George E. Stone papers 1918-1919
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Stone, George E., 1903-1967
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Captain, United States Army Signal Corps. From the description of George E. Stone papers, 1918-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867012 George E. Stone was a motion picture cameraman working in Hollywood. While on location near Monterey, he bought a property on the Peninsula near or in Carmel, circa 1914, from Frank Devendorf, and in the early 1920s built a house he and his wife named "Seagirt." From the description of Stereoscopic collection ca. 1927-193?....
United States. Army. Signal Corps
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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...
