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INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER CAMP CROFT. S.C. July 22, 1941 Subject: Officer Candidate School. TO Commanding General, Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Georgia. : 1. Reference War Department letter dated April 26, 1941, (AG 352) subject; "Officer Candidate School", it is recommended that paragraph 10 of the above cited letter be amended to permit enlisted men with proper qualifications and previous training or professional experience to apply for the school in any arm or service for which they are beet qualified, rather than limiting their applications to the arm or service in which they are serving at the data of applicationĀ« 2. Several individuals at this Infantry Replacement, Training Center posess professional quailfications which could be better utilized in other anas or services as commissioned officers than would be the case should they be authorized to attend the Infantry Candidate School. 3. Specifically, it is recommended that enlisted men be permitted to apply either for the school of the branch of current enlistment or induction or any other school for which he might be found to possess the necessary qualifications. 0. W. GRISWOLD, Brig. Gen., U.S.A.