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	War Department, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The office of the commanding general of the army was abolished, and the general staff corps was established to coordinate the army under the direction of the chief of staff, who was charged with supervising the planning of national defense and with the mobilization of the military forces.
		In World War II plans were laid to coordinate the activities of the armed services, and with the creation (1947) of the National Military Establishment—which later became (1949) the U.S. Dept. of Defense—the War Dept. was reconstituted as the Dept. of the Army, which became a division of the Dept. of Defense.
		The Secretary of War, holding a post with high cabinet rank, became the Secretary of the Army, an office without cabinet rank, and several of the department’s functions, notably those connected with the air arm, were transferred.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wa/WarDept.html (528 words)

	Department of War Studies :War Studies :King's College London
		The Department of War Studies is a multi-disciplinary institution devoted to the study of all aspects of war and conflict, international relations and politics.
		The Department scored the highest rating of 24 in the last Quality Assurance Agency Subject Review assessment of teaching and was one of only two 'Politics and International Studies' departments to have received the highest possible rating in the last three Research Assessment Exercises.
		In the second National Student Survey, the Department of War Studies was voted one of the top five UK university 'Politics' departments in terms of student satisfaction.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /depsta/wsg (219 words)

	AllRefer.com - War Department, United States (U.S. Government) - Encyclopedia
		The office of the commanding general of the army was abolished, and the general staff corps was established to coordinate the army under the direction of the chief of staff, who was charged with supervising the planning of national defense and with the mobilization of the military forces.
		Thereafter the War Dept. absorbed several new functions; it was given supervision over the newly created National Guard, and under the National Defense Act of 1916 the officers' reserve corps was created within the department's organization.
		The Secretary of War, holding a post with high cabinet rank, became the Secretary of the Army, an office without cabinet rank, and several of the department's functions, notably those connected with the air arm, were transferred.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WarDept.html (557 words)

	CHNM News: Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 come to CHNM
		The Center for History and New Media and the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University are pleased to announce the award of a grant from National Historical Publications and Records Commission to bring the innovative electronic archive Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 to Fairfax.
		In the young nation’s early years, the War Department controlled more than 70 percent of the nation’s budget, was the largest consumer of fabric, clothing, food, medicine, and weapons in the country, and provided pensions to veterans, widows, and orphans.
		Nearly all the contact that early Americans had with their new federal government was through the War Department, making the records of the office a kind of "National Archives" of the young nation.
	chnm.gmu.edu /news/archives/papers_of_the_war_depa.php (357 words)

	Cold War article - Cold War 1947-1953 1953-1962 1962-1991 Cold War/temp Department Defense - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Cold War is defined by the US Department of Defense as lasting from the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991.
		The Cold War continued from the end of World War II until the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
		The Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were some of the occasions when the tension between those two ideologies took the form of an armed conflict, but much of it was conducted by or against surrogates and through spies and traitors who were working undercover.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Cold_War (1278 words)

	War Department, United States on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		In Aug., 1789, the U.S. War Dept., headed by the Secretary of War with cabinet rank, was created to organize and maintain the U.S. army—under the command of the President in time of peace and war.
		At times the War Dept. supervised quasimilitary matters—e.g., the distribution of bounty lands, pensions (see Interior, United States Department of the), Indian affairs (see Indian Affairs, Bureau of), and the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, but by the 20th cent.
		In World War II plans were laid to coordinate the activities of the armed services, and with the creation (1947) of the National Military Establishment—which later became (1949) the U.S. Dept. of Defense—the War Dept. was reconstituted as the Dept. of the Army, which became a division of the Dept. of Defense.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/w/ward1ept.asp (755 words)

	War Department
		The exhibit of the War Department at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was prepared and installed under the direct supervision of Major Henry C. Ward, 16th United States Infantry, Representative of the War Department, and in this work he was very ably assisted by Post Qr.
		Group of two officers of the Mexican War period, 1846, in full-dress uniforms, representing a Major and Topographical Engineer, and a captain of Infantry; the uniform and equipments of the Major of Engineers having been actually worn by an officer of this grad during said war.
		ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-- The exhibit of this Department was not nearly as complete as was originally intended, as the demands made on the Department, owing to the War with Spain, prevented the making of a display of heavy ordinance and materials.
	www.omaha.lib.ne.us /transmiss/secretary/war.html (2379 words)

	Chapter I: The War Department From Root to Marshall
		The basic structure of the War Department and the Army down to 1903 was established after the War of 1812 by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun in an effort to assert centralized control over their operations.
		This legacy of bureau autonomy and Congressional control in managing the affairs of the Army and the War Department was passed on from the nineteenth century to the twentieth and constituted a principal problem of Army organization.
		The territorial departments of the Army were reorganized and increased from four to six after the declaration of war to assist the War Department in the administration of the Army and to mobilize the National Guard and Reserve forces.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/root/chapter1.htm (13299 words)

	United States Department of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Department of War was the military department of the United States government's executive branch from 1789 until 1949, when it became part of the United States Department of Defense.
		It was headed by the United States Secretary of War.
		In 1949 the War Office was renamed the United States Department of the Army and became a component of the Department of Defense.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_War (172 words)

	The Confederate War Department
		Updates to The Confederate War Department are posted on the News from the Front Lines page, as changes occur with the website.
		The War in Documents is for the examination of governmental papers which led to the formation and operation of the Confederacy.
		The Historical Truth is intended to enlighten and emphasize the need for remembrance and respect for War Between the States history.
	www.csawardept.com (246 words)

	Research War Gaming & Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Working in close conjunction with the teaching departments, this revitalized research arm of the College has thus fulfilled Luce's vision of the institution as a center of both scholarship and original research--an academic establishment which would serve as the home of theory and in-depth thinking for the naval profession in the United States.
		Lawrence Modisett, assists senior decision- makers of the Department of the Navy and other governmental agencies in reaching well-informed, objective decisions on strategic, operational, and programmatic issues by integrating research and analyses with advanced decision support tools and methods in a collaborative environment.
		War games, part of the Naval War College Gaming curriculum since 1887, are vehicles for generating, testing, and debating strategic and operational concepts, and for exercising military and civilian decision makers in maritime and joint warfare.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /cnws (1006 words)

	Encyclopedia: British War Department
		The War Department in the United Kingdom was responsible for the supply of equipment to meet the war effort, both at home and abroad.
		One aspect of the War Department's work was the supply of locomotives and rolling stock for use on railways in Great Britain, other parts of the British Empire, and in theatres of conflict.
		In World War II, large numbers of steam locomotives were produced, as well as some diesel locomotives, of varying gauges to suit the area of planned operation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-War-Department (204 words)

	War Department - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		War Department may refer to the military establishments of several different countries:
		United States Department of War, under the leadership of the United States Secretary of War (until 1947)
		Ministry of War of Japan the World War II Japanese Army
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_Department (105 words)

	HyperWar: U.S. Government Manual--1945 [War Department]
		On March 9, 1942, the Secretary of War announced this reorganization, which was done in the belief that the then existing staff organization provided too cumbersome a plan for the tremendous increase of activities--both in the internal growth and in the numerous theaters of operations involved.
		War Department Manpower Board.--This Board surveys the employment by the War Department of military and civilian manpower within the continental United States, and recommends to the Chief of staff the means for its most effective utilization.
		The National Guard Bureau still functions as the War Department administrative agency for the Sate Guards and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau is charged with promulgating the instructions and suggestions for training State Guards in accordance with War Department policies.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USGM/War.html (4700 words)

	The War Department: Keeper of Our Nation's Enemy Aliens during World War I
		All three prisons were under the supervision of the Adjutant General of the Army.(2) In addition to the three War Department camps, the Labor Department established a camp at Hot Springs, North Carolina for interned officers and crews of German merchant ships lying in ports of the United States at the opening of the hostilities.
		Although the War Department attempted to treat the inmates with respect and dignity, and provide for their well-being, there were contingents of prisoners who refused to cooperate and obey the rules set in place by the commandant.(14)
		To remedy the situation, the War Department segregated the two classes by transferring all prisoners of war to Fort McPherson, while all enemy aliens from Fort McPherson were transferred to Fort Oglethorpe.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/yockel.htm (2894 words)

	They Drew Fire
		In January 1943, George Biddle, a mural artist and the brother of the U.S. Secretary General, was invited by the assistant Secretary of War to form a War Department Art Advisory committee and serve as chair.
		Steinbeck was an active supporter of the war art program, and wrote to Biddle: "It seems to me that a total war would require the use not only of all of the material resources of the nation but also the spiritual and psychological participation of the whole people.
		After the war, the Abbott collections were donated, as promised, to the War Department, dispersed to the branch of service depicted by each piece.
	www.pbs.org /theydrewfire/resources/artists.html (2251 words)

	War Department Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE JJF/ek/2B-932 WASHINGTON AG 680.25 December 9, 1942 (12-7-42)OB-P-E Subject: Protection of Wild Life in Galapagos Islands.
		The Department of State has requested the War Department to bring to your attention the enclosed memorandum on the above subject prepared by the Assistant Secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution.
		It is desired that you take appropriate action to prevent any unnecessary molestation of the wild life in the Galapagos Archipelago and to prohibit the introduction of domestic animals that may prey on the native fauna.
	www.galapagos.to /WW2/19421209.HTM (122 words)

	From War to Self-Determination: the Bureau of Indian Affairs
		The office of superintendent of Indian trade was in the War Department in 1806.
		The bill gave the president authority to appoint a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to serve under the Secretary of War, and have "the direction and management of all Indian affairs, and all matters arising out of Indian relations." The Commissioner was to receive an annual salary of $3,000.
		That part of the act of July 9, 1821 authorizing the appointment of the Commissioner was later amended by the act of 1849 that transferred the Office of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior.
	www.americansc.org.uk /Online/indians.htm (1605 words)

	Guide to Federal Records - Records of the War Department Claims Board [WDCB]
		Established: In the War Department by Circular 26, War Department, January 20, 1919.
		Functions: Supervised and coordinated the work of War Department agencies that settled claims arising from termination of contracts and other World War I procurement obligations of the department.
		Related Records: Record copies of publications of the War Department Claims Board in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
	www.archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/191.html (678 words)

	WAR DEPARTMENT,
		A nation is suddenly called upon to mourn the loss of one the recollection of whose long services in its councils will be forever preserved on the tablets of history.
		As a mark of respect to the memory of a citizen who has been distinguished by the highest honors which his country could bestow, it is ordered that the Executive Mansion and the several Departments at Washington be immediately placed in mourning and all business be suspended during to-morrow.
		It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable military and naval honors to be paid on this occasion to the memory of the illustrious dead.
	www.conservativeusa.org /eo/1849/jun19.htm (421 words)

	War Department Extracts (1919)
		The most striking use made of vacuum tubes prior to the time we entered the war was the transmission of speech by radio from Washington to Paris and Honolulu during the experiments carried out by the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the Navy Department.
		When the United States entered the war, vacuum tubes already were in use by the allied forces for various signaling purposes.
		Early in our participation in the war it became evident that vacuum tubes would be required in very large quantities in order to meet the growing demands for radio communication and signaling.
	earlyradiohistory.us /1919war.htm (1176 words)

	Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department's Timesman Won a Pulitzer
		Laurence then went on to offer his own remarkable editorial on what happened: "The Japanese are still continuing their propaganda aimed at creating the impression that we won the war unfairly, and thus attempting to create sympathy for themselves and milder terms.
		He was also on the payroll of the War Department.
		He dismissed reports of Japanese deaths as 'hoax or propaganda.' The Times' Laurence weighed in, too, after Burchett's reports, and parroted the government line." Indeed, numerous press releases issued by the military after the Hiroshima bombing-which in the absence of eyewitness accounts were often reproduced verbatim by U.S. newspapers-were written by none other than Laurence.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0810-01.htm (2135 words)

	Naval War College, New York Fire Department Conduct War Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		"The fire department leadership is implementing a series of innovative technological, training and managerial advances to help prepare the department for the constant and immense challenge of protecting life and property in New York City," said Hittmann.
		The event, which consisted of four war-game scenarios and moderator-led discussions, put about 50 senior leaders of the FDNY in an environment where they could explore the complex nature of their duties and responsibilities, and test related command decisions in a controlled setting.
		While collaborating with the war gaming department, Hittmann also met with Naval War College dean of academics, Dr. Charles Neimeyer, who discussed operational and strategic level leadership education for possible future use at the FDNY Leadership Academy.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=881 (992 words)

	The Chronicle Online - Department anti-war ad violated law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Provost Peter Lange told members of the Department of Cultural Anthropology Monday that they are prohibited from spending department funds on political advertisements like the anti-war ad that ran on page six of The Chronicle Monday.
		In an e-mail to the faculty involved, Lange explained that it is against the University's responsibilities under the federal tax code for one of its divisions to pay for a political advertisement.
		Ewing and Lange said they did not think the incident would impact students' interest in classes in the department, or that it is an indication of the philosophy of all faculty members in cultural anthropology.
	www.chronicle.duke.edu /vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/25/3e805382eec32 (558 words)

	Documents Related to the Cold War
		War Department press release, "Statement of the Secretary of War," ca.
		War Department, Washington, D.C., Statement of the Secretary of War, ca.
		Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Memorandum from Burton Berry to the Department of State, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/coldwar.htm (11096 words)

	Renovating The WAR Department
		It was a renovation demonstration at the WAR Department (a.k.a.
		The choice of the WAR Department building seemed most appropriate, considering that Ottawa’s homeless regularly sleep just across the street from it - under the McKenzie Street Bridge.
		They seemed to be saving their energy for the actual renovation in front of the WAR Department.
	webhome.idirect.com /~occpehr/articles/hnb.htm (2411 words)

	Department of Defense or Department of War?
		In 1947, gearing up for the Cold War, the U. created its National Security Apparatuses and changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defense.
		Violation of the War Powers Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8); violation of the War Powers Resoution of 1973 (50 USCA Sec.
		Chemical Warfare in violation of numerous treaties: Korean War and Vietnam War.
	www.omnicenter.org /warpeacecollection/departmentofwar.htm (692 words)

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