The United States at War, Vol. 1: Organizations and Literature (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The United States at War, Vol. 1: Organizations and Literature This publication is an attempt to furnish condensed Information concerning the war activities of the United States. It gives briefly the organization and activities of the various bodies, governmental and other, which the war has called into existence and points the way to fuller Information where it Is desired. In the Introduction is given an outline of the organization of the Federal Government. A Chronological summary of the events leading up to the entrance of the United States Into the war, followed by a similar Chronology of the activities of the United States in the war up to June 1. 1917, is then given, and, lastly, a summary of the miscellaneous associations which have perfected some sort of an organization. The body of the work consists of an alphabetical arrangement of organizations and subjects. Under the names of organizations the headquarters address, origin, membership. organization. functions, publications, and references to descriptive literature are given where possible. Under the subjects the work of the various organizations is mentioned and reference is made to some of the literature. No attempt has been made at bibliographical fullness. The references given are selected from such literature as has been found useful in the Library of Congress, with particular note of Government publications. The material here brought together has been assembled during a period of transition. As the President expressed it. democracy is on trial, and democracy responded to the first call by proffering its services, as another high official has said, through a perfect welter of organizations. The first task is to give all these organizations a place in the great machine which is to carry on the war. This is being done rapidly through the Council of National Defense. Whatever statements are made concerning organizations and activities during this period of coordination and rearrangement are subject to instantaneous change. Almost necessarily, therefore, have misstatements and errors crept in, but no pains have been spared to make the statements accurate up to June 1. the time of going to press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.