4. Capitalization Examples A Administration, with name; capitalized A-bomb standing alone if Federal unit: abstract B, 1, etc. Farmers Home Academy: Food and Drug Air Force; the Academy Maritime Andover; the academy Transportation Security Coast Guard; the Academy but Bush administration; Merchant Marine; the Academy administration bill, policy, etc. Military; the Academy Administrative Law Judge Davis; Judge National Academy of Sciences; the Davis; an administrative law judge Academy of Sciences; the academy Admiralty, British, etc. Naval; the Academy Admiralty, Lord of the but service academies Adobe Acrobat Reader accord, Paris peace (see Agreement) Adviser, Legal (Department of State) accords, Helsinki Africa: Act (Federal, State, or foreign), short or east popular title or with number; the act: East Coast Appropriations north Classifi cation South Clear Skies South-West (Territory of) Economy West Coast Flood Control African-American (see Black; Negro) Military Selective Service Agency, if part of name; capitalized No Child Left Behind standing alone if referring to Organic Act of Virgin Islands Federal unit: Panama Canal Central Intelligence; the Agency PATRIOT Chippewa (Indian); the agency Revenue agent orange Sarbanes-Oxley Age(s): Stockpiling Age of Discovery Tariff Dark Ages Trademark Elizabethan Age Walsh-Healey Act; but Walsh-Healey Golden Age (of Pericles only) law (or bill) Middle Ages act, labor-management relations but atomic age; Cambrian age; copper Acting, if part of capitalized title age; ice age; missile age; rocket age; Active Duty space age; stone age; etc. Adjutant General, the (see Th e) Agreement, with name; the agreement: General Agreement on Tariff s and Trade (GATT); the general agreement 43 cchapter4.inddhapter4.indd 4433 22/4/09/4/09 33:48:00:48:00 PMPM 44 Chapter 4 International Wheat Agreement; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization wheat agreement; the coff ee agreement (see Organization) North American Free-Trade Western Powers Agreement (NAFTA) Allied (World Wars I and II): Status of Forces; but status-of-forces armies agreements Governments United States-Canada Free-Trade Nations Agreement; the free-trade agreement peoples but the Geneva agreement; the Potsdam Powers; the powers; but European agreement; Paris peace agreement powers Air Force: Supreme Allied Commander Air National Guard (see National) Allies, the (World Wars I and II); also Base (with name); Air Force base (see members of Western bloc (political Base; Station) entity); but our allies; weaker allies, Civil Air Patrol; Civil Patrol; the patrol etc. Command (see Command) Al Qaeda One (Presidential plane) Alzheimer’s disease Reserve Ambassador: Reserve Offi cers’ Training Corps British, etc.; the Ambassador; the Airport: La Guardia; Reagan National; Senior Ambassador; His Excellency the airport Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Al Jazeera the Ambassador; Ambassador at Alaska Native (collective term for Aleuts, Large; an ambassador Eskimos, Inuits, and Indians of amendment: Alaska): Baker amendment the Native; but Ohio native, a Social Security Amendments of 1983; native of Alaska, etc. 1983 amendments; the Social Security Alliance, Farmers’, etc.; the alliance amendments; the amendments alliances and coalitions (see also powers): to the Constitution (U.S.); but First Allied Powers; the powers (World Amendment, 14th Amendment, etc.; Wars I and II) the Amendment Atlantic alliance American: Axis, the; Axis Powers; the powers Federation of Labor and Congress of Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Industrial Organizations (AFL−CIO); Luxembourg) the federation Big Four (European); of the Pacifi c Gold Star Mothers, Inc.; Gold Star Big Th ree Mothers; a Mother Central Powers; the powers (World Legion (see Legion) War I) National Red Cross; the Red Cross Coalition of the Willing Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) European Economic Community War Mothers; a Mother Fritalux (France, Italy, Benelux AmeriCorps Program countries) Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) cchapter4.inddhapter4.indd 4444 22/4/09/4/09 33:48:01:48:01 PMPM Capitalization Examples 45 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; a Amphitheater; the amphitheater Mason; a Freemason Memorial Bridge (see Bridge) Annex, if part of name of building; the National Cemetery (see Cemetery) annex Arm, Infantry, etc. (military); the arm Antarctic Ocean (see Arctic; Ocean) Armed Forces (synonym for overall appendix 1, A, II, etc.; the appendix; but Military Establishment): Appendix II, when part of title: British Appendix II: 1 Education Directory Retirement Home (AFRT) appropriation bill (see also bill): of the United States defi ciency armed services Department of Agriculture armistice for any governmental unit Armory, Springfi eld, etc.; the armory independent offi ces Army, American or foreign, if part of name; aquaculture; acquiculture capitalized standing alone only if Arab States referring to U.S. Army: Arabic numerals Active; Active-Duty Arboretum, National; the Arboretum Adjutant General, the Archipelago, Philippine, etc.; the All-Volunteer archipelago Band (see Band) Architect of the Capitol; the Architect branches; Gordon Highlanders; Royal Archivist of the United States; the Archivist Guards; etc. Arctic: Brigade, 1st, etc.; the brigade; Circle Robinson’s brigade Current (see Current) Command (see Command) Ocean Command and General Staff College zone (see College) but subarctic Company A; A Company; the company arctic (descriptive adjective): Confederate (referring to Southern clothing Confederacy); the Confederates conditions Continental; Continentals fox Corps, Reserve (see Corps) grass District of Washington (military); the night district seas Division, 1st, etc.; the division Area, if part of name; the area: Engineers (the Corps of Engineers); the Cape Hatteras Recreational Engineers; but Army engineer White Pass Recreation; etc. Establishment but area 2; free trade area; Metropolitan Field Establishment Washington area; bay area; Field Forces (see Forces) nonsmoking area Finance Department; the Department Arlington: 1st, etc. Memorial Amphitheater; the Memorial General of the Army; but the general 1 Th e colon is preferred; a dash is permissible; but a comma is too weak. cchapter4.inddhapter4.indd 4455 22/4/09/4/09 33:48:01:48:01 PMPM 46 Chapter 4 General Staff ; the Staff Astrophysical Observatory (see Headquarters, 1st Regiment Observatory) Headquarters of the; the headquarters Atlantic (see also Pacifi c): Regiment, 1st, etc.; the regiment Charter (see Charter) Regular Army offi cer; a Regular coast Revolutionary (American, British, Coast States French, etc.) community service Destroyer Flotilla; the destroyer fl otilla; Surgeon General, the (see Surgeon the fl otilla General) Fleet (see Fleet) Volunteer; the Volunteers; a Volunteer mid-Atlantic army: North Lee’s army; but Clark’s 5th Army seaboard mobile slope mule, shoe, etc. South of occupation; occupation army time, standard time (see time) Red but cisatlantic; transatlantic Arsenal, Rock Island, etc.; the arsenal Attorney General (U.S. or foreign country); article 15; but Article 15, when part of title: but attorney general of Maine, etc. Article 15: Uniform Code of attorney, U.S. Military Justice Authority, capitalized standing alone if Articles: referring to Federal unit: of Confederation (U.S.) National Shipping; the Authority of Impeachment; the articles Port Authority of New York and New Asian (see Orient, the; oriental) Jersey; the port authority; the Assembly (see United Nations) authority Assembly of New York; the assembly (see St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of also Legislative Assembly) Canada; the authority Assistant, if part of capitalized title; the Tennessee Valley; the Authority assistant Auto Train (Amtrak) assistant, Presidential (see Presidential) autumn Assistant Secretary (see Secretary) Avenue, Constitution, etc.; the avenue Associate Justice (see Supreme Court) Award: Association, if part of name; capitalized Academy standing alone if referring to Distinguished Service Federal unit: Merit American Association for the Mother of the Year Advancement of Science; the the award (see also decorations, etc.) association Axis, the (see alliances) Federal National Mortgage (Fannie Ayatollah; an ayatollah Mae); the Association Young Women’s Christian; the B association Badlands (SD and NE) Balkan States (see States) cchapter4.inddhapter4.indd 4466 22/4/09/4/09 33:48:01:48:01 PMPM Capitalization Examples 47 Baltic States (see States) battlefi eld, Bull Run, etc. Band, if part of name; the band: battleground, Manassas, etc. Army, Marine, Navy Bay, San Francisco Bay area; the bay area Eastern, etc. (of Cherokee Indians) Belt, if part of name; the belt: Bank, if part of name; the bank; capitalized Bible standing alone if referring to Farm international bank: Rust Export-Import Bank of the United States; Sun Ex-Im Bank; the Bank but money belt Farm Loan Bank of Dallas; Dallas Farm Beltway, capitalized with name; the beltway Loan Bank; farm loan bank; farm loan Bench (see Supreme Bench) bank at Dallas Benelux (see alliances) Farmers & Mechanics, etc. Bible; Biblical; Scriptures; Ten Federal Land Bank of Louisville; Commandments; etc. (see also book) Louisville Federal Land Bank; land bicentennial bank at Louisville; Federal land bank bill, Kiess; Senate bill 217; House bill 31 (see Federal Reserve Bank of New York; also appropriation bill) Richmond Federal Reserve Bank; Bill of Rights (historic document); but GI but Reserve bank at Richmond; bill of rights Federal Reserve bank; Reserve Bizonia; bizonal;