1 Ltr, CG SOS to Chiefs of all SAS, etc., 9 Mar 42, sub: Initial Dir for the Org of SOS, Ret files ASF, DRB AGO.
2 A fuller account of these developments will be found in History of Service Commands, Army Service Forces, a manuscript prepared in the Control Division, ASF, located in Historical Files, ASE
3 CD Rpt 6, New York Field Survey, May 42, CD, ASF, pp. 4, 7.
4 CD Rpt 9, Third Corps Area Field Survey, May 42; CD Rpt 15, Report of Survey of Sixth Corps Area, Jun 42. Both in CD, ASE
5 Memo, C. F Robinson for CG SOS, 8 Jul 42, sub: Corps Area Reorg, CD, ASE
6 WD GO 35, 22 Jul 42.
7 Min, Conf of CG's Sv Comds, Chicago, 30 Jul-1 Aug 42.
8 AR 170-10, 10 Aug. 42.
9 Ibid., par. 4.
10 Ibid., par. 6.
11 Services of Supply Organization Manual, 10 Aug 42, Pt. IV, ASF files.
12 WD GO 23, 5 May 42.
13 WD Cir 236, 20 jul 42.
14 SOS Memo, 25 Aug 42.
15 WD GO 44, 4 Sep 42.
16 WD GO 15, 23 Mar 43.
17 WD GO 50, 28 Jun 45.
18 CD Rpt 22, Commanding General's Staff Conference on Reorganization of Service Commands, 4 Aug 42, CD, ASE
19 SOS Cir 79, 28 Aug 42.
20 SOS Memo 5170-I-43, 2 Jan 43.
21 Decentralization to Service Commands, rpt by the Chief of Adm Svs to CG's Sv Comds, Dec 42, ©, ASE
22 See below, p. 381.
23 SOS Cir 4, 6 Jan 43.
24 ASF Cir 27, 10 May 43.
25 ASF Cir 39, 11 Jun 43.
26 SOS Memo S15-1-42, 1 Oct 42.
27 WD Cir 107, 23 Apr 43.
28 SOS Cir 8, 26 Jan 43.
29 SOS Cir 11, 18 Feb 43.
30 SOS Memo 5605-13-43, 8 Mar 43.
31 ASF Cir 45, 3 Jul 43.
32 ASF Cir 41, 7 Feb 43.
33 ASF Cir 335, 6 Oct 44.
34 This will be discussed in the next chapter.
35 See above, p. 108.
36 Service Command Conferences were held in New Orleans, January 1943; Chicago, July 1943; Dallas, February 1944; Ft. Leonard Wood, July 1944; Gulfport, February 1945; and Camp Grant, June 1945. Minutes of each conference are in the files, Control Division, ASE
37 This "doctrine of dual supervision" as a basic concept in field organization was first presented in Macmahon, Millett, and Ogden, The Administration of Federal Work Relief, Ch. Xl. This author has elaborated upon the theme in New Horizons in Public Administration, a Symposium (Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Alabama Press, 1945), Ch. V
38 SOS Memo 5605-13-43, 8 Mar 43.
39 AR 170-10, 24 Dec 42.
40 ASF Cir 106, 26 Oct 43.
41 ASF Cir 28, 12 May 43; Changes 5 to AR 170-10, 12 May 43.
42 ASF Cir 28, 4 Jun 43.
43 ASF Cir 265, 11 Jul 45; ASF Cir 312, 16 Aug 45.
44 WD Cir 317, 7 Dec 43.
45 ASF Cir 85, 27 Mar 44; WD Cir 173, 4 May 44.
46 See Min, 6th Conf of Sv Comdrs, 1-3 Feb 45, pp. 62-90.
47 Services of Supply Organization Manual, Dec 42, Pt. IV, ASF files.
48 WD Memo W210-25-43, 7 Sep 43, sub: Integration of Maint Activities at Posts, Camps, and Stas.
49 Min, Conf of CG's Sv Gomds, 22-24 Jul 43, p. 136.
50 Ibid., pp. 381-82.
51 This letter had the file number SPX 323.3 (12 Nov 43) SPICY-MB-A, dated 12 Nov 43. Styer was commanding in Somervell's absence from the United States.
52 Ltr, TAG to CG's Sv Comds, 8 Dec 43, SPX 323.3 (8 Dec 43) SPICY-MB-A.
53 The new organization of service command headquarters and posts was republished in ASF Org Man M-301, 15 Dec 43, Pt. IV.
54 Survey of Returns to Stock, CD, ASE
55 ASF Cir 228, 19 Jul 45.
56 ASF Org Man M-301, 15 Jun 45, Pt. IV
57 WD Memo W600-69-43, 18 Aug 43.
58 ASF Monthly Progress Rpt, Personnel and Training, 31 Jul 43, Sec. 5.