Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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tu wiiich each was mnloyad at Quartermstcr Installations at<br />
tlrc ocssotion of hos%ilitios vrerti as foiiows:11<br />
65. Civilian Labor.<br />
CatOFor,v PLrodnt of Total<br />
United Statos Uilitory 21 $<br />
Ennomy Prisonas of Wnr k6 4‘.<br />
Civilian Labor 26 $<br />
Itnlian Sorvlco Units 6 $<br />
Liborated Wnpowcr 1%<br />
TOtd 100 6<br />
a. On 26 1@1y19k4, iiaadqmrturs &ropeon fheatcr of<br />
Oprations publiahcrd Stnndink Opdratlq Procoduru Numbor 29,<br />
entitled ftProourwr”t, Utilizntion, cnd ACirdnistrction of Civllien<br />
Labor in Libcrated or Ocouciod Countrlonw. Undur these<br />
re~ulatiun8 tho Corps of En,inoors was Chm-Qd with procuring<br />
oivilina lnbor for tho usiaC swvloos, cnd ostcblished rugiona1<br />
labor offloas end local unploymunt officus throughout the<br />
arca under control of tho United Status Forcos. k a usiny,<br />
survlco, tho (lunrtdmaster Corps was ohorjcd with: 82<br />
(1) UtiliainL civilian lcbor as much as praotiOQbl@undcr<br />
conditions that provailud.<br />
(2) DesiLnp.tInC Labor Adiuiniatratlve Officers<br />
for closi&natad projuots or arm.<br />
(3) Submlttln~ esthatcrs far civilian labor<br />
roquirenonts.<br />
(4) Requisitioning and ndministerine civilian<br />
labat prsonnd.<br />
b. Each laborir WLS initially clesslfiod ne unslcllldd,<br />
oxcupt In unusual oiroumsi;anccm, with a tcntntive clessi-<br />
ficatinn indicotad by the mgloymont offloe. Clnsaificntion<br />
was $a& by tho usinL sorvlco aftor dmonstaatod skill on the<br />
job.<br />
c. Statio labor was that labor which renidod within<br />
the area where tho work was parformcd and for which tho United<br />
States FOrcQS assumed llmitcd responsibilitg for fetdlny,<br />
clothing. and 6hdtGrinL. Liobile labor was that labor which<br />
was or,anlzud Into mobile units undor military control, aubjoot<br />
to bblng moved from placo to glacu, and fcm which tho<br />
U11it6d Status Forces assumod responsibility for olothing , foodinL<br />
rind sholtorinc.ll The bnsio mobile unit was tho mobile<br />
hbor oompcny, whlob 0rlLinall;- conslated of fivd officurs and<br />
23 onlistoa men with 300 laboiwrs. Later, urder cho EIilitary<br />
Labor Sbrvico Administration the campan:- strenLth iffls changed<br />
to four oifiours and four oniistod mtn with 250 laborors. The<br />
company w e divided into threo platoons of four soctlons eaoh.<br />
Esoh swation was capahle of operating lndcrpohdontlg, As the<br />
qwrations protrussed lnt o armany, thl: oompanlos wcro largely