Office of the Historian

Abbreviations and Terms

  • AEF, American Expeditionary Forces
  • Col., Colonel
  • Compub, Committee on Public Information
  • CPI, Committee on Public Information
  • GHQ, general headquarters
  • MIB, Military Intelligence Branch, Department of War General Staff
  • MID, Military Intelligence Division, Department of War General Staff
  • P.H.P., Philip H. Patchin
  • Rc’d, rec’ved, received
  • RG, record group
  • U.S., United States
  • Y.M.C.A., Young Men’s Christian Association