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(NoT~Genernl Orders 8i, 1047, le !lie lnst o! the Wnr Dcpu.1·twcnt s,•rlea.)
p,cw series begun 1,uraunnt to Nntlbnnl Sccurltv Act or 1047.]
GENF.1,il'T. ORllE!lS }
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ImP.\RTM~T OF TfIE .A:R:\lY
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Section
Dlll'AR'l'MENT OF •.rBE ARMY-DcslgnntecJ________________________________ l
DALS AND FLAGS, DEPARTMENT OF TBB .!lU!Y-Re1lcslgnnted____________ II
I. DEPART,UENT OE Tl/& A.BMf · -1,-,Piirsunnt to the provisions of the Nn-
tlonnl Securni Act of 11147 (Public La-.ii.'!53-S0th Cong,), it is announced that the
Dcpnrtment of \Var is <lesignntcd the Depnrtrncmt of tile Al'lDY and thllt the·
title of the Secretnry of Wnr is llknnged to Secretary of the .Army.
2. All Inws, ordel's, regulat-ions, nncl other actions relnting to the Department
of War nre, 1n so fnr 11s atley al'e not inconsistent with the provisions of tlhe
Nntionnl S~r!ty Act of;IJ.U47, deemed to relate to the Depnrtm,ent of the ArlXIY
within t~ Nntlonnl lltllita.ry Esta.!Jllshment.
[AG O,MJ (2G Sep 47) l
JJ. SEALS AND }'LAGS, DEPARTMENT OF Tl/E ARMY.-1. By tlit·ect,on
of t!le Preslclent, tbe seal wreviously deslgna.(ed tor lliC! DepartU1ent of ,var la
hereby reclcsignntEHl ns the· i,e:.il of the Deparl.rccnt of the Army in a.ccordnttce
with the pro,·islons of the Nlltionnl Secu1·lty Act of 1947 (Pnbllc Lnw 2:;3---
SOtb Cong.).
2, Dy order of the Secrctnry of the Army, the clistingulshing flags prescril:4ed
by AR 260-10 for the Secretnry of Wnr, the Under Secretuy of Wnr, and tbe
Asslstnnt Secretnrles of Wnr are hereby rcdeslgnntecl ns the 1listlng1.1ishing flngs
of the Secretnry of the Army, the Unclet Secreta.ry of the Army, nntl the Aaslsta.llt
Secreta.rles of the Army, respectively.
I AG 424.2 (23 Sep 47) J
DY onoF:n o~· TlIE SF.~RI,.'TARY OF THE ARllY
OFnCI.u.:
EDW.rnD F. WITSELL
llaJor Gen.era-I
The Adjutant Gctll'l'al
AGO 562:B--Sept. TC0710•-4T
DWIGHT D, EISENHOWER
0/ilef of Slaff, United Statsi ..4.1~
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