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General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Navy Department From 1863 to 1887, With an Alphabetical Index of Subjects; Also an Index of Bureau and Marine Corps Circulars, General Court-Martial Orders, and Special Death Notices. (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887): 208.

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General Order No. 292 (23 March 1882)

Establishment of Office of Intelligence

GENERAL ORDER No. 292

March 23, 1882.

An “Office of Intelligence” is hereby established in the Bureau of Navigation for the purpose of collecting and recording such naval information as may be useful to the Department in time of war, as well as in peace.

To facilitate this work, the Department Library will be combined with the “Office of Intelligence,” and placed under the direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.

Commanding and all other officers are directed to avail themselves of all opportunities which may arise to collect and to forward to the “Office of Intelligence” professional matters likely to serve the object in view.
 

William H. Hunt,
Secretary of the Navy

Published: Thu Dec 18 09:15:56 EST 2014