Figure 1-7:  Type and arrangement of organizational records and related indexes within NRPMR
 
 
 RECORD INFORMATION  (WWI  1912-1939)     INDEX INFORMATION
ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS
 TYPE
(P/M)*
 LOCATION**
ARRANGEMENT
American Expeditionary Forces
(AEF) Card File   (l9l7 - l9l8)		  P  L Alpha by surname 
Army Field Clerks Card File
(l9l7-1919)		  M  I Alpha by surname
Army Nurses Med. Cards
(l9l7 - l9l9)		  M   I  Alpha by surname
Daily Reports of  Changes 
(July 1918 - June 1919) 		  M  I Alpha by surname for each company, or regiment. 
EM & Officer are separate listings. 
   P  K Separate card for each Company, battalion, squad, or unit.  Cards arranged by type & number of unit. 
Those without numbers -- check "all other" category.  Offers item #.
Daily Sick Reports 
(Sick Books, Sick Rolls)   (l9l7 - l939)		  M    I  Regiment, battery, or company 
(some with serial numbers).
 P  K  Same as Daily Reports of Changes,except offers box #.
Detachment of Patients  (DOP's) & Admission/Disposition Sheets (A&D)  M  J  Found on Muster Rolls & Rosters microfilm.(See Muster Rolls & Rosters)
Georgia Service Record Cards  M  NRPMR-S  Alpha by surname
Iowa Bonus Claim Files  M   NRPMR-S Alpha by surname
Mexican Border Service Cards 
(1916 - 1917)		  P   A & B  Enlisted - alpha by state,  then alpha by name 
      B Officers - alpha by name
Morning Reports   (l9l2 - l939)   M    I  Company or squadron  (some with alpha listings by surname).
   P    K  Same as Daily Reports of Changes,except offers box #.
Muster Rolls & Rosters  (1912 -1939)  M    J  - Muster Rolls (1912 - 1918) Enlisted & officers listed together alpha by rank. 
-Rosters (1918 - 1939) 
Enlisted & officers listed together alpha by rank.
   P   J  Same as Daily Reports of Changes, except offers box #.
North Carolina Cards   (l9l7 - l9l9)  P   L Alpha by surname
Nurses Pay Cards  (1917 - 1921)  P  NRPMR auxiliary stack area Alpha by surname
Officers Card File   (1917 - 1919)  M    I  Alpha by surname
Officers Final Pay Vouchers 
(1917 - 1921)		  P  NRPMR auxiliary stack area W# (Settlement account #) on boxes; 
Numeric sequence within each box.
 M   I  Disbursing Officer.  Offers W# (Settlement account #).
Officers Pay Cards   (1917-1921)  P  NRPMR auxiliary  stack area Alpha by surname
Registers of Enlistments
(October 1912 - April 1917) 		  M    I  Date of enlistment and first letter of surname
Reports of Sick & Wounded 
(1917 - 1939)		  M    I  Station designation and then by month 
   M  K Same as Daily Reports of Changes, except offers box #.
Return of the Nurse Corps
(1917 - 1920)		  P   B Alpha by hospital name and then register #.
Rosters of Officers   (1920 - 1939)  M   I  Alpha by rank within 5 groups 
  • unit designation
  • camp or base
  • reserve officers by camp name
  • ROTC Officers by school name and 
  • Warrant Officers by unitdesignation 
Then by camp or university.
 Record Information    (WWII 1939-1946)    Index Information
Army Air Force (AAF) 
Daily Sick Reports (Sick Books) 		  M  F & G Date of report and numerical designation of unit.
 P   F Each designated unit is listed on a separate card by unit #.  Those units without  a number are found in "all other" category. Offers box #.
AAF Publications   (1940 - 1947)  M  J Varies 
 P  K*** Alpha order by type of unit, and numerically within each unit. Offers item #'s, called unit #'s on index cards.
Army Daily Sick Reports (Sick Books)  M  F Date of report and numerical designation of unit.
   P  J  Same as AAF Daily Sick Reports.
Iowa Bonus Claim Files  M  NRPMR-S Alpha by surname
Morning Reports (AR & AAF)  M  G & H 1940 - July 1943
alpha by organizational unit 
August 1943 - 1946 month/year by organization
   P  (1940-1944)  G  (1944-1946) F  Same as AAF Daily Sick Reports,except:
1940 - August 1943 offer box #'s;and 
August 1943-1946 offer item #'s.
Patient Rosters (AR & AAF) 
(1940 - 1948)		  M  F Varies 
   P  H & I Major organization and therein alpha and/or numeric.  Cross-reference file identifies what hospital serviced a particular organization at a given time.  Locate medical facility in index to obtain item #.
Rosters (1940 - 1943)  Includes:
  • Initial/Special/Final
  • Monthly Rosters and 
  • Pay Rosters 
  M AAF (EM & Officer) --   H & I 

AR (EM & Officer)
---   I 

 By unit in chronological or reverse chronological order; then alpha by rank.
 P AAF (EM &Officer)
---  G 
AR (EM & Officer)
---  J		 Alpha by type of organizational unit.  Within each category, the cards are filed under the numerical designation of unit.  Units not appearing under general headings are grouped numerically in "all other" category.
 Record Information    (Post World War Period 1947 - 1959)    Index Information
AAF Daily Sick Reports 
(1947 - June 1951)    (Sick Rolls) 

(July 1951 - 1959 --see Morning Reports, "Excused from Duty" page)

  M   F & G Date of report & numerical designation of unit.
 P  F Each designated unit is listed on a separate card by unit #.  Those units without a number are found in "all other" category. 
Offer box #'s.
AR Daily Sick Reports 
(1947 - 1953)      (Sick Rolls)		  M   F Date of report & numerical designation of unit.
 P  J  Same as AAF Daily Sick Reports (above)
AF Morning Reports  M  (1947 - 1955)  K 
(1955 - 1959) J 		 Month/year by organization
sometimes alpha by rank.
 P (1960 - 1964) 
2nd Floor, Module 8		 Month/year by organization
sometimes alpha by rank.
   P  (1947 - 1966)   K Each designated unit is listed numerically by year. Offers item #. 
 P (1947 - 1966)   K Same as above, except convert item # to a box location # by using a separate index located on tables between Areas A & B.
AR Morning Reports  M (1947 - 1950)   F
(1950 - 1955)   E 
(1955 - 1959)   D		 Month/year by organization.
   P  E Each designated unit is listed numerically by year. Offers item #.
Iowa Bonus Claim Files  M   NRPMR-S Alpha by surname
Rosters:

     AAF   1947

     AR   1947 - 1959

Includes: 

  • Initial/Special/Final; 
  • Monthly Rosters; and 
  • Pay Rosters
  M AAF
(EM & Officer)  D 
 

AR
(EM & Officer)  D

 Alpha order by type of unit; & numerically within each unit for each year.
AF Publications 

     1947 - 1953

  M   J Varies 
 P  J & K*** Alpha order by type of unit, and  numerically within each unit. Offers item #'s, called unit #'s on index cards.
     1954 - 1964  P 3rd Floor Varies
 P  J*** Same as above, except convert item # to box location # by using separate index located on tables between Areas A & B.
 P = Paper           M = Microfilm           ** See fig. 1-6     *** On top of microfilm file cabinets