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The Lamar Register
Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado
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Senator William M. Calder of New York introduces a bill to remedy injustice in army ranks caused by the 1911 Act, which excluded pre-1911 retired officers, especially Civil War veterans, leading to juniors commanding seniors in recent active duty transfers.
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The recent transfer of many retired army officers to active duty has disclosed some injustice arising out of the Act of March 3, 1911, which conferred upon officers then on the active list rank they had lost by the prior system of promotion in other arms of the service. Officers with Civil War records were on the retired list when that Act was passed were not included within its provisions, so that many officers promoted under it, and since retired, now take rank of those formerly retired. Senator William M. Calder of New York is endeavoring to remedy the injustice and has introduced a bill which authorizes the President to advance in rank officers retired before 1911 so that the occasion occasioned by the Act of that year may be effected, and the embarrassments caused by calling such men into active service under the command of their juniors may be avoided.
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bill introduced to authorize president to advance ranks of pre-1911 retired officers and avoid command embarrassments.
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Recent transfer of retired army officers to active duty highlights injustice from Act of March 3, 1911, which restored ranks to active officers but excluded those already retired, including Civil War veterans. Promoted officers now outrank formerly retired seniors. Senator Calder's bill seeks to rectify this by allowing rank advancement for pre-1911 retirees.