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!vihic!i 610 to bo cxclusivcly rQcOiVOd, storcd and issued by<br />
that insttllution.<br />
f. Dept classifications for a Thcater of Dpcracions<br />
which would bcot fulfill the roouiromcnts os" tho martcrmr;tor<br />
Scrvioc aru:<br />
Base Dopot. A Qopot nornallg at ar in tho<br />
vicinity of (I port having tho res2onsibi-<br />
litg for:<br />
[a] Recoiviq, classifying and storin[: of<br />
su?glics shipLxd froE ports.<br />
(b) Roalonishine auEplicb of Intcrnediato<br />
and Xdvnnce Dopotu.<br />
(c) ~ssuingsupllics to troops and organizations<br />
in a docienpted moa of thc<br />
ComunicGtions Zone.<br />
Intcrmodistc Dcpot. 1 depot fiOri,mlly in<br />
an Intaruediatc SectIan assigned the<br />
rosponsibility Tor storing thl: principal<br />
portion of '?hater supplies within proscribed<br />
levolG and for:<br />
(a) Rcplcnishing slrpplica upon request<br />
from IidVbnCO Depots.<br />
(b) Issuing supplies to troops und organi-<br />
zetions in a designated ure8 of the<br />
Golltumications Zone,<br />
Mvanco Ijcyot. A dapot nor!lelly in on<br />
Mvance Sr,ction, aasi@od thc rosponsibi-<br />
licv for storinr: sumlios within nrascribod<br />
levels ?or ivbuin8 su~pl.ios<br />
rcguirod to wet tho noods or:<br />
(a) Psnios end othcr traops md orgeinizations<br />
in a dasignatod arc3 of Chc<br />
Conibot Zcno.<br />
(b) Trco~so:ic? organizations in a dcslgnatod<br />
ci~aof Lhc Coruuiiceticine<br />
Zonc.<br />
36. Nood for Port Dopots. :Ihonovr.r the trsnsportution<br />
fricilitics for novin~, off locdcd siipplios frsii thc? port to<br />
supijlg instullntions outside the port area aro ineufflciont<br />
to Iccitp tk ports cloar, thcra is a noed for n port dopat.<br />
P!ithout a port depot to invontorp off loac?cd stocks ut ~orts,<br />
them 3tooIc3 cannot bc oonsidurcd svailoblc for wyglyina,<br />
t!ic traops until thoy arc shl.ppcd to inland dopots, warchoused,<br />
2nd invont oricd. Prior to this, them uninvontorica<br />
stocks wem just so uany tons, and not' item w required<br />
bv troops. In thc lurop3aii Thaetor of Opcrntions trdnopor-<br />
&tion facilities WCrO searoe and tho ,?,unrtei?naster service,<br />
to&:othcr wltli otlior sc-rvicos, wos givau R daily allocation<br />
of so tons for rorward riovoncnt from port arcus to<br />
inlalft dopots. At the lar&o port of Antworp (J-65951 thorc<br />
\vas no port 0.apot to sogreento 3nd invcntory stooko that woro<br />
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