Enlistment Paper in the National Guard of Missouri for Harry S. Truman

NATIONAL GUARD missauri State of ENLISTMENT PAPER OF Tumma (Surname) (Christian name) I. Hany enlisted at Wo on Hansasity by the Harry 22 Ballen day of June for th mo Id , 191 for Bettery (Organization F 135 mg Instruction 2.) act or arm of service. See PRIOR SERVICE (See Instruction 4.) byears 1st mo in Cartery B' Out INSTRUCTIONS. 1. An enlistment paper will be made in the case of each soldier enlisted or reenlisted for the National Guard and filed with the records of the organization to which the soldier is assigned. When an organization is called or drafted into the service of the United States the enlistment paper of every member thereof, whether present or absent, will be delivered to the United States mustering officer to be indorsed by hím as indicated on the last page of the form and for- warded to The Adjutant General of the Army. The enlistment paper of a sol- dier enlisting or reenlisting for an organization of the National Guard in the Federal service will be forwarded directly to The Adjutant General of the Army with the recruiting officer's trimonthly report. A duplicate of each enlistment paper will be furnished to the adiutant general of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia by the recruiting officer. 2. The recruiting officer will enter in the appropriate space the organization or arm of service for which the soldier was enlisted, showing also whether white or colored, e. g. "Co. M, 97th Inf. (white), N. Y. N. G.: 1st Sep. Bn. Inf. (colored), D. C. N. G.,", "Btry. C, 4th Field Arty. (white), R. I. N. G. Quartermaster Corps (colored), N. Y. N. G.;" 'Signal Corps (white), Pa. N. G.," making the designation as definite as practicable in each case. 3. The correct name of the recruit will be ascertained. The christian name will not be abbreviated, but if it consists of more than one name, only the first will be written and signed in full, the others being represented by their initials. Great care will be exercised that the name is correctly written and signed wherever it appears on the enlistment paper. 4. The recruiting officer will enter in the appropriate space all prior service of the soldier in the National Guard, Organized Milítia, Regular Army, Volunteer Army, Navy or Marine Corps, as the case may be, giving dates and, except for Navy and Marine Corps, organization and arm of the service. Form No. 22-1, A. G. O. (For NATIONAL GUARD.) Ed. Mar. 29-17-500,000. 3-3958 (1) Loaned to Harry S. Truman Library by Adjutant General's Office of Missouri