Military Affairs Committee administrative files, 1917-1919.

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Military Affairs Committee administrative files, 1917-1919.

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Files include correspondence between committee officials and Illinois Volunteer Training Corps (IVTC) officers concerning training; funds; meetings; commissions; unit reports; cavalry formation; requisitions; receiving troops; drill; hygiene; Polish and Bohemian corps unit development; motor transport units; fund misuse; and membership. Also included is an IVTC unit list which records officers; unit's average age; drill attendence, times and locations; Cook County units; and all IVTC commissioned officers.

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I)

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The Illinois State Council of Defense, comprised of fifteen gubernatorially appointed defense experts, was created on May 2, 1917 and served for the duration of WWI. Council duties included assisting and cooperating with the Council of National Defense and other state councils of defense; recommending necessary defense legislation; and administering state defense plans established with the Council of National Defense. Besides the authority to adopt its own procedures; the council could form comm...

Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I). Military Affairs Committee.

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