Appendix I
The Duties
of the Army Service Forces
I. ARMY-WIDE TECHNICAL
SUPERVISION OVER CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
1. Supply procedures
(requisitioning, distribution stock control, disposition)
2. Storage
3. Maintenance and
repair
4. Construction
5. Acquisition and
disposal of real estate
6. Port operations
7. Railway operations
8. Medical care and
hospitalization
9. Army physical
standards
10. Military Police
activities
11. Special Service
activities
12. Chaplain activities
13. Legal activities
14. AG activities
15. Financial activities
16. Signal
communications
17. Photography and
cryptography
18. Signal security
19. Food preparation
20. Laundry operations
II. PARTICIPATION IN
PREPARATION OF WAR PLANS
(With respect to activities
over which ASF possesses Army-wide technical supervision as listed
under I)
III. PERFORMANCE OF
SERVICES FOR THE ARMY
A. Supply Services
1. Procures all supplies
for the Army (except those peculiar to the AAF)
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2. Storage in the zone
of interior
3. Issues to troops in
the zone of interior and to overseas theaters
B. General Services
1. Hospital service
2. Transportation
service (for supplies and personnel)
3. Construction service
4. Communications
service
5. Photographic service
C. Personnel Services
1. Operation of
induction stations and reception centers
2. Operation of
reception stations
3. Operation of Ground
and Service Forces redistribution stations
4. Operation of
separation centers
5. Orientation and
information programs
6. Supply of athletic
and recreational supplies and equipment
7. Supply of Army
Exchange merchandise
8. Operates disciplinary
barracks and rehabilitation centers
D. Administrative Services
1. Maintains accounting
records for the War Department
2. Pays War Department
bills in the U. S.
3. Pays family
allowances and allotments to beneficiaries
4. Reviews courts
martial cases and records
5. Operates the Army
Postal Service
6. Publishes Army
documents
7. Maintains central
personnel records
8. Operation of PW camps
9. Casualty records and
notifications
10. Legal service for
War Department
11. Security of
production installations
12. Criminal
investigations of military personnel
13. Military policing in
cities and on trains
14. Maintains War
Department records
E. Management of Stations Used for Ground Force Training
1. Buildings, roads and
utilities (operation and maintenance)
2. Supply warehouses and
dumps
3. Maintenance shops
4. Hospitals and
dispensaries
5. Internal
transportation
6. Security
7. Communication centers
8. PX
9. Theaters
10. Service clubs
11. Field houses
12. Post offices
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13. Religious services
14. Disbursing offices
15. Laundries
16. Stockades
17. Photographic
laboratories
18. Film exchanges
19. Civilian housing
IV. TRAINING OF SERVICE
TROOPS AND ORGANIZATION OF SERVICE UNITS
1. Organization and
training of ASF units for theater communications zones (ASF's or
SOS's)
2. Training of fillers
for Ground and Air Force service units
3. Training of
specialists for Ground and Air Force service units
4. Training and
providing replacements for all types of service units
5. Special training
activities: Military Government, Students, Army Specialized
Training Program
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