War Department
one of the departments of the executive branch of the United States Government, headed by the Secretary of War, who is a cabinet official. The chief officers under the Secretary of War are the Chief of the General Staff Corps, Chief of the Militia Bureau, Adjutant General, Inspector retary of War are the Chief of the Gen- eral Staff Corps, Chief of the Militia Bureau, Adjutant General, Inspector General, ral, and Surgeon General. the Bureau of Insular Affairs, the War Department administers the Philippine and Porto Rican governments, and the General, and Surgeon General. Under the Bureau of Insular Affairs, the War Department administers the Philippine and Porto Rican governments, and the of Massachusetts was appointed Secretary of War in 1921. al. Under 377; the second