Francis Poindexter Application for Commission- December 03, 1917
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[page 1] War Department Signal Corps, U.S. Army Application for Commission If convenient attach inexpensive photograph here. Name in full Poindexter Francis [No Middle Name] Age 23 Years 10 Months. Address 2303 Swope Parkway Kansas City, Missouri. (Typewrite or print above clearly in capital letters.) To the Chief Signal Officer, War Department, Washington, D.C. Sir:- I have the honor to apply for examination for a commission:-(x) in the aviation section of the above, flying. (Note a.- All applicants for flying service will be required to enlist in the Signal corps and attend ground and flying schools. Upon completion of courses and passing prescribed test, they will be commissioned as 2d Lieutenant. After passing certain further prescribed tests, advanced rank and pay is authorized.) (Not b.- Examiners are instructed that the accuracy, legibility and completeness of this application will be taken as evidence of applicant
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[page 2] 14. Occupations a. (last)[Names and Address of Employer] H.t. Poindexter. Whole Dry Goods. 807-9-11 Wyandotte St. Kansas City, [Missouri] [Your Position] Salesman-Buyer & asst. Manager [ From Mo.Yr.] June 1916 [To Mo.Yr.] July 1917 [Weekly Wage] $25.00 Reasons for leaving each of the above. a. To enter Military Service- Enlisted June 13th 1917- 129th Field Artillery. 15. Underscore once each of the following in which you have had experience; underscore twice those in which you are proficient; place a cross (X) after those whose theory you have studied: Accounting (X) [underscored once]; aviation [NA]; automobile driving [underscored twice; automobile construction [underscored once]; automobile repair [underscored once]; carpentry (X) [underscored once]; carrier pigeons [NA]; electrical wiring (X)[underscored once; electrical equipment [NA]; line construction [NA]; machine construction [NA]; machine repairing [NA]; map making[underscored twice]; mechanical drawing (X)[underscored twice]; photograph, still pictures[underscored once]; photography, moving pictures [NA]; printing [NA]; radio apparatus(X); submarine cable work [NA]; storekeeping[underscored twice]; surveying [NA]; telegraphy[underscored once]; telephone (X); teaching[underscored once]; visual signaling (X) [underscored once]; add any other occupation that seem important 16. State in detail your experience in any of the above occupations in which you think you would be of value to the service Automobile driving 5 years- no accidents. Studied Mechanical drawing and Map making 3 years. 17. Rank by a [X] in the proper space your proficiency in comparison with men of your own age in any of the following sports: [Name of Sport] Baseball [Good] X [Name of Sport] Billiards [Average] X [Name of Sport] Boxing [Good] X [Name of Sport] Chess [Very Poor] X [Name of Sport] Fencing [Poor] X [Name of Sport] Football [Very Good] X [Name of Sport] Gymnastics [Average] X [Name of Sport] Horsemanship [Good] X [Name of Sport] Marksmanship [Good] X [Name of Sport] Motor cycle [Good] X [Name of Sport] Polo Have no experience [Name of Sport] Sailing Have no experience [Name of Sport] Tennis [Average] X 18. With what foreign languages are you familiar? State degree of proficiency none-(Studied Latin 2 years-High School) 19. Name organizations (including athletic teams, student organizations and boy scout patrols) of which you are or have been a member University of Virginia football squad. Beaver Athletic Club. [Kansas City, Missouri]. Y.M.C.A. swimming team. Jefferson Literary Society, University of Virginia. Commercial Club [Kansas City, Missouri] 20. State offices held in these organizations President of Beaver Athletic Club. ON committees and active in all the other organizations.
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[page 3] 21. State the job or enterprise in which you have exercised greatest responsibility or leadership Regimental Sergeant Major 129th Field Artillery Pen Reg. S.O. #26, dated August 1, 1917. Handling regimental correspondence and instructing in detail work. 22. If any previous application for Army or Navy service or training has been rejected, state date, place, and detailed reasons for such rejection Rejected for First Officers Training Camp. Ft. Riley, Kansas. Account- low arches. 23. Military experience. (Note: Use one line for each grade held. Interline if necessary. In the first column indicate the branch of the service, namely-Regular Army, National Guard in Federal Service, National Guard not in Federal Service, Reserve Officers
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| Title | Francis Poindexter Application for Commission- December 03, 1917 |
| Creator | Poindexter, Francis |
| Source | Poindexter, Francis. Application for Commission. 03 December 1917. Poindexter, Francis Collection. 84.17. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Francis Poindexter, of Kansas City, Missouri, enlisted in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery (later the 129th Field Artillery), on June 13, 1917. He attended Divisional Officers Training School at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Upon completion of the school, Poindexter transferred to the Air Service and attended the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin, Texas. He graduated with Class 38 on April 6, 1918. Poindexter continued his training at the Wilbur Wright Field, in Fairfield, Ohio, and was assigned to flight duty July 7, 1918. On August 12, 1918, 2nd Lt. Poindexter was seriously injured in a crash near Springfield, Ohio and was treated at Walter Reed Hospital and on total disability after his discharge, effective December 13, 1918. This is Poindexer's Application for Commission for Aviation School. It Includes personal information as well as where he attended school, and his occupation. |
| Subject LCSH | Military aeronautics; United States. War Department; Military commissions |
| Subject Local | World War One; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | 84.17 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | December 3, 1917 |
| Language | English |