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ing schedule:
R-ES-T-R-I-C-T-Z-D
Class 1 Cupplies - Weekly
Class I1 and ZV - 1st and 15th of the month
Class If1 - 1st and 15th or the month
More frequent reporting was found to place too great a burden
on the depot. Invento;ries tere normally reported by the
depots by item and quantity.
d. Reports to Other hqencies.
a* %lie the depot reported direct to the central
records of the Office Of the Clzief n,uartermaster, copies of
the stocks Status reports were also sent to the ?unrtemaster
of the interested section of the Gomunications Zone. It
was essential that the sectiOn 7uartermaster be kept informed
on the stock status in his own section.
b. In addition, there were certain item oi which
the stock position for the whole theater ahould be known
from time to time by all seotions of the Comunications Zone
and the armies. Lccordingly, special stock status reports
were from time to time disseminated by the OfPice of the Chief
Quartermaster to interested agencies.
SECTION 4
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMnaDnzlI~s
47. Conclusions.
a* The olassifioation of depots set forth in European
Theater of Operations Standing Operating Procedure No,
7, L9 March 19L+5aisnot suitable for nxartemster ma.
b. The port depot in the European Theater of Operations
was essontial'to efficient sup~ly operations in the
Communications Zone, and where it wa8 not established ef'ficioncy
of tho supply system suffered.
0, During combat cperetions, the field forccs reooive
increasingly efficient supply support when supply
stocks arc largo and control of supply is decentralized.
DocontralizaCion of control of supply cmn brj acoomplishad
~nlyvhon tho lines of oommunication and channols of supply
aro sufficiently well organized to warrant woh decentralization,
d, Regardless of the degree of daoentralized control
of supply operations, an up-to-date central stook
accounting systeni Is easential in the Offioe of the Chief
Quartormastar of the Theater of Operations.
48. Rooommendations.
a. That the classification of dcpots In tho Oommunications
'lone be redefined to lndicate thoir goncral fluzction
a8 base, intomediate, and advasoe depots, and that pertinont
War Department publications be amonded accordingly.
b, mat in oporations similar to those in the Euro-
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