Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A", 1917-1919: Finding Aid
Published in February 2013
Summary Information
- Publisher: United States Naval Academy. Special Collections & Archives.
- Publisher Address:
589 McNair Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5029, USA
Phone: 410-293-6922
https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/index.php - Call number: RG 405.2.4 Entry 120
- National Archives Identifier: 3054043
- Location: Special Collections & Archives Department - Archives
- Title: Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A"
- Dates: 1917-1919
- Size: 3.34 linear feet
- Container Summary: 8 manuscript boxes
- Creator: United States Naval Academy. Superintendent
- Language(s) of material: English
- Abstract: This series contains correspondence of the assistant for training for quarters "A." It includes letters, reports, and issuances affecting the reserve officers in Quarters "A." Most of the correspondence is for the last three Reserve Officers' Classes.
History of the Reserve Training Groups: World War I, 1917-1919
Between July 5, 1917 and January 31, 1919, five Reserve Officers' Classes took regular courses of intensive training, each lasting about 16 weeks, at the Academy to prepare for service in World War I. In addition, special training classes for naval constructors, marine engineers, electrical engineers, civil engineers, aviation intelligence officers, and pay officers were also held at the Academy, each lasting about 1 month. Each regularly organized Reserve Officers' Class was divided into two sections - one for deck duties and one for engineering duties.
The first Reserve Officers' Class was quartered entirely in Bancroft Hall. On August 15, 1917, work was begun on special quarters known as Reserve Officers' Quarters "A" and later another temporary structure, Quarters "B," was erected. Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall usually housed the deck officers and Quarters "B" housed the engineer officers. The Marine Barracks were used to house men attending the Pay Officers' or Paymasters' Classes at the Academy.
One Assistant for Training was assigned to each of the quarters to help the Director of Training for the Reserve Officers' Classes carry out his duties. The Director of Training had executive and disciplinary control of the reserve officers while the Superintendent had general charge of the course of training.
During World War I the Academy also supplied courses of intensive study to the Reserve Officers' Schools in the Atlantic Fleet and in the Naval Defense Districts, to the Shipping Board, and to a number of technical colleges and universities throughout the country.
Description of Contents
This series contains correspondence of the assistant for training for quarters "A." It includes letters, reports, and issuances affecting the reserve officers in Quarters "A." Most of the correspondence is for the last three Reserve Officers' Classes.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access and Use
Access
Access is unrestricted.
Copyright and Permission
Generally, materials produced by Federal agencies are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Any non-government publications held herein may still be subject to copyright. For further information, consult the Head, Special Collections & Archives.
Other Finding Aid(s)
National Archives Catalog entry available electronically at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3054043.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Custodial History
RG 405 Records of the United States Naval Academy is the property of the National Archives and Records Administration. The materials are housed at the United States Naval Academy, William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives, an affiliated archive, as per a Memorandum of Agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration and the United States Naval Academy.
Related Materials
Related Archival Material
There is a subject index in the series, "Subject Index to Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A", 1917-1919" RG 405.2.4 Entry 119 (ARC Identifier 3054034).
Additional material pertaining to Reserve Training Groups can be found in the records of the Office of the Superintendent RG 405.2.4, Entries 118 through 132.
Materials Cataloged Separately
No materials have been removed from this collection and cataloged separately.
Processing and Other Information
Preferred Citation
Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A", RG 405.2.4 Entry 120
Special Collections & Archives Department
Nimitz Library
United States Naval Academy
Processing Information
Collection inventory prepared by Alice Gilliland in 2013. Historical sketch and Scope and Content Note prepared by Geraldine N. Phillips and Aloha South in 1975.
Subject Headings
Name and Subject Terms
- Naval education -- United States
- United States Naval Academy -- Students
- United States. Naval Reserve -- Officers
Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Reports