Navy Department: Army property turned over to, 180, 275 Operation of troopships relinquished by, 33 U. S. A. T. _Northern Pacific_ repaired by, 42 Warships used as troopships by, 36 Nebraska Aircraft Corp.: Army airplanes bought by, 280 Nervous and Mental Cases in Army, 102 Neuve, Camp, 23 Neville Island Gun Plant, 180 New York: As port of debarkation, 54 New York Air Brake Co.: Ordnance claims of, 156 Newport News: Debarkation at, 54, 99 Newport News Shipbuilding Co.: Use of, by Transportation Service, 34 Nitrate of Soda, 274 Nitrogen Fixation Plants, 183–185 Nitro Powder Plant, 142–143, 182, 262, 276 Noble, Frank S.: Chief of Rochester ordnance district, 149 _Northern Pacific_, U. S. A. T., 42 Northwestern Ordnance Co.: Machinery of, transferred to Erie Howitzer Plant, 171 Officers: Final payments to, 67–69 Transportation of, from France, 41–42 Old Hickory Powder Plant, 181 Operations Division, 259 Optical Glass, 192–194 Optical Instruments, 192 Ordnance Claims Board, 146–147 Ordnance Contractors, 159–162 Ordnance Department: Demobilization activities of, 133, 146, 147–159, 163, 164–165 Ordnance Industry, 145–146 Ordnance Plants, 276 Ordnance Salvage Board, 275–280 Otis Elevator Co.: Recuperator plant of, 173, 174 Parker, Edwin B.: Chairman of United States Liquidation Commission, 296, 297 Peirce, Brig. Gen. W. S.: Chief of Ordnance Claims Board, 147 Perryville Ammonium Nitrate Plant, 182 Pershing, Gen. J. J.: A. E. F. disbanded by, 12, 37 Armistice announced by, 1 Departure of, from France, 29 Parades with First Division, 59–61 _Stars and Stripes_ supported by, 95, 96–97 “Pershing’s Own Regiment,” 94 Pershing Stadium, 94, 215 Physiotherapy, 100–101 Picatinny Arsenal: Machinery concentrated at, 181, 187, 188 Picric Acid Plants, 182 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.: Optical glass produced by, 192–193 Platinum, 277 Polish Relief Corp., 242 Pontanezen, Camp, 16–17 Ports of Embarkation, A. E. F., 10–11, 12, 39 Portugal: A. E. F. supplies bought by, 242 Post Office Department: Supplies turned over to, 228 Powder Plants, 181, 182 Preparedness: American post-armistice state of, 319 Public Health Service, 101–102, 103–104, 252, 275 Pullman Car Co.: Post-armistice production of railway artillery _matériel_ by, 179 Purchase Claims Board, 247 Purchase, Director of, 133, 235, 246–248, 252–253 Purchase, Storage, and Traffic, Division of: Industrial demobilization controlled by, 134–135 Purchasing functions of, 219, 234–235 War contracts controlled by, 121 Quartermaster Department, 50, 234–235