The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Department of War">United States Department of War</a> is established.<sup about="#mwt69" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-13" id="mwag" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwaw">[13]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt66" class="citation web cs1" id="mwByY"><a class="external text" href="http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35480" id="mwByc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Establishment of the Department of War - US House of Representatives: History, Art &amp; Archives"</a>. <i id="mwByg">house.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwByk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwByo">December 16,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt66" class="Z3988" id="mwBys" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=house.gov&amp;rft.atitle=The+Establishment+of+the+Department+of+War+-+US+House+of+Representatives%3A+History%2C+Art+%26+Archives&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.house.gov%2FHistoricalHighlight%2FDetail%2F35480&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+7"></span></span>