NJDARM: Collection Guide -
NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION GUIDE
Record Group: Department of Defense Subgroup: Adjutant General's Office (World War I) Series: Miscellaneous Records [Unprocessed Binders], c. 1917-c. 1918 Accession #: 1969.006 prob. Series #: SDEA7004 Guide Date: 4/1999 (CSM) Volume: 16.75 c.f. [121 binders]
Contents
Content Note
This series contains records of the New Jersey National Guard during World War I. The records include, correspondence, company correspondence books, returns, charge sheets for individual soldiers who violated an Article of War, and orders.
NOTE: These records have not been processed. Many binders have records related to earlier or later time periods, such as the Mexican Border Service and National Guard post-1919 records. Additionally, binders in other series, such as the Mexican Border Service and post-1919 National Guard binders, contain records related to World War I.
This series is a combination of earlier series, specifically:
Binders 160 and 174 in Box 1 were formerly part of Department of Defense, National Guard, Miscellaneous Correspondence - Post Civil War, 1860s-1920;
Binders 7-191 in Boxes 1-34 were formerly part of Department of Defense, National Guard, Miscellaneous Records, 1909-1925.
Contents Box 1
Book 160 - Pay Rolls for Troops B & D 1st Squadron Cavalry, Provisional Troop 1st Squadron Cavalry, Headquarters 1st Squadron Cavalry, Companies F, K, L and Headquarters Company 3rd Infantry, Companies A, I & K, 4th Infantry, and Companies L, Headquarters and a Detachment, 5th Infantry, 1916-1917 Book 174 - Naval Reserve - Shipping Articles (enlistment papers) for 1st Battalion (onto U.S.S. Adams) and 2nd Battalion (onto USS Vixen) , 1917 Book 7 - 1st Infantry, Adjutant General correspondence, 1912-1917
Box 2
Book 12 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (100-299), 1917 Book 13 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (300-499), 1917 file:///M|/highpoint/webdocs/state/darm/darm2011/guides/guides%20for%20pdf/sdea7004.html[5/16/2011 9:38:34 AM] NJDARM: Collection Guide -
Book 14 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (500-599), 1917 Book 14A - 1st Infantry, correspondence (600-699), 1917
Box 3
Book 15 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (800-999), 1917 Book 16 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1000-1099), 1917 Book 17 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1100-1299), 1917 Book 18 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1300-1499), 1917
Box 4
Book 19 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1500-1699), 1917 Book 20 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1700-1899), 1917 Book 21 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (1900-1999), 1917 Book 22 - 1st Infantry, correspondence (2000-2199), 1917
Box 5
Book 23 - 1st Infantry, miscellaneous correspondence, 1917 Book 25 - 1st Infantry, discharges (1916), transfers (1909-1917) and soldiers with dependent relatives (1917) Book 26 - 1st Infantry, morning reports (1916-1917), guard reports (1917) and requisitions (1917)
Box 6
Book 27 - 1st Infantry, sanitary inspection (1917), return of accountability equipment, muster lists by company (1917) and roster (1914 & 1915) Book 28 - 1st Infantry, Quartermaster telegrams (1917), confidential information and list of bridges (1917) Book 29 - 1st Infantry, Captain reports and special orders, January-May 1917
Box 7
Book 31 - 1st Infantry, summary court cases and charge sheets, 1917 Book 32 - 1st Infantry, bi-monthly muster roll, ration returns (1917), payroll muster roll (1916), rifle practice (1916-1917) and quarterly returns (1911-1917) Book 33 - 1st Infantry, consolidated returns, May-August 1917
Box 8
Book 34 - 1st Infantry, consolidated returns, September - October 1917, consolidated monthly returns, 1908-1910 Book 36 - 1st Infantry, rifle qualification, Sea Girt, 1917 Book 38 - 2nd Infantry Sanitary Detachment, correspondence (1-257), 1916-1917 and miscellaneous correspondence, 1917 Book 39 - 2nd Infantry, list of men transferred from reserves, charge sheets, 1917
Box 9
Book 40 - 2nd Infantry Sanitary Detachment, physical report, description card, enlistment paper, morning report, serial record, and venereal prophylaxis, 1917 Book 41 - 2nd Infantry, circulars, bulletins, bills, returns, discharge certificates, property record, special orders, and rosters, 1917 Book 42 - 2nd Infantry Sanitary Detachment, memo-receipts, furlough, property and mess accounts, payroll, muster roll, requisitions, tri-monthly reports, sick reports, and transfer of stores, 1917 Book 46 - 3rd Infantry, Company A, correspondence (31-314), attendance annual records, muster roll, pay roll, inspection report, orders, and returns, 1914-1917
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Book 47 - 3rd Infantry, Company C, checks and stubs, council book, record of company funds, bills, orders, and memo receipts, 1917 Book 48 - 3rd Infantry, Company F, returns, muster rolls, discharge records, physical exams, charge sheets, index and correspondence book, duty roster, morning report, sick report, field returns, memorandum, deserter list, enlistment papers, pay rolls and correspondence, 1917 Book 49 - 3rd Infantry, Company K, Bills, muster rolls (1917), correspondence and record book (1915-1917), morning reports (1917), duty roster, daily sick report, and correspondence (1-50) Book 50 - 3rd Infantry, Company K, Correspondence (400-448), 1917
Box 11
Book 51 - 3rd Infantry, Headquarters Company List of men transferred from reserve, commitments, guard reports, correspondence, muster roll, field returns, daily sick reports, morning report, and duty roster, 1917 Book 52 - 4th Infantry, Company A, index book, correspondence book, bills, annual returns, clothing list, muster roll, and discharges, 1917; Company B, post exchange, 1917 Book 53 - 4th New Jersey Infantry, Company A, Documents, service records, special orders, declaration of recruits, returns Book 54 - 4th Infantry, Company A, roster, special orders, and ration returns, 1917
Box 12
Book 55 - 4th Infantry, Company K, correspondence and index books, roster, ration, returns, daily sick report, and morning reports, 1917 Book 60 - 5th Infantry, list of men transferred from reserve to all companies and correspondence on transfer of men, 1917 Book 74 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (5445-5999), 1917
Box 13
Book 75 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6000-6199), 1917 Book 76 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6200-6349), 1917 Book 77 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6350-5499), 1917
Box 14
Book 78 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6500-6699), 1917 Book 79 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6700-6849), 1917 Book 80 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, correspondence (6850-6949), 1917
Box 15
Book 84 - 5th Infantry, Company L, correspondence book (1-199), 1917, correspondence (1-81), 1917, and correspondence (1000-1037), 1915-1917 Book 87 - 5th Infantry, Company L, orders and special orders, 1916-1917 Book 94 - 5th Infantry, Company L, correspondence (200-470), June-October 1917 Book 95 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (1-199), 1917
Box 16
Book 96 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (200-399), 1917 Book 97 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (400-599), 1917 Book 98 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (600-799), 1917 Book 99 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (800-999), 1917
Box 17
Book 100 - 5th Infantry, charge sheets of violations of Articles of War (1000-1138), 1917 file:///M|/highpoint/webdocs/state/darm/darm2011/guides/guides%20for%20pdf/sdea7004.html[5/16/2011 9:38:34 AM] NJDARM: Collection Guide -
Book 102 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, general and special orders, 1917 Book 106 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, special orders, January 1913-October 1917 Book 109 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, company orders (1917-1918) and memorandums (1916-1917)
Box 18
Book 113 - 5th Infantry Headquarters, field returns (March-September 1917), furloughs, memorandums, receipts, requisitions, muster rolls, rosters, transfer of military store, telegrams, and report of animals Book 114 - 5th Infantry, Company K, Discharges A-Z, 1917 Book 121 - 1st Field Artillery Headquarters, company honorable discharges, 1917 Book 124 - 1st Artillery, Battery B, quarterly returns, men gained to command, men lost, and correspondence, 1917-1918
Box 19
Book 125 - 1st Artillery, Company B, index book, 1917-1918 Book 126 - 1st Field Artillery, Battery E, ration returns, morning reports, duty rosters, daily sick reports, muster roll, Liberty Loans, allotments-war risk, insurance, report of survey, field return, special orders, service record, and monthly reports Book 127 - 1st Field Artillery, Battery H, bank books, deposits and checks, correspondence, bills and accounts, and record of meetings, 1917-1918 Book 128 - 1st Field Artillery, Battery H, officers mess, bills and receipts, 1918
Box 20
Book 133 - 2nd Field Artillery, Batteries A, B, and C, correspondence (1-134), 1917 Book 134 - 2nd Field Artillery Headquarters, correspondence, 1917 Book 135 - 2nd Field Artillery Headquarters, correspondence, 1918 Book 136 - 2nd Field Artillery Headquarters, individual equipment record, telegrams, pay roll, requisitions, Sgt. roll and record book, and field returns, 1918
Box 21
Book 137 - 2nd Field Artillery Headquarters, quarterly returns, service record, sick report, morning report, annual attendance, duty roster, memo receipt, individual clothing slips, ration returns, and honorable discharges, 1918 Book 138 - 2nd Field Artillery, index book, special and general orders, 1917-1918 Book 139 - 2nd Field Artillery, special and general orders, 1918 Book 140 - 1st Cavalry, correspondence all troops (1-99), March 4, 1917 to July 13, 1917 Book 141 - 1st Cavalry, correspondence all troops (100-193), July 13, 1917 to September 21, 1917
Box 22
Book 142 - 1st Cavalry, correspondence in record book, correspondence all troops (1-75), July 20, 1916-1917 Book 143 - 1st Cavalry, correspondence all troops (75-257), 1918 Book 144 - 1st Cavalry Headquarters, bulletins (1-164), memorandums, and field target records, 1917 Book 145 - 1st Cavalry, field target record, headquarters correspondence, descriptive list, drill records bills, memorandums, and consolidated morning reports, 1916-1918
Box 23
Book 146 - 1st Cavalry, muster roll, survey report, payroll, quarterly returns, and attendance record, 1916-1917 Book 148 - 1st Cavalry, general and special orders, headquarters (1-232) and special orders Troop A, 1914-1917 Book 149 - 1st Cavalry, Troop A, transfer of military stores and of engineer property (1917), file:///M|/highpoint/webdocs/state/darm/darm2011/guides/guides%20for%20pdf/sdea7004.html[5/16/2011 9:38:34 AM] NJDARM: Collection Guide -
transfer of military stores and requisitions (1913-1916), and transfer of Ordinance property (1917) Book 150 - 1st Cavalry, Troop A, Quartermaster memo receipts and return of rations, 1917
Box 24
Book 151 - 1st Cavalry, Troop A, property accounts (1916-1917), transfer of stores and supplies Book 152 - 1st Cavalry, Troop A, transfer quartermaster supplies, 1917; Troops B and C, paid bills, 1917 Book 153 - 1st Cavalry, Troop C, guard report, charge sheets, daily report of officers and men absent, field returns, roster for rifle practice, service record, canceled checks, stubs and statements Manasquan, 1917; Troop B, funds at Alabama, 1918
Box 25
Book 154 - 1st Cavalry, Companies A, B, C, and D, memos, general orders, and property accounts, 1917 Book 155 - 1st Cavalry, Quartermaster for Companies A, B, C, and D, account of property, 1917 Book 156 - 1st Cavalry, list of men transferred from military reserve to 1st Squadron Cavalry (1917), correspondence and receipt book (1913-1918); Troop D, correspondence (1-100), 1916
Box 26
Book 157 - 1st Cavalry, Troop D, correspondence (101-400), 1917 Book 158 - 1st Cavalry, Troop D, correspondence (401-500), 1917 Book 160 - 1st Cavalry, Troop D, special orders, headquarters, general orders, and guard reports, 1915-1917
Box 27
Book 161 - 1st Cavalry, Troop D, special orders and circulars, 1914-1917 Book 166 - 2nd Battalion, Company A, correspondence and record book, rifle practice, inspection report, morning report, daily sick report, muster roll, company papers and correspondence A-F, 1917-1918 Book 167 - 2nd Battalion, Company A, correspondence G-N, 1917-1918
Box 28
Book 168 - 2nd Battalion, Company A, correspondence N-Z, 1917-1919 Book 169 - 5th Battalion, Company A, special orders, general orders, circulars, duty roster, sick report, and company returns, 1917-1918 Book 170 - 5th Battalion, Company A, correspondence (1-117), 1917-1918 Book 171 - 7th Battalion, Company A, correspondence book, quarterly returns, special orders, duty roster, morning report, and correspondence, 1917-1918
Box 29
Book 172 - 7th Battalion, Company A, correspondence book, correspondence, quarterly returns, duty roster, morning report, and special orders, 1917-1919 Book 173 - 2nd Battalion, Company B, payroll, morning report, memorandum receipts, correspondence and record books, quarterly returns, report of attendance, drill, special orders, monthly report, inspection report, correspondence, muster roll, election of officers, and transfer of quartermaster supplies, 1917-1919 Book 174 - 4th Battalion, Company B, correspondence, sick report, circulars, transfer of military stores, enlistment papers, morning report, medical correspondence, payroll, annual attendance record, muster roll, returns, special orders, and cash book, 1917-1919
Box 30
Book 175 - 1st Battalion, Company D, correspondence (20-274), correspondence and record book, 1917-1918 file:///M|/highpoint/webdocs/state/darm/darm2011/guides/guides%20for%20pdf/sdea7004.html[5/16/2011 9:38:34 AM] NJDARM: Collection Guide -
Book 176 - 1st Battalion, Company D, Battalion Headquarters correspondence, civilian company correspondence, and company (members only) correspondence, 1917-1918 Book 177 - 1st Battalion, Company D, special orders, general orders, company orders, clothing list, payrolls, muster roll, and attendance record, 1917-1919 Book 178 - 1st Battalion, Company D, morning reports, duty roster, daily sick report, inspection report, returns, purchase vouchers unclassified, receipts for equipment, and Adjutant General report, 1917-1919
Box 31
Book 179 - 2nd Battalion, Company D, correspondence (1-290), 1917-1918 Book 180 - 2nd Battalion, Company D, correspondence and record book, memorandums, circulars, quarterly returns, annual attendance record, morning report, muster roll, daily sick report, duty roster, and special orders, 1917-1919 Book 181 - 6th Battalion, Company D, document file (17-107), 1918 Book 182 - 6th Battalion, Company D, document file (1-16), 1918 and (1-82), 1919; enlistment papers, index and correspondence book
Box 32
Book 183 - 5th Battalion, Company E, correspondence (1-139) and special orders, 1918 Book 184 - 1st Support Company, muster roll, pay roll, company returns, company book, company roster, correspondence, special orders (1917-1920), daily sick report, duty roster, morning report, inspection report, annual attendance report Book 185 - 2nd Separate Company, record book and correspondence (1-169), 1917-1919 Book 186 - 2nd Separate Company, pay roll, roster, quarterly returns, property account, inspection report, memorandum vouchers, attendance, drill report, special orders, transfer of military stores, 1917-1919
Box 33
Book 187 - Record of attendance at drills of Battery C, First Battalion (1917) and 1st-4th Infantries, 1916-1917 Book 188 - Record of attendance at drills of 1st Squadron Cavalry and 5th Infantry, 1916-1917 Book 189 - Pay roll 2nd, 4th and 5th Infantries, Correspondence 1st-4th Infantries, 1st Company 5th Infantry and Field Artillery, annual record of attendance, Company L, roster and roll book Company L, 2nd Infantry, 1916-1917
Box 34
Book 191 - 104th Field Signal Battalion, correspondence and maps (France), 1917-1919
Created November 2004
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