"Question about a Specific Rank in the US Army, 1917" Topic
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| GreyONE | 20 Feb 2018 9:41 p.m. PST |
I was reading about an officer sent to France, in a machine gun unit, in the US Army in 1917. His rank is listed as a "provincial lieutenant". I cannot find information on this rank. What does it mean? He was later a Lieutenant-Colonel in WWII. |
| Cerdic | 20 Feb 2018 10:16 p.m. PST |
Maybe a misspelling of provisional? |
| GreyONE | 20 Feb 2018 10:39 p.m. PST |
That may be it. I thought it looked odd and any reference I could find pointed to the UK, not the USA. It was in a book and probably missed a spell check because it was spelled correctly but just the wrong word. Thank you Cedric. |
79thPA  | 21 Feb 2018 5:30 a.m. PST |
Perhaps a state national guard officer on federal service? The New York State National Guard had provisional units, and their officers attended a provisional officer school. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 21 Feb 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
One of the documents we have in the antique shop is
a commission for a 'provisional' officer. The person
in question was a senior NCO assigned to a newly formed
motor transport unit and, rather than being appointed
a Warrant Officer, was provisionally commissioned as a
2nd Lieutenant. The year was 1917, early (mid-March, according to the
date). It looks as if the 'provincial' may indeed have been
a misunderstanding/misspelling. |
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