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Correspondence including general orders from Adjutant General Charles I. Martin and telegrams between commanding officers of the Kansas National Guard. Also included are appointments of non-commission officers, strength reports detailing desertions and injuries, and descriptive cards of cavalry horses, including their age, size, purchase date and location. Topics discussed include the recruiting of qualified Kansas National Guard members for service in the regular army, instructions for removing enemy sympathizers within ranks and monitoring German nationals in service, and furloughs or personnel transfers. A payroll list with signatures of received payments for members of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, drafted into service on August 5, 1917, can also be found in this material.
Date: 1915-1918
Item Number: 227870
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, General correspondence, 1917-1918
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227870
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1910s - 1915
Date - 1910s - 1916
Date - 1910s - 1917
Date - 1910s - 1918
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Equipment - Animals - Horses
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Service - National Guard
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Military order
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable Kansans - Metcalf, Wilder Stevens, 1855-1935
Places - Cities and towns - Iola
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Other States - Oklahoma - Fort Sill
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Field returns
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Military orders
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Muster rolls
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
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