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Appendix B: Fort Gibbon Military Records, 1910-1911 (continued) |
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[example entries extracted from this ledger] |
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1908 |
Dec. 22nd 1910, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, |
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Quartermaster / To C.Q.M. Dept. of the Columbia [Chief Quartermaster] It is believed |
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that the photographing of the dogs will lessen the temptation for enlisted men on |
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detached service at telegraph stations and telegraph construction parties, where close |
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watch of property by officers is impractical, to exchange dogs or to turn in the skin |
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of some dog other than the one issued and then to claim the loss of a dog by fighting |
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1913 |
Dec. 23, 1910, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, Commanding Officer, |
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Co. K, Signal Corps, requests decision relative to qualification and extra compensation |
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for such qualification in rifle practice of certain members of Co. K, Signal Corps |
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1939 |
Dec. 14, 1910, Portland, Oregon, |
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Mrs. Geo. T. Dove requests information concerning an accident which befell |
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[her father] Mr. R. M. Bradley about Feb. 15, 1905, while employed at this post |
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1/15/11 To Surgeon for such information as may be of record |
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1943 |
Jan. 7, 1911, Fairbanks, Als [sic, Alaska], |
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Application from 1st Cl[ass] Sgt. W. L. Costenborder S.C. [Signal Corps] |
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for eight cords wood for use at const. camp near Nenana |
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1944 |
Jan. 17, 1911, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, Commanding Officer, |
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Co. K, Signal Corps, forwards application of Pvt. Anderson, Co. K, Signal Corps, for |
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reimbursement of $19.36 charged him for excess baggage from Fairbanks to Gibbon |
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1947 |
Jan. 21, 1911, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, Surgeon reports death |
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in post hospital of Jack McAuley civilian on Jan. 21, 1911, from cancer of stomach |
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1950 |
Jan. 24, 1911, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, Commanding Officer Co. A 16th Infantry requests |
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Post Council of Administration to dispose of effects of late Elmer Skaggs Co. A. 16 Inf. |
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1958 |
Feb. 1st 1911, Fort Gibbon, Alaska, [the last entry in this book] |
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B/S [Bill of Sale] on 4801 lbs. Potatoes @ 1.44 cents $69.13 |
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2/7/11 To A.G. Dept of the Columbia. 2 copies to commissary. |
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Appendix B. Source Notes |
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[B.1] |
Source: Fort Gibbon Military Records, 1906-1911, at Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) |
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[B.2] |
Repository: Alaska & Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmussen Library, Level 2, |
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University of Alaska Fairbanks [UAF], Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 [Mon., 13 July 2009]; |
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M3 E7 Ft. Gibbon (Tanana) Coll. / Military Records 1906-1911 Fort Gibbon (Tanana) |
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[B.3] |
1 Flat Box [Note in the box] “Lois M. Morey found this material in Koyukuk [Alaska] |
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school attic among Bureau of Indian Affairs records, etc., 10/57 [Oct. 1957] and |
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presented it to the University of Alaska” |
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[B.4] |
Unfortunately, any subsequent book(s) (records after Feb. 1911) have been lost |
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[B.5] |
[Observation] This ledger is the Fort clerk’s log of incoming and outgoing orders etc. |
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[B.6] |
[Speculation] Apparently, these daily record book(s) were abandoned on-site [in Alaska], |
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and were not brought home by the Army when Fort Gibbon closed in 1923. |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XX n.3 / July 2012 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2012-36 |