 The cabinet offices referred to by the mnemonic were State, Treasury, War, Attorney-General, Postmaster-General, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor.This mnemonic has been obsolete since 1947 when the Departments of War and the Navy were combined into the Department of Defense by the National Security Act of 1947.The usefulness of this mnemonic has been further eroded by the following changes to the US cabinet since 1947