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United States War Department

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
United States War Department federal executive department organized (1789) to administer the military establishment. It was reconstituted (1947) as the Dept. of the Army when the military administration was reorganized (see Defense, United States Department of ). During the American Revolution, military affairs were largely supervised by the Continental Congress, and under the Articles of Confederation a secretary of war was put in charge of defense matters. In Aug., 1789, the U.S. War Dept., headed by the Secretary of War with cabinet rank, was created to organize and maintain the U.S. army—under... Read more
DOD (United States Department of Defense)
DOD (United States Department of Defense...in 1947, the United States Department of Defense...Revolutionary War. Some 3.2 million...created the War Department, and in 1798...Corps. Both the War Department, today known... Read more
Department of State, United States
...the State Department saw little...times of war, or when...the Civil War, Washington...The State Department only emerged...American War of 1898, as the United States acquired...post-World War I peace conference...the State Department had yet to...of World ... Read more

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