Manual titled "Instructions and problems in guard duty for the private soldier," written by Captain M. C. Kerth and issued by the United States War Department, circa 1909. Forty-six (46) pages.Item included in Clyde Pangborn's officer service record.
Envelope from the U.S. War Department, circa 1910s-1920s. Printed with letterhead of War Department, Headquarters Eastern Department, Governors Island, New York, with handwritten label ("Personelle") on front.
Special Orders No. 21, issued by the Headquarters Southeastern Department, United States War Department, May 29, 1917. Orders Sergeants Hamilton Coolidge and Edmund E. Bates to be relieved from the Curtiss Aviation School and to proceed to Boston for…
General Orders No. 94, U.S. War Department, July 16, 1917. Rescinds General Orders No. 75 and substitutes orders on the confidentiality of any information on overseas movement. Military personnel are forbidden to make public details such as…
Order No. 127, U.S. War Department, November 21, 1917. Assigns a number of First Lieutenants, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps, including Marc Lagen, to active duty. Men are ordered to report for transportation to France where they will report…
Travel form issued by the U.S. Army Transport Service, November 27, 1917. Certifies transportation for Marc Lagen from New York to France on December 3, 1917.
Special Orders No. 279 (extract), U.S. War Department, November 30, 1917. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy and others to active duty and to report to commanding officer at Garden City, New York. One typed page.
Travel documentation for Wilbur D. Kennedy, December 1917. Includes an itemized statement of actual expenses for sea travel, documenting tips paid to various ship staff during travel from Garden City, New York, to Liverpool, England, December 4-25,…