganization mean i thorized for the regular army ud-v ; bill which became effective Jul? ; being delayed by the fact that Pre;': Wilson has been unable to find fc-sig-n the thousand or more officer;'-: missions which have accumulate?:: flesk. Until the conimissions are the officers have no authority to cise the functions of their new rail The tax upon the president's;:: so great that armv officials have : mended passage of a special acts:-: izing delegation of the pov.-er ti commissions to some other person. T: practice is followed in the lai -: and it has been pointed out that.: army of nOO.OUO volunteers im? ' formed, with its O.OuO officers, it -take the president, the secretary o: ' ami the adjutant general, the thry cials who?e names must appear or. missions, nine full working 'lav- ; to carry out their part in Uis routine matter. With the addition of the br. crement of the wthorized retriihr :: increase, a majority of the oincf-rs the resular army went up a ; rank. Each will receive a new er::: sion and then will remain the ia?; . providing commissions for several sand new second lieutenants from civil life. The process will i: peated each year for three years to ' as the other'increinents are added ;: . j army. |