Tadeusz Banaszek (Kielce) Local Military Administration Bodies in Kielce (1918–1975) The present article focuses on local military administration bodies operating in Kielce during the Second Republic of Poland and after World War II, which played an important role in supporting army operations. The administration bodies in question comprised the following institutions: Local Military Draft Office (1918 – 1919), Poviat Military Draft Office (1919 – 1939), District Horses Inspectorate (1927 – 1939), District Military Draft Office (1945 – 1950), District Military Headquarters (1950 – 1966), City and Poviat Military Staff (1966 – 1975) as well as Regional Military Headquarters (1953 – 1965) and Regional Military Staff (since 1965). The above offices and staffs were primarily responsible for conscription, mobilisation of conscripts and administering reserve troops. The article includes data concerning the conscription in the Kielce poviat in the interwar period and the allocation of conscripts to certain military units, as well as tasks, structure and composition of military headquarters.