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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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