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R-E&-T-R-I-C-T-3-D<br />
CHAPTER 2<br />
DAILY TELEGRAM<br />
SECTION 1<br />
PRESCRIBED <strong>US</strong>E<br />
27. Definition. A Dally Telegram ie a messap dis-<br />
patched da y p d visions, air force service command<br />
and larger'hitbs reiquesting Class I and 111 supplies.f'It<br />
Is the basis for the supply of these lasses from the Communications<br />
Zone to the using unlta.16<br />
28, Procedure.<br />
a. Individual units submit dally ration requests<br />
to their next hlgher headquarters. Divisions (for divisional<br />
and attached troops] and corps (for corps troops only) con-<br />
solidate unit requests and estimate their total ration requirements.<br />
They then prepare the daily telegram, giving<br />
the strength of the conmand, total rations required, and a<br />
report on the status and requirements of Class I11 suppliee.1°<br />
b. Corps and division daily telegrams are submitted<br />
direct to army. <strong>Army</strong> prepares a consolidated army<br />
telegram, based on the requirements of all subordinate units<br />
including army troops, on stock levels on hand In army supply<br />
points, and on estimated requirements for intended<br />
operatlons. <strong>Army</strong> submits its telegram to the regulating<br />
station, stating the mount of supplies deeired at each<br />
auoply point, The regulating station notifles the appro-<br />
priate Communications Zom depots whioh prepare an8 deliver<br />
the ehlpents to tie designated arm supply pointe.10<br />
c. In the event that there is no regulating sta-<br />
tlon, divjsion and corps may submit their telegrams direct<br />
to the army supply point, which in turn consolidates<br />
and forwards st" to the army. The army may either submit<br />
it8 telegram direct to the Communications Zone depot, or<br />
'GO the depot through the Advance Section, Communications<br />
Zone. 11<br />
SECTION 2<br />
<strong>US</strong>E IN THE EUROPEAN THEAm OF OPERATIONS<br />
29. Procedure.<br />
a. The preparation, routing, and use of the daily<br />
telegram in the European Theater of <strong>Operations</strong> followed<br />
generally the procedure prescribed by the War Department.<br />
Class I and 1x1 supplles were procured by means of daily<br />
tebgrams which included the strength of the command and<br />
an outline of the Class 111 situation.2 The field armies<br />
prescribed that divisions, for divlslon and attached troops;<br />
oorps, for corps and attached trcope; and each unit of<br />
army troops would submit daily telegram,? Telegrams were,<br />
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