List of numbered documents of the United States Department of War

From 1896 to 1929, the United States Department of War gave their publications a successive number, like other departments including the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Treasury. They were mostly (drill) regulations and other field manuals (as they were later called, when the War Department adopted the FM Field Manual numbering), but also collections of military laws or descriptions of countries of military interest and campaigns or battles. Only a few Technical Manuals (TM's) (as they were later called) are included in this series. These publications were mainly printed by the Government Printing Office, but also by some other printers. Many of them can be found in the HathiTrust, Archive.org and CARC (Combined Arms Research Center) online libraries. Other known US War department publications are for example General Orders, Special Orders and Special Regulations. Many of the so-called Monographs, mainly descriptions of campaigns and battles, have their own numbering, but several of them also have a War Department Document (W.D. doc) number.

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Document # Name Year of publication Number of pages Field of interest1Resolutions of the conventions held at Munich, Dresden, Berlin and Vienna for the purpose of adopting uniform methods for testing construction materials with regard to their mechanical properties189644strength of construction materials2Index; Special Orders, Chief of Engineers1896..Special Orders3Organized militia of 18951896..manual4Manufacture of Lyle Guns1896...manual5Manual of photography189612photography5AThe Chaplain. His place and Duties192673Chaplaincy6Notes on Organization, Armament and Military Progress (M.I.D.(Military Information Document) no.8)1896..Survey of armies in the world7Bulletin no.5: Northern and Northwestern Lakes1896...general8Firing Regulations1896.....9Soldiers' Handbook1896..general10The Military schools of Europe [microform] : and other papers selected for publication1896207Schools11Tests of Construction Materials1896..Construction11aTraining manual, United States army. : The saddler1926-FM12Drill Regulations. Hospital Corps1896124sanitary13Sources of information on Military Professional Subjects1896121..14Drill regulations for cavalry, United States Army1896528regulations14aManual for courts-martial, U.S. Army 19281928360manual/courts15Description of Colt's Revolver1896...small arms16Notes on the War Between China and Japan; the European Autumn Maneuvers of 1896, Orders Instructions, Etc.1896-campaigns17Manual for the Medical Department1896121manual/medical17aThe genesis of the American first army192981history17Manual for the Medical Department1896138sanitary18Manual for army cooks1896306cooking19Handbook for Subsistence Stores1896213subsistence20Manual for the pay department. Published by authority of the secretary of war, for the use in the army of the United States189664paymaster21Manual for the Subsistence Department. Published by authority of the Secretary of War for use in the Army of the United States189857subsistence22 (no.64 is printing errorMilitary Laws of the United States1897989laws23Influence of the Command of a battery1897--23a28Annual report of the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy made to the Secretary of War for the year189694report29Manual for the Quartermaster's department, pub. by authority of the Secretary of War for use in the army of the United States189732manual/Quartermaster38Regulations and decisions pertaining to the uniform of the Army of the United States189744regulations39Finding list of military biographies and other personal literature in the War Department Library1899145biographies40List of the photographs and photographic negatives relating to the war for the union, now in the War Department Library1897219photographs41Military literature in the War Department Library relating to the participation of the individual states in the war for the union1897203military literature45Infantry drill regulations, United States Army; adopted Oct. 3, 18911898286 + indexTM47Infantry Drill Regulations, The Manual of Arms, Adapted to the magazine rifle caliber 30189751drill regulations5163Remarks on the army regulations and executive regulations in general1898189regulations64The military laws of the United States1898852laws69Manual of the Pay Department189876financial 70Drill regulations for siege artillery, United States Army189843regulations, artillery72Firing Regulations for Small Arms1898..Small Arms77Manual for courts-martial and of procedure under military law. Revised in the judge-advocate general's office, and published by authority of the secretary of war, for use in the army of the United States1898171Manual80Military literature in the War Department Library relating to the campaign against Chattanooga, siege of Chattanooga, battle of Chickamauga, battle of Lookout Mountain, battle of Missionary Ridge, and the retreat of Bragg, comprising the period embraced from August, 1863, to December, 1863 ... 189875library82Property and general regulations of the Signal corps, U.S. army189838regulations/signal corps84Military literature in the War department library relating chiefly to the participation of the individual states in the war for the union1899266library85Military notes on Cuba1898507countries86Staffs of Various Armies1899243general95A French-English military technical dictionary; with a supplement containing recent military and technical terms, by Cornélis De Witt Willcox1917582dictionary104Regulations for the Operation and Maintenance of United States Military Telegraph Lines1899169Regulations/Telegraph122Organized Militia of 18981900357militia126The soldier's handbook for use in the army of the United States1902106general'''128]|| Handbook of Subsistence Stores: Comp. Under the Direction of the Commissary General from ...||1900||278||subsistence |- |166||Drill regulations and outlines of first aid for the Hospital Corps, United States Army||1902||143||drill regulations |- |180||Drill Regulations for Coast Artillery-1903||1903||166||regulations

|172|| Notes on Laying, Repairing, Operating, and Testing Submarine Cables||1902||87||FM/Signals |- |181||Firing regulations for small arms for U. S. Army||1902||296||regulations |- |187||Signal Corps Manual no.1, Handbook of telephones of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army||1904||102||TM/Telephones |- |209||A primer and vocabulary of the Moro dialect (Maguindanao)||1903||77||languages |- | 212||Three finding lists issued by the War Department Library||1903||146||general |- |213||Finding list of the Principal Reference Works in the War Department Library||1903||42||library |- |214||Rough list of the most important accessions to the War Department Library||1903||70|library |- |217||Notes on Panama||1903||286||countries |- |224||Bulletin of military notes no.1||1904||398||countries |- |229||Infantry drill regulations, United States Army, 1904||1904||244||regulations

|233||The military laws of the United States||1904||1267||military laws |- |244||Selected translations pertaining to the Boer War||1905||243||war report |- |255||Manual for courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and retiring boards, and of other procedure under military law. Revised in the judge-advocate general's office, and published by authority of the secretary of war for use in the army of the United States||1905||220 |- |258||Handbook of submarine cables. U.S. Signal corps||1905||125||signal corps |- |261||Small arms firing regulations for the US army and organized militia||1906||115||manual/small arms |- |267||Drill regulations for coast artillery, United States Army (provisional)||1906||182||drill regulations |- |273 part V||Reports of military observers attached to the armies in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war||1907||223||war report |- |286||Provisional Regulations for Saber Exercise||1907||49||manual/saber |- |299||Drill regulations for the infantry, German army. 1906||1907||150||German army |- |306||Signal Corps manual no.6, Visual Signaling||1910||143||FM/Visual Signaling |- |308||United States Army Transport Service regulations, 1908||1908||59||regulations |- |311||The military laws of the United States, 1915||1915||752||laws |- |314||Influence of the experience of the siege of Port Arthur upon construction of modern fortresses||1908||188||engineers |- |316|| Field service regulations, United States Army, 1905, with amendments to 1908. Prepared by the General Staff, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. Published by authority of the Secretary of War||1908||219||regulations |- |319||Regulations of the War Department governing the organized militia, under the Constitution and the laws of the United States||1908||115||regulations |- |321||Manual for the Subsistence department, United States army. 1910||1910||194||subsistence |- |322||Small Arms Firing Regulations||1908||327||small arms |- |323||Drill regulations for field artillery, United States Army (provisional)||1908||272||drill regulations |- |327||A study of the Iloco language||1909||172||language |- |328||Drill Regulations for Mountain Artillery (provisional) United States Army, 1908||1908||214||drill regulations/mountain artillery |- |332||The soldier's handbook for use in the army of the United States||1908||88||manual |- |333||A guide for the use of officers of the Inspector-General's Department, 1908||1908||304||general |- |336||Regulations for United States military telegraph lines, U. S. signal corps||1909||108||signal corps |- |338||Provisional small arms firing manual for the United States Army and for the organized militia of the United States||1909||263||manual |- |343||Coast Artillery Drill Regulations 1909||1909||267||regulations

|345|| Military notes on Cuba. 1909||1909||959||countries |- |346||General, property, and disbursing regulations, Signal Corps, United States Army||1909||174||manual |- |349||Road notes Cuba-1909||1909||610||countries |- |353||Acts of Congress, treaties and proclamations relating to noncontiguous territory, Cuba and Santo Domingo and to military affairs. Sixtieth Congress—March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1909. Comp. in the Bureau of insular affairs, War department||1909||656||laws |- |354||Official table of distances for the guidance of disbursing officers of the army charged with payment of money allowances for travel. By authority of the secretary of war||1910||722||distances |- |355||Engineer field manual ... I. Reconnaissance. II. Bridges. III. Roads. IV. Railroads. V. Field fortification. VI. Animal transportation. VII. Tables, weights, measures, and specific gravities||1917||541||manual/engineers |- |356||The Army horseshoer, 1910 : a manua||1910||104||manual |- |358||Manual for army bakers||1910||89||subsistence |- |360||Manual of pack transportation ...||1910||242||FM/transport |- |365||Regulations for the organized militia, under the Constitution and the laws of the United States||1910||174||regulations |- |366||Visual signaling, Signal Corps, United States Army, 1910||1910||133||manual/signal corps |- |369||Manual for the Subsistence Department, United States Army, 1910||1910||216||subsistence |- |370||Manual for courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and retiring boards, and of other procedure under military law. Revised in the judge-advocate general's office, and published by authority of the secretary of war for use in the army of the United States||1910||207||manual |- |376||Manual for the pay department||1910||212||manual |- |378||Electrical instruments and telephones of the U.S. Signal corps||1911||332||manual |- |385||Strength and organization of the armies of France, Germany, Austria, Russia, England, Italy, Mexico and Japan||1911||58||countries |- |390||Multiplex telephony and telegraphy, by means of electric waves guided by wires||1911||102||manual |- |393||Drill regulations for field companies of the Signal corps (provisional)||1911||275||drill regulations |-