Bulletins, G.H.Q., A. E .F.; United States Army in the World War 1917-1919
Washington DC: Department of the Army, Historical Division, 1948. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus--Reproduction of Bulletins originally issued 1917-1919. Hardcover. [2], 267, [3] pages. This volume is labeled 17 on the spine. Note: Documents herein are reproduced as found without editorial correction of spelling or other grammatical errors in text.) Ex-Military unit Headquarters Library with usual library markings. The United States Army in the World War 1917-1919 was a seventeen-volume compilation of selected AEF records gathered by Army historians during the interwar years. The seventeen volumes are: v. 1. Organization of the American Expeditionary Forces; v. 2. Policy-forming documents of the American Expeditionary Forces; v. 3. Training and use of American units with the British and French; v. 4-8. Military operations of the American Expeditionary Forces; v. 9. Meuse-Argonne operations of the American Expeditionary Forces; v. 10. The Armistice Agreement and related documents; v. 11. American occupation of Germany; v. 12-15. Reports of the Commander-in-Chief, AEF, Staff Sections and Services; v. 16. General Orders, GHQ AEF; and v. 17. Bulletins, GHQ, AEF. Volume 17 may be among the scarcest due to it being issued last, and having a narrow content. Bulletin No. 1 was dated Headquarters, A.E.F. Paris, France, August 6, 1917, and issued by Lieutenant Colonel James G. Harbord, Chief of Staff by command of Major General Pershing. It dealt with the 'free entry of parcels sent by private persons abroad to officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces." The last entry is Bulletin, No. 44, dated General Headquarters, A.E.F., France, June 6, 1919 which, in compliance with Training Bulletin No. 34, G. H.Q., May 1, 1919 on baseball, published the official schedule. It was noted that leave necessary to carry out the schedule was authorized and was necessary in the military service. It was signed James G. Harbord, Chief of Staff by command of General Pershing. Bulletins were numbered sequentially by year. Bulletin No. 20 was the last in the series for 1917. Bulletin No. 108 was the last in the series for 1918. Bulletin No. 44 is the last one presented for 1919. These bulletins addressed a variety of issues from pay allotments to citizenship and offer an official perspective of the operations of the American Expeditionary Forces that few, if any, other sources of information provided. Condition: Good.
Keywords: American Expeditionary Forces, A.E.F., General Headquarters, Military Bulletins, Military Communication, Military Information, United States Army
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