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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], United States Army Inspection Guides, Ms2009-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 2010.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the United States Army Inspection Guides commenced and was completed in March 2009.

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.

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).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by guide number.

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/ ).