By Ray S. Cline and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, August 3, 1946 P. 15 A veteran of several major campaigns, sound in wind and limb, decided he'd stay in the service, and applied for a commission in the Regular Army.
In July 1941, he applied for a commission in the Navy and was assigned to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, where he oversaw the construction of submarines.
Brundage, who applied for a commission in the Army Ordnance Corps but was rejected, in the postwar period became a member of the Construction Division Association, composed of men who had built facilities for the military, and later became its president from 1926 to 1928.
In late 1916, Mashbir applied for a commission in the Regular Army and was accepted with General Funston's support despite the Army's policy that married men not be accepted.
Horvath, however, applied for a commission to join the U.S. Navy and was sworn in as an junior lieutenant that August.
As political pressure grew to build up the army, and Kościuszko's political allies gained influence with the King, Kościuszko again applied for a commission, and on October 12 , 1789 received a royal commission as a major general.
After basic training he was promoted to the rank of corporal and he applied for a commission.
