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for dispatch.15 In addition to the d:,ily G.is?atch, can?aniea<br />

were at t1rir;s dispatched ta Staff Sections or aubordlnbte<br />

units on a wrianent hasis.<br />

c; :i dally motor transqortstion uvitilabilitg re :,art<br />

vias subnitteG by the Array Quarterrwster to tho G-L,, shouin:.<br />

the status of 011 Quarternaster truckc of tho arfiw. 1~<br />

weekly tOiUlr.ge-,2lilQ re+" was subrllittea edCh I:cnduy for<br />

transmittal to the 12th ..my Group civin! t$e totdl tollu.,ye<br />

hauled and rfilos trsvoled dUriu6 the F.reck.lo<br />

d. In the First dnd Fifteenth <strong>US</strong> .miies tho r-&<br />

Tranagortatioii Seotion exercised au:w~isory conti-ol crrly<br />

over D,uartarmuter t'ransportition o.xir&tions.2,17 In the<br />

Third <strong>US</strong> ..my, the G-4 Trans lortation Section, which vaa<br />

staffed by B Eieadouartcra dd headnuartern dituchmnt,<br />

P.uarterm8tor group, exercised o?oration coatrol over tho<br />

<strong>Quartermaster</strong> truns:isrtation, wbilo tho :Lrr.vquartsrmatcr<br />

maintained cuutml only over those units assigned to @.la%ermster<br />

liork.9 In the Levanth <strong>US</strong> .,,imyall transportation<br />

onerated directly undcr the Trtirts:~ortetinn Caotion, a sc2arate<br />

speci 11staff soctisn ort,iir?ieod for that purposo.5<br />

53. o=ti?n?.<br />

a. Thoro ~YBSa o~umt~nt .!id coptinuoua silortuga<br />

of trucks throuphout tho owr.;tions. l!ai,itunanco m y penorally<br />

poor, tind qure ports at ti.mort h.d bo obtain.2<br />

5. Duo to the shoi%uc,c of trhnstiortation, dnd<br />

hasud u-pon road conditions, tho overloadinr of tho curgo<br />

truoks ua to 100 :.ercont WRS authorizod. The condition of<br />

thc roads one. terrain, and rostriotions due to operntions<br />

limitad the <strong>US</strong>G of trailors, and uhen unod, loading HBS<br />

rostriatctl ho rated capcity. 6,7 Driver treinlnr \J<strong>US</strong> oftr:n<br />

found lackiw , und nutllified driver rcglocmcnts wCT6 of tan<br />

dlffioult to obtaig,( Those Cirivcrs actually ,~ssip~od wr'o<br />

too ofton of a typo laclciw. in intolligcnce Fina 8onso OP<br />

ros,ionsihiiity. Trainin[ co: .sistca of on-tho-job o:?crations.9,lO<br />

e. In tho ogeration in Youthorn Fratice, Itallan<br />

sorvicc unit geraorlnol waa oxtonslvcly usoc! to ibn tho<br />

Quarternaoter truck corA2auios. 5<br />

?any tnblo of organization and e0,di nC WQS a teluT,orsry<br />

cxxdlent vcndinp ex>srImntation dnci d6vclopirnt+ AR a<br />

ftnal orgaifLzetim it was a Trans ,ortutian C O ~ Scrmmny<br />

('P/O E 3 55-37), vith seven offioora c.n? 1'73 onllut;t2d rid,<br />

cc3sistinr oi tlfo !>l.toons tiith thruo soctlons crach, ..rid<br />

rdth eipht trxks, 2$ ton, 6 x 6 em-ihibibn (coLionly cailoa<br />

DU::''s), ?or soction. It wag ea entlellp u f- rbor C rLft<br />

oomany ind o7Lr- tad grinoi*J-lly Jbh port battblioiis, Its<br />

function lids tc transfer cargo fro91 shiyicie to shore<br />

dui:m or boactas, Tihero pier fncilitios wro not tlvuiloblo.<br />

Each cbrquny, ovcr D pcrioa of 24. hours, vas cagubla of<br />

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