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	War Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
		The management of the War Office was initially headed by the curiously-named Secretary at War, whose role had originated under King Charles II of England as the secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army.
		The post of Secretary at War was merged with that of the Secretary of State for War in 1855 and was abolished altogether in 1863.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_Office (1056 words)

	War Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The War Office developed from the, an ad hoc grouping of the King and his senior military commanders which oversaw England's frequent wars and campaigns.
		An was created along similar lines to the Board of Admiralty, chaired by the Secretary of State for War, and an was established to coordinate Army administration.
		The construction of the War Office building took five years to complete at what was than a huge cost of over £1.2 million.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/War_Office (1054 words)

	Station Information - War Office
		The War Office was a former department of the United Kingdom government.
		It was formed in 1855 after the Crimean War by the merger of the War Department and the Board of Ordnance, to look after land based military forces and affairs.
		The War Office was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence in 1964
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/war_office_1.html (71 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Office of Special Plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was extensive." Chief among these agencies was the so-called Office of Special Plans, set up after Sept. 11, 2001, reporting to Douglas Feith in the Pentagon....
		The Office of Special Plans is a Pentagon unit created by Donald Rumsfeld dealing with intelligence on Iraq.
		In July of 2003 it was renamed to Northern Gulf Affairs Office.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/organizations/Office_of_Special_Plans (430 words)

	War and Anti-War Films
		Themes explored in war films include combat, survivor and escape stories, tales of gallant sacrifice and struggle, studies of the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and intelligent and profound explorations of the moral and human issues.
		War films have often been used as 'flag-waving' propaganda to inspire national pride and morale, and to display the nobility of one's own forces while harshly displaying and criticizing the villainy of the enemy, especially during war or in post-war periods.
		The Big Parade (1925) was a new kind of war film, and the first to realistically portray the horrors of battle and the struggle for survival by three soldier-comrades (a bartender, a riveter, and a millionaire's son) in the trenches.
	www.filmsite.org /warfilms.html (2153 words)

	Gov. Trumbull's War Office
		During the American Revolution, the former store and office where Jonathan Trumbull conducted his mercantile business became the headquarters to plan the defense of the colony of Connecticut.
		Located near the northwest corner of the Hartford-Norwich Highway (Route 207) and West Town St. Jonathan Trumbull served as the Governor of both the colony and the state from 1769 - 1784, a period of 15 years.
		The War Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	www.ctssar.org /sites/lebanon_war_office.htm (227 words)

	British Military Records
		Family historians in the United States who can trace their roots back to an ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War, or the War of 1812, or the Civil War are often amazed and gratified by the amount of biographical data contained in the records of their military service.
		After the index come lists of succession for the offices in the regiment, giving the name of the officer, the exact date of his appointment, his age in months and years at the time of his appointment, his country of origin, and the date of his first commision in the Army.
		As with the other two books, this one is organized by precedence of the corps, beginning with the cavalry regiments and proceeding through the foot guards and regiments of foot.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/BritMilRecs.html (3209 words)

	Secretary of State for War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The position was re-instated in 1854 and remained until 1 April 1964, when the cabinet position (along with that of First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for Air) was replaced by the Secretary of State for Defence - in charge of a new united Ministry of Defence.
		The former office of the Secretary of State for War became the that of the new Minister of Defence for the Army.
		The Secretary of State headed the War Office and was assisted by a Parliamentary Private Secretary, who was also a Member of Parliament, and a Military Secretary, who was a general.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War (805 words)

	Office of War Information. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The OWI absorbed the functions of the Office of Facts and Figures, the Office of Government Reports, the division of information of the Office for Emergency Management, and the foreign information service of the Coordinator of Information.
		Besides coordinating the release of war news for domestic use, the office established an overseas branch, under Robert E. Sherwood, which launched a huge information and propaganda campaign abroad.
		Congressional opposition to the domestic operations of the OWI resulted in increasingly curtailed funds, and by 1944 the OWI operated mostly in the foreign field, contributing to undermining enemy morale.
	www.bartleby.com /65/of/OfficeWa.html (181 words)

	CASBAH: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
		The appointment of a Secretary of State for War in 1794, and the revival of the officer Commander in Chief in 1793, reduced the importance of his office; it was combined with that of Secretary of State for War in 1855 and abolished in May 1863.
		The office of the Secretary-at-War was called the 'War Office' as early as 1693.
		The office of Secretary of State for War was abolished on April 1st 1964 on the creation of the unified Ministry of Defence.
	www.casbah.ac.uk /cats/archive/138/PROA00006.htm (1130 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Inside the War Office - A2407781
		The War Office in Whitehall was a squat, ugly building, crowned with four improbable turrets.
		In a field behind the War Office we indulged in bayonet practice against hanging sandbags, attacking them with appropriate blood-curdling yells.
		After office hours (yes, the War Office kept peace-time office hours in the midst of World War Two) the building was dimly lit (fl-out regulations), dusty and rat-infested.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2407781 (1327 words)

	They Also Served --- Office of War Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus, the Office of War Training was formed on June 15, 1942 to act as a comprehensive service agency for planning statewide civilian training, including the acquisition or production of instructional materials and films.
		The office worked for numerous State and War Council agencies, developing programs for fire defense, plant protection, air raid wardens, block leaders, civilian defense drivers, school bus drivers, emergency sanitation and water services, child care, gas reconnaissance officers, and war gas protection.
		The office would consult with the agency requesting training, package information for instructor training, then bring together persons from around the state for instruction on specific topics and teaching methods.
	www.archives.nysed.gov /a/researchroom/rr_mi_homefront_owt.shtml (224 words)

	LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 9 Correspondence with the War Office, 1917-1938
		Correspondence between Hamilton and the War Office, mainly relating to regimental affairs of the Gordon Highlanders, including nominations of officer cadets as subalterns; selection of battle honours for World War One; War Office memorandum on the armies of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, for use by Hamilton on his lecture tour of Scandinavia.
		Correspondence between Hamilton and the War Office, mainly relating to regimental affairs of the Gordon Highlanders, including nominations of officer cadets as subalterns; dress regulations; schemes for civil employment of ex-servicemen; resettlement of ex-soldiers in Australian, New Zealand and Canada; scheme for Gallipoli Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, 25 Apr 1930.
		Correspondence between Hamilton and the War Office, mainly relating to regimental affairs of the Gordon Highlanders, including nominations of officer cadets as subalterns; recruitment statistics; minutes of War Office conference on arrangements for Gallipoli Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, 25 Apr 1937.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/hamilton/h0-09.htm (213 words)

	Mark S. Ellis, Achieving Justice Before The International War Crimes Tribunal: Challenges For The Defense Counsel, 7 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was charged with individual criminal responsibility for Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, Violations of the Laws or Customs of War, and Crimes Against Humanity, according to Articles 2, 3, and 5, respectively, of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the former Yugoslavia (Statute).
		This office is comprised of legal experts who not only research and argue pretrial motions, but also assist each of the trial attorneys in the OTP.
		Two other witnesses who had agreed to testify for the defense backed out at the last minute because of threats to their lives.
	www.law.duke.edu /journals/djcil/articles/djcil7p519.htm (6998 words)

	War Aims Through Art: The U.S. Office of War Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To control the content and imagery of war messages, the government created the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) in June 1942.
		Those who saw posters as "war art" favored stylized images and symbolism, while recruits from the world of advertising wanted posters to be more like ads.
		Graphics chief Francis Brennan, former art director of Fortune Magazine, believed that posters should be "war art", combining the sophisticated style of contemporary art with the promotion of war aims.
	americanhistory.si.edu /victory/victory5.htm (434 words)

	Women's Organisations
		the War Office started its scheme of voluntary aid organisation based on male and female Voluntary Aid Detachments to the Sick and Wounded (VADs) to be organised for their local Territorial Forces Associations by the Red Cross.
		It was not part of the army or even under the control of the War Office - it was funded and controlled by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries - but as an organised body supporting the war effort, it deserves its place in any consideration of the fighting forces.
		The success of the WL was a definite factor in influencing the Government to organise female labour in the latter half of the war.
	www.1914-1918.net /women_orgs.htm (1455 words)

	FSA/OWI B&W Photographs
		The fl-and-white photographs of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are a landmark in the history of documentary photography.
		The images show Americans at home, at work, and at play, with an emphasis on rural and small-town life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and increasing farm mechanization.
		Some of the most famous images portray people who were displaced from farms and migrated West or to industrial cities in search of work.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html (271 words)

	Chapter 14 The Bessemer process and the war office
		In the illustration, A represents a portion of a gun-tube for a rifled gun, machined and finished; B is one of these pieces, flattened, as shown, and C is a larger hoop, crushed flat with the heavy blows of the steam hammer.
		The two sides where the bend takes place are immensely stretched on the exterior surface, and also greatly compressed on their inner side, but at no point does the metal exhibit the smallest trace of fracture.
		The two similar crushed cylinders which I gave to Colonel Wilmot were greatly prized by him, and were kept as trophies, with several other experimental proofs, on the writing-table in his private office at the Arsenal, where I saw them on several occasions prior to his vacating the office.
	www.history.rochester.edu /ehp-book/shb/hb14.htm (2725 words)

	Belgian Tourist Office - official website - your definitive source of travel information on Belgium
		The museum houses a collection of all kinds of arms and equipment of the 1914-18 war, as well as a collection of uniforms, furniture and other equipment of all the armies who were involved in the battles of Ypres.
		Two army chaplains founded an "Every man's club", The Talbot House, where all soldiers were welcome.
		In this World War II cemetery of 57 acres, rest 7,9992 American servicemen, many of whom gave their lives during the advance of the U.S. Armed Forces into Germany.
	www.visitbelgium.com /worldwar.htm (1338 words)

	THE WAR OFFICE
		We give on this page an engraving representing the Secretary’s room of the War Department at Washington exactly as it appeared on the day of the memorable transfer of the office to Secretary Stanton by General Grant at the bidding of the United States Senate.
		This apartment of the War Department is known as the "Secretary’s Room," and is the one used by Mr.
		General Grant, while acting as Secretary of War, usually did his work and conferred with visitors seated at the table near which the great chair is placed.
	www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com /08overtobstructionofcongress/v-35.htm (174 words)

	Post war commemorations - Office of Australian War Graves
		The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) is responsible for the official commemoration of eligible veterans whose deaths are accepted by the Repatriation Commission as being due to their war service, or at the time of their death were either:
		In all other cases, an application should be made in writing to the DVA Office in the State in which the veteran was resident, requesting that the veteran's death be accepted as being due to his/her war service.
		The Office of Australian War graves provides over 8,000 post war memorials annually and there are now over 240,000 post war memorials Australia wide that are being maintained by this Office.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/postwar.htm (1054 words)

	Financing the Civil War: The Office of Internal Revenue and the Use of Revenue Stamps
		The total cost of the war to the federal government was $3 billion, about a quarter of it financed through taxes, customs duties, and other federal revenues.
		The purpose of this paper is to describe the finances of the Civil War and post-war period, with particular focus on the Office of Internal Revenue and the use of adhesive revenue stamps.
		The office of assessor was abolished on July 1, 1873, when the income tax was repealed and many other taxes eliminated or reduced (Schmeckebier and Eble, 1923).
	acct.tamu.edu /giroux/financingcivil.htm (7411 words)

	Chapter The bessemer process and the war office of Autobiography by Sir Henry Bessemer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These examples of the toughness and endurance of Bessemer mild steel, after being subjected to violent and sudden strains, were exhibited in my large glass case at the International Exhibition of 1862, and must have been seen by hundreds and thousands of persons.
		The two similar crushed cylinders which I gave to Colonel Wilmot were greatly prized by him, and were kept as trophies, with several other experimental proofs, on the writing- table in his private office at the Arsenal, where I saw them on several occasions prior to his vacating the office.
		The analysis given by Colonel Wilmot was issued from the Chemical Laboratory of the War Department, and can be fully relied on as showing that no impurity but sulphur existed in the specimen analysed in sufficient quantity to estimate, while no spiegeleisen or manganese was used in its production.
	www.bibliomania.org /2/9/71/118/21373/4.html (592 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During and after the Gulf War, personnel awareness of the hazards posed by battlefield depleted uranium contamination was generally low.
		In 1998, the program was enlarged to assess the wider Gulf War veteran community's exposure to DU through close contact with DU munitions, inhalation of smoke containing DU particulate during a fire at the Doha depot or while entering or salvaging vehicles or bunkers that were hit with DU projectiles.
		The published results of these medical evaluations conclude that the presence of retained DU fragments is the only scenario predictive of a high urine uranium value, and those with retained DU fragments continue to have elevated urine uranium levels nine years after the incident.
	www.gulflink.osd.mil /faq_17apr.htm (2965 words)

	George W. Bush - President of America and the World
		America has, and always will be the chaperone of justice and liberty to other peoples, and I am the custodian of these good principles.
		Presently we are a nation at war, as we have been for most of the 20th century.
		I therefore urge you, dear visitor, to allow us the chance to guide you to a better understanding of who we are, but more importantly, of who this extraodinary nation of Americans are.
	waroffice.us (333 words)

	Secrets of the German War Office, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a most aggressive Young Turk, they had sent him to an obscure post in Thessalonia, but upon sounding out the younger officers I found that he was still regarded highly.
		The modern German policy in the European Orient, inaugurated by Bismarck as a defense and check against Russia, has always been keen on the friendship and good will of the Turk for reasons which will be obvious enough later.
		During the Caprivi Chancellorship, the relation between the two empires became rather lax.
	www.manybooks.net /pages/gravesdretext04sgewo10/51.html (278 words)

	Homepage of Military Families Against The War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The families believe the war to have been fought on the basis of lies and deceit and moreover consider that there was no legal basis for the conflict.
		Military Families Against the War in Britain, and AfterDowningStreet.org, in the United States, are working together to demand answers to the questions raised by the Downing Street Minutes and related evidence suggesting that the rulers of both nations conspired to deceive the public, Congress, and Parliament with regard to justification for the Iraq War.
		Families whose loved ones died in the Iraq war delivered a 'letter of claim' to 10 Downing Street at 4pm on Tuesday 3 May. The letter outlines the legal case they are bringing against Tony Blair regarding the war and the deaths of their family members.
	www.mfaw.org.uk (5473 words)

	Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
		A two person DPMO team visited Libya recently to continue discussions on losses in that area from WWII and from the 1986 El Dorado Canyon operation.
		Two of the soldiers they buried are still unaccounted-for.
		Each of the military service casualty offices is contacting MIA family members within a 300-mile radius of Columbus to encourage their attendance.
	www.dtic.mil /dpmo (702 words)

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