In 1936 the Department of Military and Naval Affairs was authorized to administer the affairs of the militia. The Adjutant General was named the head of the department and the militia including the National Guard, the Naval Militia, and the Unorganized Militia (Ala. Acts, 143, [1936]). The duties of the Adjutant General include supervision of all militia activities and all military property held by the state (Alabama Government Manual, 1990). This series consists of the financial records maintained by the accounting, payroll, and purchasing agents of the department. Included in the records are requisitions, vouchers, property reports for equipment and land, payrolls, and the quartermaster's general accounting records. The information in these records document procurements, budgets, and operational costs of the militia in Alabama. Many of these records were created by the Adjutant General's Office (1819-1936) (Markley, p. 2).
