Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, December 21, 1910. President Taft appoints Edmund S. Root as “Lieutenant junior grade in the Navy…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Taft, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop. Embossed blue seal affixed to lower center remains intact. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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