Letter and other materials, 1888-1900.

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Letter and other materials, 1888-1900.

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Letter from Lyman Kennon in Chicago to Colonel H.C. Merriam, U.S. Army, Fort Laramie, Wyoming, December 10, 1888, responding to Merriam's comments about guard duty. Includes a card titled Duties of Sentinels, containing material condensed from Kennon's work, which was the first manual on guard duty formally adopted by the U.S. War Department. Also includes a note about the manual cut from a newspaper, and corrections to the Standing Orders for the First Corps of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, issued by Thomas F. Edmands, July 1, 1900.

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Kennon, Lyman Walter Vere, 1858-1918.

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Army officer. From the description of Papers, 1863-1917. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933412 Lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Major General George Crook; the author of Duties of Guards and Sentinels (1888), also called Manual of Guard Duty. From the description of Letter and other materials, 1888-1900. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24273554 ...

Merriam, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1837-1912

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Edmands, Thomas F.

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