Document outlining orders from the Secretary of War regarding the placing of all activities at Fort Sill under the command of the School of Fire for Field Artillery, slight amendments to previous orders, new restrictions on the issue of various types of vehicles, the shipping of private mounts for mounted officers, and an amendment to the prohibition on disseminating any information "likely to be of use to the enemy."
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Document outlining orders from the Secretary of War regarding the placing of all activities at Fort Sill under the command of the School of Fire for Field Artillery, slight amendments to previous orders, new restrictions on the issue of various types of vehicles, the shipping of private mounts for mounted officers, and an amendment to the prohibition on disseminating any information "likely to be of use to the enemy."
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3 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Handwritten note, page 1, top right: "G - No. 12. c. 1"
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United States. War Department.[U.S. War Department General Orders 89],
pamphlet,
October 2, 1918;
Washington D.C..
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284926/:
accessed June 10, 2024),
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