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l IUI .. ' • \ • I i J I ■. Vlor Base. f r advanced training in courses they would teach.hi October. a WAAC Thud Ol-iiCLM* vvus assigned lu each m -he nine service commands ni the Army as the representative lt;»l Director Ovetn Culp Hobby in each area. Those wrrr.oi: act as advisers in WAAC matter.*, t » commanding; generaIs id the service commands.First promotions for WAAC officers were made on December 123, when ol women were raised to the rank of First Officer, eorrcsp md ini; to Captains in the Army, and 4«i7 made Second Officers, euros ponding to First Lieutenants, in the Army. One hundred seventy-five more were git on the rank of First Officer and 46J the rank of Second Oflicer on Apt if 13 this year. The Jim class of officer candidates to come from the ranks was commissioned the day before Christmas.Sixteen WAAC officers entered Command and General Stall School, Ft. Leu\ enwir\h. Kan.no February 3 ;o attend the streamlined Army Service Forces course. Other WAAC officers are now attending at* have attended the Special Services School al Washington and Lee University. Lexington. Vy.; Inspector General's School in Washington, D. C.: Chemical Warfare School at Edge-wood Arsenal. Md.. and the Army Exchange School :il Princeton. .\f. J.They are iearning w jrk iff specialized fields so I hey can *ako over direction of the Wantons Army in those fields. This wilt permit Army men who were loaned to the corps to help in its organixal. .. and training program to return U •active duly with the Army and will speed the attainment of sell -sulnciency for which the WAAC is striving in its training program. Already large numbers of the Army Officers who acted as instructors, drill masters and company officers have gone back ;o their former Arm ys Unions and more and mere ate being enabled io. do. so as.WAAC officers become qualified to supervise Iraining cwter headquarters and sections.o
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, May 19, 1943
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