Roster books, ca. 1919.

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Roster books, ca. 1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57193412

Roster books describing the men and women from Wisconsin who joined the Army, Navy, Marines, and Nurse Corps during World War I.

3.0 linear ft. (15 v.)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760071

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin. Dept. of Veterans Affairs,

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Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office

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An adjutant general was first appointed as an aide by the territorial governor in 1839. Over the next two decades the position gradually acquired more authority, supervising the everyday affairs of the state militia (WIHV91-A663). By Chapter 87, Laws of 1858, it became a full-time office under direction of the governor. Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, reorganized the state militia as the Wisconsin National Guard (WIHV88-A102) and transferred the Adjutant General's Office to the new organ...