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F. Service Branches of the OTa) Supply.69. Services of Supply.All matters affecting supply in the OT are taken care of by theAbteilung Nachschub which forms one of the four chief sections in theadministrative structure of all OT construction units. (See IIAc)The Abteilung Nachschub provided administratively for theprocurement of all the essential materials needed by the OT in itsconstruction projects, such as stone, rock, metals, sand, cement,lumber, dies, explosives and camouflaging materials. It alsofurnished the necessary water-power, electricity and fuel, (gas, oil,wood, charcoal, coal and carbide) and provided for heat and ventilation.The vast amount of materials needed in the various constructionprojects of the OT were stored in Nachschublager (General Supply Depots)under the control of the Einsatzgruppen. From these general depots, thematerials were then distributed to smaller depots of the variousoperational units normally an OBL. Nachschublager are sometimesclassified as to the type of material they contain, as for instanceEisenlager (iron Depot) Geratelager (Tool Depot) Verpflegungslager(Ration Depot) AusrUstungs lager (Equipments Depot) and Srsatzteillager(Spare Parts Depot) and so forth.Inasmuch as the cost of constructions performed by the OT for thethree component parts of the Wehrmacht (Army, Navy and Air Force) wascovered by the Wehrmacht shaushalt abteilung (Armed Forces BudgetingDepartment) it is therefore safe to assume that building materials notlocally obtained must consequently come from Wehrmacht storehouses.For example, building materials coming from Germany for use by theOT in Norway, are labelled Wehrmachtsgut (Property of the Wehrmacht).It is known also that the Wehrmacht supplied the arms andammunition required by the OT, and. this fact is borne out by an orderfrom OKH (High Command of the Army) dated 13 Feb 1942 which states,"Weapons, equipment and ammunition for units of the OT employed by theWehrmacht and working at the expense of the Wehrmacht shaushalt (AnaedForces Budget) and therefore called • Fronteinsatz 1 (Front AreaConsignmejaj;) will be delivered without cost. The delivered materialwill still belong to the Wehrmacht."Although building materials were furnished to the firms by the OTthrough the various OBL's, certain Bauhilfstoffe (secondary buildingmaterials) such as timber, nails, wire and so forth were supplied bythe firms themselves. Usually the machinery and tools were alsoprovided by them. The cost for the use of these materials, for therental, repair and replacement of the machinery and tools, was includedin the contract which the fiiro made with OT. (See IllJb)If a firm did not possess adequate machinery for a certain job itcould rent machinery from a firm in the Reich or in occupiedterritories. Thus, for instance, according to one document date18 July 1943 the firm Hermann HIBERT of NBRNBERG billed Arge SCHIFFERfor a total of EM 4,060.74 for the rental of two dredging machines overa period of three months at EM 1,353-58 per month. Owing to thegeneral shortage of equipment, the costs for renting machines wereexcept ionaUr high*Some idea of the complexity of the supply situation in the OT canbe derived frcm the -following instructions on the acquisition ofconstruction engines issued by the OTZ in October 1942. Following anorder of the Bevollm&chtigter fttr die Machinenproduktion(Plenipotentiary for the Production of Machinery) dated. 17 July, 1942,- 76A­