[War Department letterhead] MB 201 Rumbold, F.M. August 3, 1917. From: The Chief, Militia Bureau. To: The Adjutant General of the Army. Subject: Continuance of duty of Colonel F .M. Rumbold, 1st Missouri Field Artillery, National Guard. 1. Lieutenant Colonel Frank M. Rumbold, 3rd Infantry, Missouri National Guard, was detailed for duty in the Bureau, under the provisions of Section 81, of an Act of Congress, approved June 3, 1916. Special Orders No. 87, War Department, April 16, 1917, paragraph 30. 2. Colonel Rumbold's resignation as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Missouri Infantry, National Guard, was accepted by the President to-day and he has been commissioned as Colonel, 1st Missouri Field Artillery, National Guard. 3. It is requested that Colonel Rumbold be continued on duty in this Bureau until further orders. (Signed Wm.A.Mann, Brig.Gen., General Staff. 1st Ind. 201 Rumbold, F .M. Off .Div. War Dept., A.G.O., August 6, 1917 - To Chief, Militia Bureau. Approved as recommended in Paragraph 3 of this letter. By order of the Secretary of War. (Signed) H.J. Brees Adjutant General. A TRUE COPY A.E. Williams Major, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army.
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