United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office letters received...(main series) [microform], 1881-1889.

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United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office letters received...(main series) [microform], 1881-1889.

Selected correspondence on subjects such as a school of application for infantry and cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Army marches at Creedmore, Long Island; mounted and dismounted drill; bugle calls and the distribution of sheet music; expenditures for Indian wars and for observation and control of Indians; the removal of cattlemen from Indian Territory; and the opening of Oklahoma for public settlement.

5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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The Continental Congress on June 17, 1775, appointed an Adjutant General of the Continental Army. After 1783 no further provision was made for such an officer until an act of March 5, 1792, provided for an adjutant, who was also to do the work of inspector. An act of March 3, 1813, established an Adjutant General's Department and an Inspector General's Department which were united the following July under one head, the Adjutant and Inspector General. Separate heads for the two Depar...