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172. Mission. The Quartermaster depot oompany, 'supply,
is the amnative and teohnlcal udt for operating a
Quartermaster supply depot other than motor transport and
remount. It handles any partioular class of kuarter-
meter supply 68 required ty the oiroumstanoes. Is aperate8
as a unit in either the Cmunicaticns Zone or in the
combat zone. It is designed to operate as an indapondent
unit in oharge of H 3mtlll branoh dmot OP uncle: the control
of a headquarters tind headquarters hcm_naby, -uLuortermaster
base depot, fcr sub-depot operations at a .mjor huartermasmr
brhnch depct. It can operate as separate plat0 ns,
eaoh ElatOCn operating n soptlrhte kwt'tcmaster depot. P
173 a Organization.
a. The company is composed of E: company head-
quarters which perPcrm the noma1 administrative, aess,
and supply funotions for the company, and three operating
platoons. Each of the three platoons is orgenized into
two Sections: a depot headquarters section, coralsting of'
one offioer and 17 erJ1sted mea; and a storage section,
consisting of one officer and 33 enlisted men. The dopot
hoodquarters scotion furnishes the personnel required to
handle the clerioai work of the depot and mailitain the
depot utilities. ,he Storage seotion f~imish6speraonnel
for the receipt, storage, warehousing and issue of supplies.
Normally, the oolrpany is orgunized alont oonmoditp lines,
with eaoh platoon essigned to e partioular olaos or grouping
of eupp~ies.2
b. The tsblo of orgwization and equipment
out;horized orly tko niniu.m 6mo.ut of personnel, trarsportation,
and major i'cox3 of QgUigmc!lt, Thb o;cjOr itEll!S Of
office equipsent, including 7cnyting and duplicating
mchines, tyFWriCEr3, En? a 3CU yiind cepacity platform
scale, are nor,r=:ljr nv!:'icienk for dapot opere.tions, lke
company is no: r~;M.;e: c1.Q rid58 3ot have sufficient labor
0rganios.llg tc hanc.ir ~1.1thc de3ot sup lies. With its
normal caga-ity 'io sii?;,ly en2 mairitain f;10,000 moa under combet
cocdS:iona, t!.b atfschment of one t uck oompany and two
service companies is ncrmal1.v rc;uired. T
SECTION 2
EMPLOYMENT IN THE EUROPEAN Q W R OF OPERA5?IONs
174.Communications Zone.
a, The advanae planning for the troop basis Of
depot supply companies in %uartermssteroperations on the
The need
continent raised several divergencies of opinion.
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