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 INTRODUCTION

1. The following discussion of the military police in the American Revolution is based on Robert K. Wright, Jr., The Continental Army (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1983), pp. 134, 137, and 161. See also The Corps of Military Police, unpublished study prepared by the Organizational History and Honors Branch (OHB), Center of Military History (CMH), in 1953, and Military Police Corps Regimental History (Fort McClellan, Ala.: U.S. Military Police School, 1987), p. 3, for some of the undocumented information that follows in this introduction.

2. For a recent account of the Whiskey Rebellion that describes the development of this military police function in great detail, see Robert W. Coakley, The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789–1878 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1988), pp. 28–68.

3. Article 58, General Regulations for the United States Army, 1821.

4. GO 18, Dept of Northeastern Virginia, 18 July 1861, reprinted in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880) (hereafter cited as OR), ser. 1, vol. 2, pp. 743–44.

5. GO 2, Division of the Potomac, 30 July 1861, OR, ser. 1, vol. 2, p. 769. See also General Reports no. 1 of Maj Gen George B. McClellan, U.S. Army, of the operations of the Army of the Potomac from 27 July 1861 to 17 March 1862 in OR, ser. 1, vol. 5, p. 30.

6. GO 4, Division of the Potomac, 16 August 1861., OR, ser. 1, vol. 5, pp. 564–65. General McClellan later reported that, thanks to Porter, Washington had become "one of the most quiet cities in the Union." See General Reports no. 1 of MG George B. McClellan, p. 12.

7. General Reports #1 of MG. George B. McClellan, p. 30.

8. War Department Cir, 5 June 1863. See also Final Report Made to the Secretary of War by the Provost Marshal General, 1866, pp. 1–32.<section end="Note8" />

9. <section begin="Note9" />12 U.S. Statutes 731–37.<section end="Note9" />

10. <section begin="Note10" />For a recent account of the role of the provost marshal general and the Invalid Corps in the Civil War draft, see Coakley, The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, pp. 227–67.<section end="Note10" />

11. <section begin="Note11" />Memo, PMG, AEF, for Chief of Staff, AEF, 30 Apr 19, reprinted in United States Army in the World War, 1917–1919, 17 vols. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942), 15: 313–20. These responsibilities are now carried out under the supervision of the provost marshal general by the Criminal Investigation Command. For a general enumeration of responsibilities, see The Army Almanac (Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Co., 1959), p. 29.<section end="Note11" />

12. <section begin="Note12" />"Report on Organization," 10 Jul 16, reprinted in United States Army in the World War, 1: 97 and 118ff. See also TOs (Tables of Organization) 38 to 41, 3 May 17, 8 Aug 17, and 11 Nov 18, reprinted in The Genesis of the American First Army (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938).<section end="Note12" />

13. <section begin="Note13" />New Hampshire Returns, World War I National Guard Induction Records, copy in OHB, CMH. AEF GO 111, 8 Jul 1918. See also TOs, ser. B, Corps Troops, 1 Nov 18, in United States Army in the World War, 1: 331.<section end="Note13" />

14. <section begin="Note14" />A.E.F. GO 200, 9 Nov 18.<section end="Note14" />

15. <section begin="Note15" />War Department GO 180, 15 Oct 18. See also The Corps of Military Police, unpublished study, OHB, CMH.<section end="Note15" />

16. <section begin="Note16" />These reports are reprinted in The United States Army in the World War, 15: 313–44.<section end="Note16" />

17. <section begin="Note17" />AGO, AG 320.2 (9–26–41), SAB 26 Sep 41.<section end="Note17" />

18. <section begin="Note18" />Field Manual (FM) 29–5, 8 Dec 41, Military Police, pp. 1–8.<section end="Note18" />

19. <section begin="Note19" />FM 19–5, 14 Sep 50, Military Police, pp. 1–4 and 110–16.<section end="Note19" />

20. <section begin="Note20" />FM 19–5, 17 Jul 59, The Military Policeman.<section end="Note20" />

21. <section begin="Note21" />Military police responsibilities as well as the organization of police units in Vietnam are described in detail in Shelby Stanton, Vietnam Order of Battle (Washington: U.S. News and World Report, 1981), pp. 176–78.<section end="Note21" />

22. <section begin="Note22" />Table of Organization and Equipment 19–262F, 8 Feb 65.<section end="Note22" />

23. <section begin="Note23" />DA GO 22, 30 May 86.<section end="Note23" />

24. <section begin="Note24" />FM 19–1, Military Police Support for the AirLand Battle, 1988.<section end="Note24" />