The United States Marine Corps in the World War

Chapter 3: LETTER OF TRANSMISSION.

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A concise official history recounts the expansion, organization, and activities of the Marine Corps during the World War, combining personnel statistics with descriptions of recruiting, training, unit formation, deployments, and departmental administration. It outlines combat operations by Marine brigades and regiments on the Western Front, summaries of major engagements and citations awarded by allied commands, casualty and decoration statistics, and support roles including naval detachments, aviation, and reserve forces. The work also addresses logistical, paymaster, and quartermaster functions, the return and demobilization of forces, and provides tables and footnoted data to document strength, movements, and outcomes.

LETTER OF TRANSMISSION.

November 26, 1919.

From: Officer in Charge Historical Division, Adjutant and Inspector’s Department, United States Marine Corps.

To: The Major General Commandant.

Via: Officer in Charge, Adjutant and Inspector’s Department.

Subject: The United States Marine Corps in the World War.

1. There is transmitted herewith for your formal approval a concise history of the United States Marine Corps in the World War, including certain statistics, with the recommendation that it be published to the naval service.

Edwin N. McClellan.

[First endorsement.]

Adjutant and Inspector’s Department,
Headquarters United States Marine Corps,

Washington, D. C., November 26, 1919.

From: The Acting Adjutant and Inspector. To: The Major General Commandant.

1. Forwarded, approved.

H. C. Haines.

Approved:
George Barnett,
Major General Commandant,
United States Marine Corps.

Approved:
Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.