Buy this book on-line United States Army et al : Collection of Twenty-seven Pieces of Original Correspondence from the Headquarters of the (United States) Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C., and Headquarters Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, California; 1887-1889
Collection of twenty-seven pieces of original correspondence from the Headquarters of the (United States) Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C. and the Headquarters Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, California. All correspondence is from Headquarters in Washington, D.C. with the exception of one from the Pacific division. Each piece of correspondence is a numbered General Order or Circular printed in black ink on beige paper. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." Various dates, 1887-1889. Most of the correspondence is dated between 1887 and 1888. Page count varies; most are one page; longest correspondence is eight pages. Each piece of correspondence is very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wrinkling, and the occasional small mark. Very Good copies. The following are several of the topics addressed in the correspondence: Signal Service; sick leave; band instruments; plot of land near Denver deemed a military reservation; logistics of where to send certificates, advertisements, and abstracts; change of date for reporting; military uniform costs; order to have expenditures of public money sent to War Department; freight rates; military rank demotions and court martials; fatigue hats; commutation of rations of acting ordnance sergeants; detail of men as telegraph operators; cost of soldier's transfer; 112th Article of War (presidential pardons); linen collars; discharge certificates; revocation and amendment of past regulations regarding proposals; filing procedures for paperwork; hospital stewards and other medical staff; supplies; amendment of terminology in a past regulation; sale and transportation of forage by Quartermaster's Department for hospital cows; amendments to numerical figures regarding rifle and carbine firing; medical form; procedures for records and deposits; extra-duty pay; and leave of absence.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of United States Army et al : Collection of Twenty-seven Pieces of Original Correspondence from the Headquarters of the (United States) Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C., and Headquarters Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, California; 1887-1889. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, libri rari, livres d'occasion, out of print books and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |