Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-31 | Page 3 | More Lieutenants for the U.S. Army

MORE LIEUTENANTS-: LIEUTENANTS-: FOR THE IL S, ARMY 13 Washington, Aug. 31. Because of the great need of second lieutenants in the army, due to the increase authorized b' congress, the "war debarment de-barment has ordered a second exam-) exam-) Ination in each array department Oc-, Oc-, tober 26 next. The first examination will be held about September 1. The department has been deluged with applicants since the list "was closed August 15 for the first examination. ex-amination. It had previously been arranged ar-ranged that a second examination would be held early In 1917, but it was decided to hasten the qualification qualifica-tion of a number of additional men because of the large number of applications. ap-plications. Under the new order, enlisted men seeking commissions will not be re-Quired re-Quired to take preliminary examinations examina-tions but will be admitted to the regular reg-ular examination on the recommendations recommenda-tions of their officers. i