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 1888 1>ROCLAMAT1oNS, 1918. which they now hold commissions as officers of said National Guard, such appomtments to be effective, subject to acceptance, on and from the seventh day of November, nineteen hnmdre and eighteen, and each of them, subject to such acceptance, is hereby assigned as of said date to the organization in the Armgxof the United States comjipped of those who were members of the ational Guard of Virginia. m§‘°§}*f°mm*"*°“°d e noncommissioned officers of said organizations the members of which are hereby drafted are appointe noncommissioned officers in their present grade in the orglamzations of the Army composed of said members and shall in eac case have the same relative rank <>¤=¤r mmm ¤¤¤¤- as heretofore; and all other enlisted men in said organizations are hereby confirmed in the Army of the United States in the grades and ratings held by them in the National Guard of Virginia in all cases ° where such grades and ratings correspond to grades and ratings provided for in like organizations of the Regular Army, all such appointments of noncommissioned officers an confirmations of other enlisted men in their grades to be without prejudice to the authority o£subordinaIi;1e_ corgmanders  respect to promotions, reductions, and c angqs in e rste rsonne . ¤¢£""‘°°‘“““"°““ The companies Oiiesaa National owe or vagina will bear as following designations: ` 11th Co., C. A. C., Va. N. G.——Ba.ttery A, 35th Regt. Artillery (C. A.) 12th C0., C. A. C., Va. N. G.-Battery B, 35th Regt. Artillery (C. A.) 13th Co., C. A. C., Va. N. G.-—Battery C, 35th Regt. Artillery (C. A.) 14th Co., C. A. C., Va. N. G.——Battery D, 35th Regt. Artillery (C. A.) 10th Co., C. A. C., Va. N. G.—Battery E, 35th Regt. Artillery (C. A.) IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afzlixed. Done in the District of Columbia this 7th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine undred and eighteen, [smL.] and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-third. Woomnow W1r.soN By the President: Ronmzr Lansmo, Secretary of State. Br rim Passmmrr or rim Uurrnn S·rarr·:s or- Amrruoa. A PROCLAMATION. ,9§‘“¤"“¥""“g D“>’· It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the yearin Pr¤¤=¤¤¤¤— praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. This year we have s ecial and moving cause to be grateful and to rejoice. God has in  ood pleasure given us peace. It has not come as a mere cessation cig arms, a mere relief from the strain and tragedy of war. It has come as a great triumph of right. Complete victory has brought us, not peace alone, but the confident promise of a new day as well in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations. Our gallant armies have participated in a triumph which is not marred or stained by any purpose 0 selfish aglgression. In a rivhteous cause they have won immortal glory and ave nobly served, their nation in serving mankind. God as indeed been gracious. We have cause for such rejoicing as revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions of our national history. A new day shines about us, in which our hearts take new courage and look forward with new hope to new and greater duties.