Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.75 x 15.75, July 19, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Richard Herbert Somers as a "Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps in the service of the United States." Signed beautifully at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt and countersigned by Acting Secretary of War Fred C. Ainsworth. Embossed blue War Office seal remains affixed to the lower left corner. Archivally framed and in fine condition, with some scattered tiny stains.
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