United States Army Inspection Guides
Scope and Content
This collection contains a set of numbered inspection guides issued by the United States Army's Office of the Inspector General on October 15, 1930. Within the collection are procedural guidelines for inspection of the following: a War Department office (Guide No. 2); post and troops (No. 4); ports, transports, harbor boats and mine planters (No. 7); service school (No. 8); National Guard organizations (No. 9); recruiting services (No. 10); national cemeteries (No. 12); unit and similar funds (No. 14); sales stores (No. 15); remount depots (No. 17); laundries (No. 19); and warehousing (No. 23).
Dates
- 1930
Creator
- United States. Army. Office of the Inspector General (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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Administrative History
The Office of Inspector General was created in 1777 to improve the training, discipline, morale, and efficiency of troops within the Continental Army. The office continues to fill that role in the United States Army by monitoring and reporting to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff on compliance with Army rules and regulations with regard to personnel, property, accounting, and record-keeping.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The collection includes inspection guides issued by the Office of the Inspector General, United States Army.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by guide number.
Source of Acquisition
The collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 2010.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the United States Army Inspection Guides by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the United States Army Inspection Guides commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- United States Army Inspection Guides, 1930
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2009 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu