Endnotes for Chapter XXII

 

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 For the origins of each staff division, see Ltr, cited in n. 1.

3 SOS GO 2, 17 Mar 42.

4 SOS GO 4, 9 Apr 42.

5 SOS GO 6, 15 Apr 42. 

6 ASF Cir 732, 9 May 44.

7 SOS GO 2, 17 Mar 42. 

8 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42.

9 ASF Adm Memo S-45, 16 Aug 43.

10 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43.

11 ASF Adm Memo S-102, 29 Nov 43.

12 SOS Cir 96, 29 Dec 42.

13 ASF Cir 32, 18 May 43.

14 SOS GO 4, 9 Apr 42.

15 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42.

16 ASF Cir 30, 15 May 43.

17 SOS Cir 7, 25 Apr 42.

18 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42.

19 SOS Cir 53, 28 Aug 42.

20 CD Rpt 92, Organization of the Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Feb 43, CD, ASK

21ASF Cir 18, 13 Apr 43.

22 WD TM 38-220, Stock Control at Posts, Camps, and Stations, 3 May 43.

23 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43.

24 ASF Cir 175, 10 Jun 44.

25 SOS GO 4, 9 Apr 42.

26 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42.

27ASF Cir 30, 15 May 43.

28 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43.

29 SOS GO 14, 12 Jun 42. General Ayres retired from the Army as of 30 June 1942.

30 CD Rpt 46, Organization of Financial Activities, Oct 42; CD Rpt 59, Survey of the Office, Chief of Finance, Oct 42. Both in CD, ASE

31 WD Memo 35-10-43, 15 May 43.

32 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43.

33 Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, H.R., 77th Cong, 2d Sess, on Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriations Bill for 1942, Mar 42, Pt. 2, pp. 180-81.

34 Ibid., p. 35.

35 Ibid., p. 36.

36 SOS GO 9, 27 Apr 42.

37 SOS GO 16, 27 Jun 42.

 38 WD Cir 169, 1 Jun 42.

39 WD Cir 367, 7 Nov 42.

40 ASF Cir 30, 15 May 43.

41 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42. Civilian personnel matters in ASF headquarters were assigned to The Adjutant General by SOS Cir 78, 26 Oct 42.

42 SOS Cir 54, 29 Aug 42.

43 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43.

44 SOS GO 3, 21 Mar 42.

45 SOS GO 4, 9 Apr 42. See above, p. 344. 

46 SOS GO 24, 20 Jul 42.

47 SOS Cir 95, 18 Dec 42. 

48 ASF Cir 30, 15 May 43.

49 Created by ASF Cir 36, 30 May 43, from a unit developed under the Chief of Administrative Services.

50 ASF Cir 118, 12 Nov 43, set forth the new organization.

51 ASF Cir 41, 7 Feb 44.

52 WD GO 31, 17 May 45.

53 ASF Cir 238, 25 Jun 45; ASF Cir 240, 26 Jun 45.

54 ASF Cir 45, 3 Jul 43.

55 ASF Cir 33, 26 May 43.

56 It should be noted that at the same time, Somervell and The Quartermaster General agreed upon a former Engineer officer in whom Somervell had great confidence as head of the Fuels and Lubricants Division in the Office of The Quartermaster General. The commanding general had great confidence in the man heading petroleum activities in The Quartermaster General's office.

57 SOS Cir 9, 10 Feb 43.

58  ASF Cir 23, 28 Apr 43.

59  The term "packaging" meant that the product itself was put in a container; this process was performed at the place of production. "Packing" was the process of preparing items for shipment; it might be performed at the production point or at a depot.

60 ASF Cir 29, 13 May 43. 

61 ASF Cir 31, 15 May 43.

62 WD Cir 324, 14 Dec 43.

63 ASF Cir 149, 1943.

64 ASF Cir 314, 18 Aug 45.

65 ASF Monthly Progress Rpt, Personnel and Training, 31 Jul 43.

66 ASF Monthly Progress Rpt, Personnel and Training, 31 Aug 45, Sec. 5.

67 Services of Supply Organization Manual, 15 Feb 43.


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