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Six military commissions for Howard L. Landers, the first being signed by President McKinley and Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Aside from his military career - he fought in two wars - Landers was a writer of military history. Starting in 1926 he was the director of the historical studies conducted through the Army War College which led to the Battlefield Commemoration Program of the National Park Service. He wrote many monographs on the Revolutionary War which were published as House and Senate Documents.

The commissions are: 1). As Second Lieutenant in the Forty-First Regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers. Signed by President McKinley and Elihu Root, Secretary of War. January 11, 1900.
2). As Major of Field Artillery. Signed by the assistant Secretary of War, Wm. Ingraham. July 13, 1917.
3). As temporarily, a Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery. Signed by an assistant Secretary of War. Feburary 7, 1918.
4). As Colonel of Field Artillery, certificate for completing a course in field artillery, issued by the Army Center of Artillery Studies. American Expeditionary Forces, France. March 11, 1919.
5). As Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery. Signed by Secretary of War Bauer. August 17, 1920.
6). As Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery. Signed by the Secretary of War, John W. Weeks (?). April 29, 1921.

They have been rolled in a tube for many years. Aside from a few minor stains or creases, all documents are in fine condition.