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Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR

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Section IV<br />

Referenced Forms<br />

DA Label 87<br />

For Official Use Only Cover Sheet. (The DA Label 87 is available through normal forms supply channels.)<br />

Appendix B<br />

Style Practices<br />

Section I<br />

Capitalization<br />

B–1. General<br />

Problems of capitalization that most often arise in Army correspondence are covered in this section. Commonly used<br />

principles are briefly stated <strong>and</strong> supported by examples.<br />

B–2. Titles of publications, documents, acts, <strong>and</strong> so forth<br />

a. Capitalize all words in titles of publications <strong>and</strong> documents, except a, an, the, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, <strong>and</strong>,<br />

as, but, if, or, <strong>and</strong> nor.<br />

Statutes at Large, Revised Statutes<br />

District Code<br />

Bancroft’s History<br />

Journal (House or Senate)<br />

American Journal of Science<br />

Monograph 55, Research Paper 123<br />

Senate Document 70, but Senate bill 416<br />

House Resolution 68, but House bill 20<br />

Kellogg Pact, North Atlantic Pact<br />

Treaty of Ghent<br />

b. Do not capitalize when used apart from titles or in a general sense.<br />

the applicable statutes<br />

the code of the District<br />

history books<br />

a journal of legislative action<br />

a professional journal<br />

any monograph, a research paper by Sales<br />

a historical document from the Senate<br />

a committee resolution<br />

a pact between nations<br />

the treaty signed at Ghent<br />

B–3. Titles used with names or titles st<strong>and</strong>ing for persons<br />

a. Titles preceding names.<br />

(1) Capitalize titles preceding proper names.<br />

President Roosevelt<br />

King George<br />

Chairman McDowell<br />

Ambassador Page<br />

(2) Do not capitalize when used in a general sense.<br />

a president of a club<br />

a king of spades<br />

a chairman of the committee<br />

AR 25–50 • 3 June 2002<br />

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