Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
G-1, 63, 69, 72, 191, 198-99, 353, 366, 417
under Act of 1920, 70
and Air Corps organization, 289, 292
duties of, 72
and increase in
size of Army, 198, 199, 200, 201, 362
and officer selection,
241-43, 244, 244n, 246, 248, 250, 251, 252-55, 256, 258, 259,
26163, 268, 269, 269n, 271, 272, 274-75, 276-77
and plan for
converting CCC to a semi-military establishment, 153
and
reinforcement of the Philippines, 417, 422, 438
and united command
in the Caribbean, 462
World War I organization, 61, 62
G-2, 47, 63, 72, 109, 353, 370
under Act of 1920, 70
and Alaska
defense, 456-57
and attack on Pearl Harbor, 496, 497, 498n, 508,
513
duties of, 73
and Lend-Lease procedure, 340, 342
and
reinforcement of the Philippines, 422
World War I organization, 62
G-3, 51, 52, 63, 72, 77, 108, 156, 176, 191, 200, 207, 214, 353,
366
under Act of 1920, 70
and Air Corps organization, 285, 291,
292, 292n
duties of, 73
and increase in size of Army, 200, 361,
362, 366
and Lend-Lease procedure, 336, 346
and maneuvers, 210, 211
and officer selection, 250, 258, 271, 274
and problem of sharing
weapons, 305, 313
and reinforcement of the Philippines, 422, 438,
440, 447, 448
replaced as member of Joint Board by the Deputy Chief
of Staff, 79
and Selective Service, 214
and troop-training program,
153
and united command problem in the Caribbean area, 462, 465
World War I organization, 62
G-4, 30, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43-44, 43n, 45, 48, 52, 54-55, 63. 72,
108, 140, 144, 176-77
under Act of 1920, 70
and Air Corps
organization, 291, 292
Chief of Staff works through in calling for
budget estimates, 161
computations of changing Army requirements, 154
directed to plan a quickened delivery of material and supplies,
153
duties of, 73, 76-77
estimate of Army needs, 1 December 1939
162-63
and Lend-Lease procedure, 331, 333, 334, 33637, 340, 346
and problem of sharing weapons, 300, 304, 310,311,313,317,321
and
production allocation, 323, 325, 326, 328
proposes $1,000,000,000
program for national defense, 161-62, 162n
recognizes impossibility
of an inflexible program of Army requirements, 163
and
reinforcement of the Philippines, 440, 447
Somervell becomes chief
of, 55
submits over-all program for national defense, 166-67,
171-72, 173
and united command problem in the Caribbean area, 462
World War I organization, 62
G-5, World War I, 62
Gailey, Brig. Gen. Charles K., Jr., 324, 337
Gallup poll, 15-17
Genda, Capt. Minoru, -501
General Headquarters (GHQ)
creation of, 2
creation of GHQ Air
Force, 284
restudy of functions, 295-96
troop training entrusted
to, 206-07, 212
General Staff, 4, 96, 160, 337
all-inclusiveness of the Chief of
Staff's responsibility, 75-76
and A. E. F., World War I
organization, 59-62
appointment of officers to, 272-74
changes
after World War I, 62-64
Chief of the Air Corps made a Deputy Chief
of Staff, 70
Chief of Staff's powers under 1936
organization, 64
Chief of Staff's powers under 1936
organization, 64-66
creation of,
57-58
creation of four G divisions, 70
creation of a second Deputy
Chief of Staff, 70
crippling effect of National Defense Act of
1916, 58
dispute between Gen. Leonard Wood and Maj. Gen. Fred C.
Ainsworth, 58, 58n, 59
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duties of the Assistant Chiefs of Staff, 72-75
duties of the Deputy
Chief of Staff, 69-70
duties of the Secretary of the General Staff,
71
duties of War Plans Division, 74
early disputes over powers of
Chief of Staff, 59-61
formation of War Plans Division, 70
function
of Staff divisions, 76-78, 81-82
Joint Army and Navy Board
functions, 79-81
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood's criticism of, 62-63
membership reduced from 45 to 36, 58
method of control by Chief of
Staff, 66-69
National Defense Act of 1920, 63
obstacles to thorough
planning, 1939, 145-47
opposing concepts of Pershing and March,
60-61,
Eon organization of divisions and sections, 59
organization
of 1903 under Elihu Root, 57-58,
59
organization of 1921, 63
origins and powers, 57-59
planning
activities hampered by lack of funds, 160
prewar, evaluation of,
81-84
psychological effect of Congress' rejection of request for
funds, 36-38
relation of Chief of Staff to President, 66
relation
of Chief of Staff to Secretary of War, 66
relation of Chief of
Staff to his Staff officers, 76-78
relation of War Plans Division to other four divisions, 74-75
reorganized with five divisions, 61-62
reorganization of March
1942, 69, 81, 297-98
shortcomings, 81-84
supports Lend-Lease, 323
General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, 187
Geneva Arms Conference,
92
German War College, 345
Germany, 32, 33, 85, 86, 93, 97, 115,
116, 118, 146, 165, 218, 230, 305, 311, 347, 353, 354, 359, 359n,
402-03, 455, 494. See alto Blitzkrieg.
air force, 132, 137, 278,
285, 408-09
decision to concentrate on defeat of, 9
estimate of
production capacity sought, 342
reaches English Channel, 105
as
threat to Latin America, 87, 88, 91, 95, 96
George, Brig. Gen. H.
H., 328
Gerow, Lt. Gen. L. T., 121, 122, 724, 335, 341, 342, 343, 347, 349
350, 351, 352, 358, 363, 370, 374, 388, 390, 396, 404n, 406, 407,
408, 422, 438, 439, 450, 470, 475, 496, 497n, 507, 508n, 509, 510
Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert L., 113, 119, 338n, 369, 370
Gibraltar, 116
Godfrey, Col. S. C., 49
Goethals, Maj. Gen. George W., 61
Good, James W., 23
Good neighbor policy, 90, 91. See also Latin
America.
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 57n
Grant, Maj. Gen. Walter S., 242n
Great Britain, III, 360, 365, 443, 478. See also
Atlantic Conference; Churchill.
Admiralty, 99, 107
air force, 132, 137
American bombing groups contemplated for
duty in, 381
American rejection of proposals for reinforcement of Singapore, 393-400
autonomy of Army, Navy, and Royal Air Force,
280-81
British Chiefs of Staff, 371, 382, 405, 409
British Supply Council, 337, 337n
controversy over aid to, III, 321-25
destroyer-for-bases transaction, 105
examination of base facilities at, 380-81
fruitful proposals for co-ordination of effort,
316-18
in Iceland, 487-90
Navy, 92-93, 116-17, 398
policy conferences with America, 113-15
production, 317-18, 321, 338
proposal for Anglo-American military co-ordination, 119-25
proposals for co-operation in the Pacific, 391-93
shipping losses, 368, 371, 386, 390
start of combined planning with America, 92-94
start of formal military co-operation with
America, 384-86
U. S. Staff criticisms of suggestions at Atlantic
Conference, 406-08
War Cabinet, 107
weapons, 50-51
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 502
Greely, Maj. Gen. J. N., 328-29
Greely Mission, 328-29
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Greenland, 387, 485-86
Greenland Survey, 485
Greenslade, Rear Adm. John W., 478
Greenslade Board, 478, 479n, 484
Greer, 411
Grew, Joseph C., 447, 469
Ground Forces, 101-02, 175
Grunert, Maj. Gen. George, 394-96, 420-21,
422, 423, 424, 425-26, 431, 432, 434-37,
437n, 438, 439, 450
pressure for reinforcement of Philippines, 02,
414, 417-19
Guam, 98, 99, 105, 116, 454, 505
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