Common characteristics
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Information on a basic military diary
Front Cover inscribed “Army and Navy Diary”
Features Included:
- English-French translations
- To eat and drink
- Wardrobe
- Relatives
- Household Articles
- About the town
- Time and seasons
- At the front
- Address pages
- Autograph pages
- Pages for carrying stamps
- Currency exchange tables
- Enlisted and Officer rank structure
- Ownership page
- name
- address
- date of enlistment
- place of enlistment
- date arrived at training
- graduation date
- which base moved to after that
- service enlisted in
- in case of accident notify
- Semaphore code
- Continental code (morse)
- Orders for sentinels (general orders)
- Account of battles engaged in
- Metric system tables
Published by:
- Stanton and Van Vliet Co. Publishers, Chicago
Copyright 1917 & Copyright 1918 by Stanton & Van Vliet Co
Description:
A military issue journal is about the size of a small pocket sized bible or address book. It is black, and made of a durable outer binding that was most likely made with combat in mind. It does not leave much room for writing per day.
Many pages in the journals are stamped with “Auvergne Leave Area,” which may be a stamp that shows that the journal has been looked through by intelligence. This is a common practice today to make sure that no sensitive material has been written about or copied in the journals, and personal writings of soldiers.
