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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Adj

Adjutant

AG

Adjutant general

AGO

Adjutant General’s Office

Am

American

AMA

American Medical Association

Aprops

Appropriations

AR

Annual report

Assoc.

Association

Asst

Assistant

 

Bull(s)

Bulletins(s)

 

C-in-C

Commander-in-chief

CG

Commanding general

Ch

Chief

Cir(s)

Circular(s)

Cmte

Committee

Co(.)

Company

CO(s)

Commanding officer(s)

Com

Commission, Commissioner

comp.

compiler

Compt

Comptroller

Conf

Conference

Cong.

Congress

cont

continued

CofS

Chief of staff

  

 

Dept(s)

Department(s)

Dir

Director, Directive

diss.

dissertation

Dist(s)

District(s)

Div(s)

Division(s)

  

 

ed(s).

editor(s), edition

Encl

Enclosure

End

Endorsement

enl.

enlarged

Ex

Exhibit

  

 

f.

following

  

 

GO(s)

General Order(s)

Gov

Governor

GS

General Staff

  

 

H

House

HC

Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.

Hist

History

Hq

Headquarters

HofReps

House of Representatives

  

 

IG

Inspector general

IndAffs

Indian Affairs

Inf

Infantry

Info

Information

Instr(s)

Instruction(s)

Interv(s)

Interview(s)

  

 

LC

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

loc. cit.

loco citato, in the place cited

Ltr(s)

Letter(s)

  

 

M.A.

Master of Arts

MD

Medical Department

Med

Medical

Mf

Microfilm

MHS

Marine Hospital Service

Mil

Military

MilAffs

Military Affairs

Mins

Minutes

Ms

Manuscript

Mtg

Meeting

MVAA

Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association

 

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

NGB

National Guard Bureau

NLM

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.

n.s.

new series

  

 

Off(s)

Officer(s)

OIC

Officer-in-charge

  

 

Pam

Pamphlet

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

Pres

President

 

QM

Quartermaster

QMG

Quartermaster general

 

rev.

revised

RG

Record Group

Rpt(s)

Report(s)

 

Sec

Secretary

Sen

Senate

ser.

series

Sess.

Session

SG

Surgeon general

SGO

Surgeon General’s Office

SO(s)

Special Order(s)

SU

Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

supp.

supplement

Surg

Surgeon

s.v.

sub verbo, under the word

Svc

Service

SW

Secretary of war

  

 

Tel

Telephone

Telg(s)

Telegram(s)

Treas

Treasury

TSLA

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.

  

 

UA

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

U.S.

United States

 

WD

War Department