CAPT. CORDIER CHAIRMAN

Orders have been received from Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, appointing Captain Cordier chairman of the committee for the examination of applicants for commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps in the Boston District. All applicants for commissions must appear before and pass examination set by this committee before being recommended to the War Department. Captain William S. Bowen, C. A. C., assistant commandant of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, is also a member of the committee.

In an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, Captain Cordier stated that so far as students in the University are concerned, he would not be disposed to recommend for commission any men not enrolled in the R. O. T. C. until all those who are at present members of the corps and are eligible for commissions have been recommended. This will mean, he explained, that the present members of the course will be considered before other students and thus will either be promoted to higher commissions later or receive higher commissions at once, than other students.

Order from Governor's Island.

The order from Governor's Island is as follows:

HEADQUARTERS EASTERN DEPARTMENT

Governor's Island, N. Y., March 5, 1917. SPECIAL ORDERS. No 55. (EXTRACT.)

8...In accordance with the provisions of General Orders, No. 32, War Department, July 28, 1916, a board of Officers to consist of:

Captain Constant Cordier, Infantry,

Captain William S. Bowen, C. A. C.,

First Lieut. Ben H. Metcalf, M. R. C., is appointed to meet in Cambridge, Mass., at the call of the president thereof for the examination of such applicants as may be ordered before it to determine their fitness for appointment as officers in the Officers' Reserve Corps.

By command of Major General Wood: Colonel General Staff,   Chief of Staff, Official:   W. A. SIMPSON,   Adjutant General, Adjutant.   Adjutant.