WAR RECORDS DIVISION
Harold R. Manakee, Director
620 Park Avenue, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Saratoga 7-0907

Under delegation of authority from the Board of Public Works,
the War Records Division of the Maryland Historical Society was
established in 1945 to assemble and publish data relative to Mary-
land's participation in World War II. The Division maintains and
services a small specialized library of such materials, including a
file of the military service records of each Marylander who served
in the armed forces during that conflict. Four books have been pub-
lished and two others are in preparation (Acts 1945, ch. 728).

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ................................ $14,260 $14,820
Staff: 3.

MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION

Chairman: David E. Kaiser

Godfrey E. Child, Jarrett M. Ward, D.D.S., Frank T.
Powers, Vernon H. Randall.
Richard C. Manning, State Service and Executive Officer

8 South Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2-2000

The Maryland Veterans Commission is composed oi five members
appointed by the Governor, all of whom must be veterans. The Com-
mission appoints the State Service Officer, who serves as administra-
tive director of the agency. The State Commanders of the American
Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Vet-
erans, and the Spanish-American War Veterans serve as an advisory
committee to the Commission.

The Commission administers a fund, appropriated annually, to pro-
vide the necessities of life to distressed veterans, widows of veterans
and their infant children, to provide medical care for those who are
ill, and funeral expenses for deceased veterans. The agency also
assists veterans and their dependents in securing federal aid to which
they may be entitled. The Commission is further responsible for the
maintenance of a permanent registry of graves of all persons who
served in the military or naval forces of the country in time of war
and are buried in Maryland (Code 1961, Art. 96 1/2, secs. 3-7). The
Commission, in addition to its main office, has information centers
located in the following cities:

Baltimore: 219-A Veterans Administration Building
Cambridge: High and Spring Valley
Chevy Chase: Recreational Center, 4700 Norwood Drive
Crisfield: Arcade Building
Cumberland: County Building, Union Street
Easton: Dover and Harrison Street
Frederick: Winchester Hall
Hagerstown: City Hall
Hyattsville: County Service Building
Laurel: 369 Main Street
Salisbury: Gunby Building

Washington, D. C.: Veterans Administration, 1012
Munitions Bldg.