Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, May 12, 1916. President Wilson appoints Jose Penteado Bill as "First Lieutenant in the Medical Rescue Corps of the Army of the United States." Signed at the conclusion by President Wilson and countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. The blue seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. Framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 20.5. In very good condition, with heavy overall waviness and rippling, light soiling, and Wilson's signature a few shades light.
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