Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR
Preparing and Managing Correspondence - Fort Sill MWR
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a historical document from the Senate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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