What is the General order number that established the position of 56M and when?

• A. General Order number 201; 28 December 1909
• B. General Order number 350; 1 January 1910
• C. General Order number 253; 28 December 1909
• D. General Order number 99; 4 July 1776

Answer: (C)

General Orders are the official directives the Army uses to create or modify positions and titles. When a new Military Occupational Specialty is established, it is tied to a specific General Order that officially authorizes that position.

For the 56M designation, the establishing document is General Order number 253, dated 28 December 1909. That GO is the official record showing the creation of the 56M position at that time. The other options give different order numbers or dates that do not correspond to the official establishment of this MOS, so they don’t match the historical record for 56M. If you wanted to verify, you’d look up General Order 253 in the Army’s archives from that era.