GARFIELD, James, President. Engraved DS ("James A. Garfield") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln, Washington, D.C. 14 May 1881. 1 page, 2o, accomplished in manuscript (minor fading), PRINTED ON VELLUM, elaborately engraved, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America" over an American Eagle amidst billowing clouds and the "E. Pluribus Unum" motto, a vignette of crossed flags and military paraphernalia at bottom with a small legend "engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washington City." The President and Secretary of War appoint William B. Homer a First Lieutenant.