Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15 x 20.75, December 23, 1909. President Taft appoints Norman Eccles Williamson as “First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by William H. Taft and countersigned by acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver. The blue War Office seal remains affixed to the lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with light staining and toning. Norman Eccles Williamson (1875-1965) was a physician in the United States Canal Zone Civil Service, 1905-1912, where he was on active duty in Colon Hospital in Gorgona, Panama.
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