Documents of the Week: War Department

For the week of September 29, we will be focusing on the War Department. You will find the following documents on the Government Documents display table:

• Calvary Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1916
• Information Relative to the Appointment and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1933
• Information Pamphlet, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1945
• A Manual for Courts-Martial, U.S. Army, 1921
• Military Notes on Cuba, 1909
• Military Pyrotechnics: The History and Development of Military Pyrotechnics, v.1, 1919
• Manual no.8, Technical Equipment of the Signal Corps, 1916
• Summation of United States Army Military Government Activities in Korea, no.13, October, 1946

I had the pleasure of rocking next to a Korean Veteran at a local restaurant for a few minutes this past Saturday. Of course, I told him about the Summation document!