Memorandum from Captain Harry S. Truman to Artillery Personnel Office, American Expeditionary Forces, with Indorsements

BATTERY D, 129TH F2 A. 8 September 1918 From: Battery D, 129th F. A. To : Artillery Personnel Office, A. E. F. Hi Subject: Date of commission. l. Please inform me the date of my commission as Captain and the number of the W.D. order of my promotion. I have been n France since March 30, 1918, and this information has never he d me. Hancy summan Harry S. Truman Cap't. 129th F. A. Comm'dg. Off. lst Ind. 8756-A-781 (PF) GHQ AEF., France, October 3, 1918 - To Commanding General, 35th Division. 1. This officer was appointed Captain in paragraph 10, Cabl e No. 1275, War Department, May 8, 1918, official copy of which was furnished on May 9th, 1918. 2. This officer will be instructed to forward his correspondence thro ugh Military Channels in the future. By Command of General Pershing: Adju tant General. NA 2nd Ind. He adquarters 35th Division American E.F. 5th October 1918. To - The Commanding Officer, 129 th Field Artillery, for compliance with paragraph 2, , lst indorsement. 5 OCT 1918 By command of Major Traub: Aller Mill Ceneral WM. ELLIS Major, U. S. Army Division Adjutant