"Airplane Stays, Splices and Terminals" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12

Item — Box: MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007

Identifier: 20140707

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 44 through 53.

Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).

Contents: article includes "Application and Relative Merits of Standard Types – Methods of Splicing, Soldering and Serving"

Dates

Publication: 1918-12

Creator

United States. War Department (1789-1947) (Publisher, Organization)
United States. Bureau of Aircraft Production. Airplane Engineering Division. Experimental Department (Author, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

10 Pages (One bound volume, total of 156 pages including front cover.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Format: loose-leaf booklet, 8.5"x11" (reduced from 9”x12” during photocopying); 156 total pages including front cover; 10 pages in this section). Includes black & white photographs, drawings and charts.

General

Publication Data: Photocopy of document published and printed in December 1918 by the "War Department, Bureau of Aircraft Production, Airplane Engineering Division, Experimental Department" at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Stamped on front cover: "Bob Lannen, 14057 Rutland, Detroit 27, Michigan."

Note: This was a controlled item, marked "CONFIDENTIAL" in red ink on the cover. Also on the front cover in red: "The Registered Nimber of this book is:" with "1242" stamped in red ink. On the first page is the following: "IMPORTANT! This book is a CONFIDENTIAL publication for the use of the Army and Navy and authorized civilians in the service of the United States Government. It contains information of military importance, NONE of which may be copied, printed, or published under any conditions.

Attention is called to Paragraph 4, Chapter 176 (Page 407), Compilation of Orders of the War Department, which reads as follows:

"Documents or maps classed as 'Secret' or 'Confidential' will not be referred to in any catalogue or publication which is not itself a document marked 'Secret' or 'Confidential,' as the case may be. An officer or soldier who communicates information contained in a document or map marked 'Secret' or 'Confidential,' or 'For official use only' will, at the same time inform the person or persons to whom he communicates the information that it is 'Secret' or 'Confidential' or 'For official use only, as the case may be. The only legitimate use an officer or soldier may make of documents or information of which he becomes possessed in his official capacity is for the furtherance of the public service in the performance of his duty. Publishing official documents or information, or using them for personal controversy, or for any private purpose without due authority, will be treated as breach of official trust, and may be punished under the Articles of War, or under Section 1, Title 1, of the espionage act approved June 15, 1917 (Bulletin No. 43, War Department, 1917)."

This book is the property of the Airplane Engineering Division, Experimental Department, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A, and must be returned to this department upon request."