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
- Creation: 1930 - 1930
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the United States Army Inspection Guides must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
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.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Inspection guides issued by the Office of the Inspector General, United States Army.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by guide number.
Acquisition Information
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the United States Army Inspection Guides commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- A Guide to the United States Army Inspection Guides, 1930
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu