Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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-XTKLS OF SUPPLY<br />
SECTION 1<br />
EjCISTLlTG ~3FImTIOm<br />
13. Day of <strong>Supply</strong>. A day of sua2ly is thL ostimatcd<br />
avorage oxgenaiturc of various itoms of supply per day in a<br />
campaign, exprossod in quantitios of spocific itms, in<br />
rcrunds per weapon, or in punas pcr man par day.1 In doaliw<br />
with 0,uartLmastcr su>p,plias, the following dGtailcd dofinitions<br />
wora amployod in tho EwoDoan Thoator of Oporationa:<br />
a. Class I. A ration is thG food roquircd to subsist<br />
oni man for onc day, A flay of sunply for on3 m n of<br />
Clam I therefore was Sot at one ration.2<br />
b. Class I1 & N. h dag of supply of Cle.38 XI<br />
could not bo oomputd accurately, and was theroforc only<br />
regarded as a unit of muasuro. Actual cxporionco shwod tho<br />
cxponditures of various itorus to bo variable under campaign<br />
coneitions. Class N itoms aro those roquircd fa' special<br />
or .\articular typos of oporations, and roquirements variod<br />
considerably as tho combat conditions changed. A day of<br />
supply or Class I1 or N bannot be exprosso3 in ?ounds, but<br />
must bo exyxased by itom. Days of sup>ly Wcro,computod<br />
basod on tho '7ar nopartmcnt roplacomont factors, which avo<br />
tho cxpootud avorago mor-all exponditwe of oach itom.&, 5<br />
The allowances as authorizcd by those rsplaoomont factors,<br />
convortod int pounas, providod a figuro of .85 pounds Dcr<br />
man per day.17<br />
c. Class 111. A day of supply of Class 111 was<br />
bascd on cxpcrionco and consumption data coqilod throughout<br />
tho*campaign, Tho figurc, oxyroased in pounds pGr man<br />
por day, variod frbm 15.47 gounds por mar, por day to the<br />
final flguro of 11.38 gounds por man >cr day, This figuro,<br />
hO-NOVGI, was also rOgardGd as a unit of mcasuro. It was<br />
not to bo considorad as on0 day's rcquironenh of any givon<br />
command, but as an avorago d&y of Sup31 which woulG m ot requirements<br />
ovor a eiven period of timo,T<br />
14. Lcvols of S U I . A lovul of supply is tho luan-<br />
tity CT suppliea hcmat a givm point; bnso, dofonso command,<br />
8qartmont , thoatw of o,ioraticns, or similar aotivity,<br />
measiirod in days of supply or in spccific guantitios of an<br />
it0n.l Iovols aro proscribod by tho ldar DcDartnent for tho<br />
thcatcr of opcratlnns, and by tlic thoatcr for the various<br />
dopots, sections and amios. Lcvols a8 prescribad by tho<br />
War Departmnt woro of throo pincipal typos: Minimum, Oporating<br />
and Maximum ~OVclS.<br />
15. lfinimum LOVO~B.<br />
a. The minimum levo1 is tho quantity of su7plios<br />
(in daya) nocdcd to maintain an everseas command priding re-<br />
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