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3mad C ompap 21,000 lbs. 30,000 lbs
Coffoe Company 3,200 lbs. 4,800 lbs
d. Kaintenanco. S_onre parts for three months maintciiancc
were furnished with the British oquipmcnt. In sddftion,
the companies wero bccked up with a tw6lve-months
were outhcrikod to perform first and second echelon mainten-
aace. Higher echelon maintenance repair was accomplished
by the Central Sclvege De ot or by field service tecms from
thr? Comunications. Zone.17
e. Liscussion, A lpurtermster Bnkery Gmpany
(T/O & E 10-1kmimericnn ovens and machinery, was originclly
intendcd for use in the European Thenter of Operations;
It was flexiblo but not mobile.18 It had twice the
nuniber of personnel as the special ooxpany and used 16 ovens
a8 corcpnrod with three ovens used by the special conpany.
The production capacity of tho two companies, however, dua
to the difference of equipmuat, was the 8ae. Upon arrival in
the buropLan Thsater of Op6rations eaoh Hmerican oquipped
company vms reorganized into two Bakery hmpanies (Mobile)
Spacial. None of the herican equipsea companies were used
wikh any of the Lirinies in the European Theeter of Opcrctions.’
Ong was usod in the Delta Base Section to furnish broad for
the redeployment center. The most valuable charaoteristic of
the special cGunrtermaster Bakery Company is its self-sufficiency
for transport. Possibly the most impressive fuatura of the
bakary Companies’ record on the coutinent wa8 an almost total
absence of major Froblens. The planning was evidently sound.
The imuu rate of roasted and ground coffae, however, wns
higher than planned. The normal lssus rate for two meals
daily is eight pounds par 100 ration^.^ During colt weather
it tvus necossnry to issue on the bcsis of 12 pounds per hundred
rbtions. This. load could not bo cnrrieil by the coffos
roasting equipnent , and oivilian roasting instullatioiis were
necessary to aaEist in meeting the demand.
SECTION 3
CJNRLRTERMASTER RAILHEAD COMPANY (T/O dc E 10-197)
136,Lisslon, The mlasion of the Quarteraaster Rflilhcad
Coinoony wumovi.de personnel to operat railheads,
truokheuds and navigation or beaohhea8s.4g Jt WELScharged
by thc War Department with the gjcoipt, issue and evccuation
or all quortermatcr suppliss. In the iuropean i’heater of
Operations, however, this unit W E normally confined to the
recoipt and distribution of Class 1 supplies.zO
137. Or anizatioo ‘The company is organiaed into a comlmny
heanqiA~~~~-;wo plRtOOnS, an aggregate .. b.*
of 173 enlisted men and Sour The platoon was
thb baeio operating unit and was nomnally divided into three
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