sentences:  Amid much confusion and discord, Mayor Kline (who had taken office after Mayor Gaynor's death in September 1913) refused to accept Waldo's resignation (which would have left the Department without leaders for the first 12 hours after New Year's Eve) and fired him instead.In 1916, Waldo held a commission as Major in the Infantry Officers Reserve Corps.He went into World War I as a Major in the 301st Infantry of the National Army in 1917.