Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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reccived from local procurer" in<br />
the area.<br />
(3) BsseiDepot. A depot, nor:laIly in a base<br />
sect on, ansignod rosponsibilitp for:<br />
(a) Receiving, olascifyine, and storinc<br />
supplios shippod frori porta or frori<br />
local manufacturers ,<br />
(b) Serving as a warohousc. to clctir ports<br />
and for storage of excess thcatcr<br />
atooks.<br />
(0) Roplofiishing supplies of Pillcr Dcpota<br />
upon direction of thc Chief of<br />
Servico conezrned.<br />
(d) Issuing supplios to troops and organizations<br />
in a desippatod are@of<br />
the Corununioations Zone.<br />
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(4.) Ice ,De ot. A dopot assigned rosponsibi-<br />
(a) Centrally storing tho entiro Cormuuni-<br />
cations Zono stock of selected items<br />
and/or their components.<br />
(b) Issulna suplioz1 upori request from<br />
isistolletions and orgenizations .'I<br />
d. Tho Thatlter terminology as prescribed above is<br />
misleading from a Fuartormastcr standpoint, end tands to<br />
falsoily imply thc mission of the v rious doppts. All<br />
9,uutormster depot8 hem an issuo rospomibilitg. Bone<br />
aapots nust ioauo in retail to troops in tlioir locality.<br />
Furthernore, a base dcpot has tho aemo typo of niobion ac<br />
a ftller dopot inasmuali as uuppliss in filltr dopots or0<br />
roplonishod by shipments fro3 baso depoto. The '!sr Eepertmnt<br />
tominology mora correctly dosignatas thri dopots.<br />
Uov+over, the dcfinitiona as oontainnc in Fiola Iianual 100-10<br />
should be mdo more spooiflo and a t thc 8x10 tirae rotain<br />
tho neccsoary flosibility.<br />
Q. Classifying LL dopot as a Keydopot ~EIScaused<br />
oonfusien from a Cuarterimstor standpoint. Tb-e def inltion<br />
states that a Key (tepot is rQRpOnSiblQt or storing the entire<br />
stools of sslootod items - thb purposc boing to oonoentrato<br />
thovo item whioh are required in ana11 quantities<br />
such as flags, officers' inaiynio, etc. and those itsms which<br />
might be oonsidorcd of o. sonsitivo nature and ousily pilfes-<br />
able, such as ~ 0 " ~ olothing, s atc. The 0,uartonastcr<br />
Scrvice doos not huvo H Sufficient number of itom requiring<br />
this centralized atmago to nocoeuitato a depot with ehe<br />
oxolusive niusloii of recovering, storing, a d isouint: onZy<br />
thoso items. This boing tho cam, it was uacesa ry to give<br />
a doublo olssslflcation - A goy depot and a fillor dopot,<br />
etc. Furthernore, the classification of a f!cpot as a koy<br />
depot mons nothing uiiless tho solected itom ?vhich ire to<br />
bo oontrally stored there arc dcfinod. This points to tho<br />
fact thst It is tho item which reauiros dofinition sild not<br />
tho depot. Tho rnisoion Of OBCh dopot StlOUld Stotc the item3<br />
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