after 1946. At that time a Corps of Military Police was created to consolidate personnel exercising military police duties as a principal function, and the Chief of Staff ordered the continuation of the Office of the Provost Marshal General and its Corps of Military Police as a permanent part of the Army Establishment. There are 684 cubic feet of records dated between 1937 and 1956 in this record group. GENERAL RECORDS. 1941-54. 214 lin. ft. Included are general decimal corre- PERSONNEL ACCREDITATION These consist of personal history statements, investigation reports, canceled Criminal Investigation Division credentials, memorandums, correspondence, and other records relating to accrediting military civilian personnel as criminal investigators. RECORDS RELATING TO MILITARY GOVERNMENT. 1942-46. 44 lin. ft. and 24 rolls of microfilm. General decimal files and correspondence of the School of Military Government, Charlottesville, Va., and of the School for Government of Occupied Areas, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1942-46; and microfilm copies (24 rolls) of Germanlanguage textbooks for schools in Germany, 1944. RECORDS RELATING TO General correspondence, with an index, of the Prisoner of War Operations Division, relating to prisoner-of-war operations, 1942-48; messages, 1942-47; the Information Bureau policy and subject files concerning supervision of prisoner-of-war camps, 1942-45; training records relating to German prisoners of war and a special projects file, with an index, of the Prisoner of War Special Projects Division, 1943-46; Italian Service Unit correspondence, 1944-45; and records of the Legal Branch, detention lists and correspondence of the Labor and Liaison Branch, and general correspondence of the Enemy Prisoner of War Information Bureau, 1942-46. Records of the American Prisoner of War Information Bureau include civilian alien internee case files, 1941-45, general correspondence, 1942-49, credit certificates and records relating to impounded and lost property, 1947-55, United Nations Command prisoner-of-war rosters, 1955-56, and a card file of Americans interned by Germany and Japan during World War II, 1942-46. RECORDS OF THE MILITARY Included are general correspondence relating to military police and Provost Marshal General schools, 1942-50; records of the Organization Branch, relating to the Corps of Military Police, 1942-48; decimal correspondence of the Training Branch, 1942-46; and correspondence and reports of the Doctrine and Equipment Branch, 1942-47, and the Military Police Board, 1942-54. RECORDS OF THE PROVOST These include general records relating to criminal investigations in the Military Establishment, reports, repatriation lists, and rosters of residents in relocation centers. RECORDS OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY DIVISION. 1937-50. 89 lin. ft. These include reports of race riots and strikes and correspondence relating to auxiliary military police, 1942-45; general correspondence of the Coordination Branch and a library file, 1937-46; and correspondence of the Fire Prevention Branch, 1942-46, the Safety Branch, 1942-45, and the Confinement Branch, 1947-50. RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION (RECORD GROUP 304) Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 consolidated the Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) with the Federal Civil Defense Administration to form the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The ODM was first established in the Executive Office of the President by Executive Order 10193 of December 16, 1950, to direct Government mobilization efforts, including production, procurement, manpower, stabilization, and transport facilities. In February 1953 functions of the Defense Production Administration-established in 1951 to exercise general direction over the defense production program-were transferred to the ODM. Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953 established a new ODM, which assumed all functions of the old ODM and of the National Security Resources Board-established by an act of July 26, 1947, to advise the President on coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization-and the critical materials stockpiling functions of the Army and Navy Munitions Board and of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior. There are 744 cubic feet of records (most of them security classified) dated between 1947 and 1960, with a few dated as early as 1939, in this record group. RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD. 1947-53. 437 lin. ft. Included are office files of the Chairman, 1949-53; correspondence of the office of the Vice Chairman and office files of special assistants and consultants for labor, public relations, information, and economic affairs, 1947-53. Records of the Administrative and Coordinating Staff comprise records of the Administrative Office, relating to budget matters, business services, and personnel, 1947-53; minutes of boards, committees, and task groups, 1947-52; orders, reports, memorandums, and other Board issuances, 1947-53; general correspondence of the Board, 1948-53; letters sent, 1949-53; office files of the Records Service and Management Division and the General Counsel, 1947-53; records of the Office of Progress Evaluation, 1951-53; correspondence of the Office of Plans and Programs and files of its Program Division and Program Adjustment Division, 1948-49; general records of the Information of Office, files the Resources and Requirements Office, and correspondence of the Office of Program and Requirements, 1948-53; office files of the Board secretary and correspondence of the General Research and Reports Division, 1947-51; correspondence of the Secretariat, 1948-50; subject files of the Committee Operations Division, 1948-51; records of the Institutional Resources Survey Division, 1947-49; and files of the economic adviser, 194953, and other staff assistants. Records of the Mobilization Planning Staff include records of the Civilian Mobilization Office, 1949-50; of the Energy and Utilities Office, 1948-50; of the Economic Management Office that relate to production controls and priorities, and correspondence of the Foreign Activities Office relating to economic warfare and industrial mobilization, 1947-51; general records of the Health Resources Office, 1948-51; records of the Housing and Community Facilities Office, 1948-53, including some dated 1939; reports and correspondence of the Manpower Office, 1948-52; subject files of the Forest Products, Light Metals, and Non-Metallic Minerals Divisions of the Materials Office, 1948-53; and records of the Office of Aluminum, 1951. There are also subject files of the Production Office, its directors, and its Production and Industrial Equipment Division, 1948-51; of the directors of its Agricultural Machinery and Aircraft Divisions; of members of its Automotive and Transportation Division; its Communications and Electronics, and Construction and Mining Machinery Divisions; of a member of its Containers and Packaging Division; its Facilities and Construction Materials Division, 194751; a food planning specialist of its Food Division, 1948-50; and of its Industrial and Government Dispersion Division, 1947-50. Also included are an office file of the Director of the Production Office's Scientific and Technical Equipment Division; correspondence of the Production Office's Service Equipment and Consumer Durable Goods, Shipbuilding, Small Business, and Textiles and Leather Divisions, 1948-51; subject files of the Transportation Office, 1948 50, its director, and a transportation specialist; and correspondence and reports of the Air Coordinating Committee. Records of the Human Resources Office include subject files of its directors, 1949-53, its Housing and Community Facilities Division, 1951-52, and consultants and specialists in its Manpower Division, 1949-52. Records of the Natural Resources Office include the Director's correspondence and reports chiefly relating to the President's Materials Policy Commission, 1952-53; subject files of the secretary of the Scientific Manpower Advisory Committee, 1950-52; the general office file of the Materials Division, 1949-52; and subject files of Division directors, 1949-53, and records of a Division member, 1948-52, and a consultant on technology, 1952. There is also a subject file of the Director of the Production Resources Office, 1952-53, and subject and reading files of the Director of the Special Security Programs Office, 1951-53. RECORDS OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION. 1951-53. 110 lin. ft. These consist of general records of the Office of Program and Requirements, 1951-53; and minutes, correspondence, and memorandums of the Production Office, relating to activities of the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Production, the Aircraft Production Board, and the Production Executive Committee, 1951-52. RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION. 194856. 138 lin. ft. These comprise application files concerning defense loans to private enterprises, 1951-54; and general subject files of constituent ODM offices, relating to congressional legislation, price and wage stabilization, and the International Materials and Munitions Stockpile Committees, 1948-56. AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1952-60. 66 items. Documentary motion pictures produced by predecessor agencies of the Office of Civil Defense, showing nuclear bomb explosions, flood damage, and all phases of civil defense. Field Commands and Installations RECORDS OF UNITED STATES ARMY COMMANDS, 1784-1821 (RECORD GROUP 98) In 1784 the U.S. Army consisted of one infantry regiment. Between 1784 and 1798 additional units were added of infantry, artillery, and dragoons. In 1800 the Army was reduced to four regiments of infantry and two regiments of artillerists and engineers, but additional units were formed in 1802 and 1808, and during the War of 1812 the size of the Army increased to 48 regiments of infantry, a corps of artillery, and two regiments of light dragoons. By 1821 the Army consisted of seven infantry regiments and a corps of artillery. During most of the period 1784-1813 Army units and posts were under the direct command of the chief of the Army, who was responsible to the Secretary of War. There were, however, several periods when Army field establishments were organized into one or more departments, each responsible to the Secretary of War. Not until 1813 when a War Department general order divided the Nation into nine (later 10) military districts did such a division of command become a permanent concept. In 1815 the United States was divided into Divisions of the North and the South, with five military departments under each. The organization was changed again early in 1821 when the United States was divided into Eastern and Western Departments. There are 48 cubic feet of records dated between 1784 and 1821 in this record group. RECORDS OF DEPARTMENTS, The records consist of letter books, letters received, orderly books, monthly returns, and registers of men furloughed, discharged, and detailed. RECORDS OF UNITS. 1784-1821. 31 lin. ft. These consist primarily of orderly and company books, with a few morning reports, monthly returns, inspection returns, clothing books, and some correspondence. Microfilm Publications: Records of Fort Hays, Kansas (US. Army Post), 1866-1869, T713, 22 rolls; Records of the Military Post at San Antonio, Texas, 1866-1911, T789, 4 rolls; and Selected Records of Kansas Army Posts, T837, 14 rolls. RECORDS OF UNITED STATES REGULAR ARMY MOBILE UNITS, 1821-1942 (RECORD GROUP 391) U.S. Regular Army mobile units in 1821 comprised seven infantry regiments (increased to eight in 1838) and four artillery regiments. During the Mexican War the infantry was increased to 16 regiments, and three dragoon regiments, one mounted rifle regiment, one voltigeur regiment, and one engineer battalion were created. The infantry and the dragoons were reduced to eight and two regiments, respectively, after the war. In 1855 two cavalry regiments were organized. During the Civil War there were 45 infantry regiments; five artillery regiments; and 10 cavalry regiments, five new and five of which replaced cavalry regiments, dragoon regiments, and the mounted rifle regiment. Only the infantry was reduced after the Civil War-from 45 to 25 regimentsand two new artillery regiments were created during the Spanish-American War. In 1901 two additional engineer battalions were formed; infantry and cavalry regiments were increased to 30 and 15, respectively; and the artillery was divided into 30 field artillery batteries (redesignated regiments in 1907) and 126 coast artillery companies. There was a great increase in the numbers and kinds of mobile units during World War I, and many reorganizations of the units took place, including the introduction of the division as the tactical unit for cavalry and infantry. Other units introduced included tank battalions, motor transport companies, and clothing units. There are 6,266 cubic feet of records dated between ca. 1776 and 1949 in this record group. RECORDS OF REGULAR ARMY MOBILE UNITS. 1821-1916. 1,099 lin. ft. Records of artillery regiments (443 lin. ft.) comprise records of the seven artillery regiments, 1821-1901, including their detachments and batteries, consisting of letter books and registers of letters received, with indexes; letters received; orders issued and received; descriptive books; monthly returns; and muster rolls. Also included are similar records of artillery battalions and batteries, 1901-7; correspondence and miscellaneous records of artillery regiments, 1907-16; and letter books, registers of letters received, letters received, registers of correspondence, correspondence, orders, and miscellaneous records of coast artillery companies, 1901-16. Records of cavalry regiments, 18331916, include letter books; registers of letters received, with indexes; letters received; orders issued and received; descriptive books; monthly returns; military histories of officers and regiments; rosters; and other records of the 15 cavalry regiments, the mounted rifle and dragoon regiments, and companies and detachments of the cavalry regiments. Records of the three engineer battalions and their companies, 1846-1916, include letter books and registers of letters received, with indexes; letters received; orders issued; and descriptive books. Records of 46 infantry regiments and their companies and detachments, 18211916, comprise letter books, with indexes; endorsement books; registers of letters received, with indexes; letters received; orders issued and received; descriptive books; monthly returns; military histories of officers and regiments; rosters; and muster rolls. Also included are letter books, registers of letters received, letters received, orders issued, descriptive lists, and other records of the voltigeur regiment, 184748; Signal Corps companies and detachments, 1867-1910; Indian scout companies, 1872-93; and Philippine scout companies and other scout units in the Philippines, 1901-16. RECORDS OF REGULAR ARMY These comprise correspondence, reg isters, issuances, returns, rosters, and other records of Coast Artillery Corps units; mine planters; Field Artillery Corps, cavalry, engineer, and infantry units, signal service, bakery, firetruck and hose, salvage, mobile laundry, guard and fire, motortruck, motor transport, |