The George A. Marshall papers, 1864-1962.

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The George A. Marshall papers, 1864-1962.

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Collection of telegrams handwritten in Spanish sent during the establishment of telegraph communications in Puerto Rico during the period 1864-1898; official list of soldiers arriving from Spain at Morro Castle, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1898); plans of telegraph lines in Puerto Rico (n.d.) and booklet entitled: THE ROTARY CONVERTER IN INTERURBAN RAILROAD WORK (1902). Issues of an official periodical of the government of Puerto Rico entitled: GALETA DE PUERTO RICO (1881). Correspondence (1950-53) written to Marshall regarding the 50th annual reunion of the United States Veteran Signal Corps Association, Spanish War Division which was held at the Signal Corps Center at Fort Monmouth, N.J.; registers of officers and members of the U.S. Army Signal Board from 1925 through 1962 and miscellaneous order blanks for radio equipment are also found in the collection.

2 boxes.

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spa,

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United States. Army Signal Board

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Marshall, George A.

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Marshall was an adjutant in the United States Veterans Signal Corps Association, Spanish War Division in the 1950's. From the description of The George A. Marshall papers, 1864-1962. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 23585677 ...

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...