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ROOSEVELT, Theodore, President. Engraved DS ("Theodore Roosevelt") as President, countersigned by Acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver, Washington, D.C. 3 July 1906. The President and Acting Secretary of War appoint William B. Homer a Lieutenant Colonel. -- Engraved DS ("Theodore Roosevelt") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root, Washington, D.C. 18 December 1902. The President and Secretary of War appoint William B. Homer a Major. Both documents 1 page, 2o, accomplished in manuscript, PRINTED ON VELLUM, elaborately engraved, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America" with an American Eagle and the "E. Pluribus Unum" motto amidst clouds, a large vignette of crossed flags and military paraphernalia at bottom, with a blue War Office seal at lower left. -- Printed DS ("Theodore Roosevelt") as President, countersigned by Acting Secretary of War William Langer, Washington, D.C. 23 July 1902. 1 page, 2o, oblong, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America" with an American Eagle and the "E. Pluribus Unum" motto beneath, with a blue War Office seal at lower left. The President and Acting Secretary of War appoint William B. Homer a Major. (3)