Research Topic Number:    R-000030
Status:    Not Started
Topic:    Location of the Chief of Cavalry Files
   
Description:    Where are the official files for the Chief of Cavalry? What was the relationship between the Cavalry and the jeep specifications with the Infantry?
   
Finding:    From the National Archives:

177.4 Records of the Chief of Cavalry
1908-43

History: See 177.3.

Textual Records: General correspondence, 1920-42. Correspondence of the Cavalry School, Fort Riley, KS, 1936-43. Correspondence, 1929-39, case files, 1938-39, and research and development project files, 1939-40, of the Mechanized Cavalry Board, Fort Knox, KY.

Map (1 item): Fort Riley, KS, compiled at the Mounted Service School, 1908. See Also 177.6.

Documents Referencing this Research Area:

D-000003    19400608 - CI 470.8-550 XII 'C' - 'Light Vehicle Development' - Chief of Calvary to AG - 1st. indorsement
D-000002    19400606 - CI 470.8-550 XII 'C' - 'Light Vehicle Development' - Chief Infantry to AG
D-000025    19410102 - 'Chronology of the Quarter-ton Liaison Car Development' - Ingomar M. Oseth to Chief of Infantry
D-000035    194208 - The Story Behind the Army Jeep - Illustrated Gazette - Vol 1 No 4 - pg.1,2,6,8

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