Partly printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, August 24, 1899. A commission for Lorenzo D. Dyer as First Lieutenant in the Forty-seventh regiment of Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. The embossed paper seal remains mostly intact at lower left. In good to very good condition, with feathering to last letter of signature, intersecting folds (light vertical fold to last name), creases and wrinkles, and light scattered soiling. The signature is dark and otherwise unaffected. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.