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the field forms found it im~ractlcablo to sdcure the area in<br />
the rear of the army service areas. This additions1 security<br />
nission was assianed to service coinpaniee. The company was<br />
enyloysd to juard both tho supp1:- and semico installations<br />
and the prisoners of war who wero lwploged therein. Prperience<br />
indicated that under normal conditions the service company<br />
could ade Uately kuard and supervise 1,500 working pisoners<br />
of war.yl<br />
d. In addition to beink attached for labor at yuartormastbr<br />
depots, railheads or other ins8allations. (1 limited<br />
number of companies WBM sttached to Ordnanca and lhgineer<br />
SerViCQS for ceneral labor at ammunition and snhinoer depots.<br />
Some oampanies wuro also attached tc prceido labor for hand-<br />
ling sensitive items which for security reasons could not be<br />
handlea by prisoners of wm or civilian labcr.2 In other<br />
cases spooially qualified servioo companies mro used to supplement<br />
or replaod depot and railhand companies in supply operations<br />
8. Normlly within thb urmies, acrvice companies<br />
werg controlled by the &my 2uarturmaster and assi~nod to Quartermastor<br />
Battalions for administration and operations,839<br />
<strong>Army</strong> sgecial staff sections in need cf labor placod their rcque$ts<br />
with the &my Quartormastm. The <strong>Army</strong> Quartermastor<br />
allocated servicu companies to tho staff sections Either dircotly<br />
or through tho battalion to which the ConlpanLeS wertl<br />
attached, The <strong>Quartermaster</strong> also as8i;ned sorvioe COmp4niea<br />
to depots, railheads, and other army installations as requlred.<br />
In each case, whether horkink for a "taff soction or an<br />
installation, the service conpany okerated direocly under the<br />
staff section or installation concerned. In one army whom<br />
the service company commander was senior to the railhead officer,<br />
OP to the officer comndinl: the &aa supply company to<br />
which it was assienw3, the service company comnder norolally<br />
assumLd ccntrol.5<br />
SECTION 2<br />
oTmx WBOR<br />
a. Civilian and other indiLenous types of labor<br />
were utilizad by tho Quartcrmasttr Corps to auuJnont military<br />
labor in the European Theater of Oporations for tho following<br />
principal rLasons:ll<br />
(1) A shortaeo of' &uartsrmasfer Service units.<br />
(2) Thu neoesaity fo? furnishinC supplius to<br />
purscniiel othbr 'than United Status Ulftary,<br />
such as: civiliaz: omployoes, prisoners of<br />
war, and liborated manpower.<br />
(3) The necessity for utillzinC incra8sin&ly<br />
lar e numbors of Quartormastor sorvico campanics<br />
to guard prisoncrs of war and survioe<br />
installations.<br />
b. The various categorioa of parsonncl used by tho<br />
Quartormastor Uorps in thu Communioationa Zone and tho extant<br />
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