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CENTRAL RECORDS OFFICE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S department AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES A.P.0. 902 FRANCE November 7, 1918. 201. Trueman, Harry Fron: Central Records Office, Adjutant General's Dept. To Captain Harry S. Truman, Battery D, 129th F.A. Subject: Date of Commission. With reference to your letter of inquiry regarding authority for your promotion to the rank of Captain, our records indicate that Harry S, Truman, 129th Field Artillery, was promoted to captain by authority of War Department Cablegram -1257, Paragraph #10, dated May 8, 1918, and BARLE BOOTHE a SERVICE" 55 Adjutant General. eol.