Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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R-E-S-T-9-I-C-T-E-D<br />
dotorminod nnd directed by him, in addition to the nofor<br />
bringing SuPPlies to tho propor lcvcls, forccd<br />
syst m of roquisitldnlng rcgcrdlcss of uxistlng j.nstruo-<br />
ti0ns.Z Tho cutmatic <strong>Supply</strong> phcsa wcs diacontinuGa in<br />
OotobCr 1942 when the Chiof %mrtzmnstcr submittud. c qunrttcrly<br />
.rcqii.LsitiOn bas& on tho somi-automatic phcso, which<br />
oontinucd until P-Prfl 1945 when tho hroponn Thoc.tur of<br />
Ogerntions entered the lust phnso of supply.<br />
153, Rcnuisitlonin&: Puriodsaa Tho Chief Quortomasfmcxporimded<br />
with monthly, aur-rtcrly , and semi-annual rqulsitions,<br />
The nionthly system or rwuisitioning rcauirod<br />
that n aomplctc reviow of the atoclc 1wel.a bc ma0 2.5 icr.st<br />
once ovcry thirty dciys, nnd Insured r, Tositivo nsthod for<br />
dGtooting orrorc tmd stock dcficicncicjs. It clso :lj.minc,ted<br />
the necessity for a lcrge numbcr of intoritn roouisitions.<br />
T ~ Camrtorly requisitlonlna proccduro , utilizinK ou.td.?tcd<br />
inventories, forc-d thL ?uartcsmrstcr to suljxit numbroue<br />
LntiorW rcquisitions to COTrCot doficioacies. Howcvor, the<br />
stntic oonditlons that Gxlstcd prior to Ihfoh 1944 showcd<br />
n quartarlg rovicw of itcms w.s sntisfnctmy.2 A rcquisition<br />
Par n poriod longcr thnn a ouartcr of n :'car could<br />
bo utilizcd only for supplios consued nt Q specific rate<br />
roRnrdloss of tho situation nnd wm thorcfore not Iccsibltt<br />
for the grcatcr portion of ~,ucrtc.rsk?.stcr Suplios nn9. equipmant.<br />
Tho pl'inoipal aclvmtagi; gainod frou thc. @.uarierly<br />
and scni-annual period mya,4 that it furnished the nauartor-<br />
mcstor Canornl with a projocted foroonst of roquircmnts that<br />
wm incorporr,tad into tho loiip, rmge procurmont ?lc\nning<br />
program. The montiily period of requisitioning was found to<br />
be tho nost sntisfnotory an6 feesibla when sunplics wore consued<br />
at an unovon rate nncl tho stoclc position was not sccure?<br />
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