Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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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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