Project 80 recommendations, 316, 341-
42, 344-46, 348-50, 352-54
McNarney, General Joseph T., 68, 71-
74, 76, 104-05, 108, 118, 127-28,
134, 141, 148-49

McNeil, Wilfred J., 277, 277n, 284, 298
Madison, James, 4, 58

Magruder, Maj. Gen. Carter B., 230
"Management Engineering Study of the

Combat Development System," 262
Manhattan Project, 120, 125-26, 311
Manpower Division, General Staff (pro-
posed), 221

March, General Peyton C.

appointed Chief of Staff, 24, 38
criticism of "board" decisions, 371
and executive control over the bu-
reaus, 39, 49-50, 52, 63, 70, 367, 369
friction with the Army and Congress,
24, 39, 39n, 44, 53, 70, 92, 213
and single Army promotion list, 51
supply system reorganization, 41, 43-
45, 96

Marine Corps aviation, 135, 163-65
Marshall, General of the Army George

C. See also Chief of Staff; Marshall
reorganization of 1942.

and Air Forces organization, 65, 70–71,
82-83, 87, 89, 155, 164, 317
becomes Chief of Staff, 56-57, 59-60
and civil affairs, 112

close personal relationship with Stim-
son, 60-61

criticism of the committee system,
126, 130, 300-301, 303, 305, 371
on demobilization planning, 131
and the Manhattan Project, 126
on manpower requirements and statis-
tics, 117-18, 120

organizational changes for World War
II, 57, 62-67, 70-71

on postwar organization and unifica-

tion, 127, 129-30, 137, 148-49, 151,
163-65, 368

problems of opposition to the WAC,
100

relationship with Somervell, 91-92,
138-39, 141, 145

on research and development, 121-22,
124

resolution of intramural disputes, 89,
100, 102, 122, 371

role as Roosevelt's chief military ad-
viser, 58, 60, 63, 126, 213, 215, 367
selection of staff assistants, 62, 76
on "tight executive control," 64, 67,
68n, 127-29, 162-63, 196, 300, 302,
305, 367-69

Marshall, John, 229

Marshall reorganization of 1942, 67-103,
112, 121-22, 196, 213, 341, 352, 365,
367, 369

Martin, Maj. Gen. George E., 357
Martin, William H., 253
Martyn, John W., 61
Marvin, Cloyd H., 243

Materiel Command (proposed), 175
Maxwell, Maj. Gen. Russell L., 148
Medical Department, 3, 6, 97–98, 176,
201, 235, 337. See also Surgeon
General's Office.

Military Aeronautics, Director of, 48
Military Air Transport Service, 282, 287,
294

Military assistance, 308

Military Automotive Supply Agency, 295
Military Construction Supply Agency,
295

Military District of Washington, 101,

118, 150, 161, 202, 205, 217, 221, 226,
266-67

Military General Supply Agency, 295
Military government. See Civil affairs
and military government.

Military Government School, 114
Military History, Chief of, Special Staff,
207, 221, 237, 342, 347, 361. See also
Historical Division, Special Staff.
Military Intelligence Division, General
Staff, 47

Military Intelligence Service, 104, 107-08.
138, 160

Military Policy Committee, 126
Military Sea Transportation Service.
287-88, 294

Military Subsistence Supply Agency, 294
Military Traffic Management Agency,
294-95, 314

Militia, 53, 136

Militia Affairs Division, General Staff,
15

Millett, John, 316

Missile programs, 89-90, 244, 301, 306,
373

Missiles Command, 345

Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William, 55-56
Mobile Army Division, General Staff,
15, 20, 27

Mobility Command, 354

Mobilization, 15, 17, 28, 51, 53, 55, 92,
109, 111, 134, 201, 207, 219
Modern Volunteer Army, 373
Montgomery Ward, 34-35

Moore, Maj. Gen. Richard C., 65
Morris, Thomas D., 331, 369
Morse, Richard S., 255-56, 332
Moses, Maj. Gen. Raymond G., 104
Motor Transportation Corps, 45
Munitions Board, 165, 222, 286, 289
Munitions Command, 345
Munitions Director, 36
Muster roll, 18, 40

National Defense Act of 1916

amendments of 1920, 50-52, 54, 62,
69, 136, 194, 211

"Magna Carta" for bureau chiefs, 21,
25, 41, 50, 209-11

partial repeal in Army Organization
Act of 1950, 211-12

provisions of, 19-21, 52, 69, 136, 143,
152, 198, 209, 211

National Defense Research Committee,
82, 126

National Guard, 15, 19-20, 28, 53, 136,
243

National Guard Bureau, 99-101, 112,
145, 160, 196, 201, 207, 212

National Inventors' Council, 82
National Inventory Control Points, 290
National Military Establishment, 165-

66, 271. See also Defense Depart-

ment.

"A National Military Program," 241
National Recovery Administration, 36
National Security Act of 1947, 146, 206
amendments of 1949, 181, 218, 271-72.
276-77, 284, 288, 297

authority of Secretary of Defense un-

der, 165, 271, 286, 288, 296-97, 368
provisions of, 165-67, 214, 222, 318
National Security Agency, 311
National Security Council, 165, 224, 271
National Security Resources Board, 165
National Surplus Property Bidders Reg-
istration and Information Office, 314
Navy, U.S., 57, 77, 211, 272, 277, 331,
370

General Board, 8, 10, 12
organization, 98, 149, 156, 180, 195
and postwar unification proposals, 130,
134, 136, 145, 163-65, 167, 285, 303,
368

and research and development, 255
and single manager assignments, 293-

95

Nelson, Maj. Gen. Otto L., Jr., 148
Nelson, Maj. Gen. Ralph T., 350
New Developments Division, Special
Staff, 82, 112, 124-25, 142

Newport Conference, 271

Nichols, Maj. Gen. Kenneth D., 249
Nimitz, Fleet Admiral Chester W., 222
Noce, Maj. Gen. Daniel, 187

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 216
Northeastern Department, U.S. Army, 28
Norton, Lt. Gen. John, 320n

Oberbeck, Brig. Gen. Arthur W., 362
Office of Defense Mobilization, 222
Office of Personnel Operations, 324, 333,
337-38, 340, 342, 346, 348, 351-52,
355, 361

Office of Scientific Research and De-
velopment, 82, 120, 121n, 124-26
Office of Strategic Services, 165
Officer Education and Training Review
Board, report of, 268

Officer Procurement Service, 99
Operations and Training, General Staff
(proposed), 150, 153

Operations Division, General Staff, 90,
96

abolished in reorganization of 1946,
154

and Army Service Forces, 93, 111, 128,
138

liaison with JCS and theaters, 77, 113-
14, 160

manpower functions, 45, 77, 109–11,
115, 119, 135

postwar reorganization proposals, 147,
150, 153, 160, 221, 225

as top management staff in World
War II, 68, 76-78, 104, 127, 160, 367
in World War I, 37, 42, 45
Operations, Plans, and Training Divi-

sion, General Staff (proposed), 154
Operations research, 86-87, 124, 217, 219,
244-45, 248, 248n, 309, 323, 330
Operations Research Office, 244, 248,
259-60

Ordnance Department, 209, 223, 269, 277
organization through World War I,
3, 9, 16, 18, 48-49

post-World War II organization pro-
posals, 143, 146-47, 170, 172, 185,
187-89, 196-98, 200, 203, 221, 226-27
Project 80 recommendations and ac-
tion, 324, 335, 350, 354, 359, 363

and research and development, 122-24,
254, 257

single manager for automotive sup-
plies, 295

in World War II, 89, 96-98, 122-24,
141

Ordnance Tank-Automotive Command,
354

Organization and Training Division,

General Staff, 154-55, 160, 168-69,
182, 187, 189-90, 199, 201, 203, 205,
207-08

Organization of the Department of the
Army, staff study on. See Johnston
plan.

Outlaw, Col. Frederick B., 357

Overman Act of 1918, 41, 44, 48, 71

Pace, Frank, Jr., 246-48
Packard, David, 373

Palmer, Brig. Gen. John McAuley, 26-

27, 131-32, 136

Palmer, General Williston B., 228-32,
238, 249, 251, 253, 269, 331, 338, 342,
369

Panama Canal Department, 28, 53, 61,
318

Paper work problems, 6, 17-18, 25, 40,
85, 94, 96

Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M., 137, 147,
147n, 153. See also Patch-Simpson
Board.

Patch-Simpson Board, 108, 160, 228
establishment and staffing, 137, 147
implementation of recommendations,
133, 154-56

personnel interviewed by, 145, 147-
48, 162

recommendations of, 149, 153-54, 163.
174, 178, 188

Somervell evaluation of, 152
Patterson, Robert P., 61, 73, 131-32,
138, 141, 145, 148, 272n

Pauley, Edwin C., 179

Pay Department, 3, 17
Paymaster General, 48

Perkins, Thomas N., 31-33, 35, 42
Pershing, General of the Armies John J.,
23-24, 26-27, 27n, 28, 52-54, 65, 83,
131, 141, 149, 161, 207-08, 213, 221
Personnel, 127, 176. See also Civilian
personnel; G-1 Division.

career management, 199, 231-32, 234-
35, 323, 336-37, 340, 351-52
manpower, 60, 101, 109-10, 115, 117-
20, 125, 184, 190, 200, 203, 219, 232.
234-35, 264, 336

officer assignment and promotion, 26,
27n, 45, 51, 143, 149, 156, 161
Project 80 recommendations, 322-24,
335-37, 361

Personnel and Administration Division,

General Staff, 156, 160-61, 185-87,
189-91, 193, 199-200

Personnel Command (proposed), 176,
219

Personnel Division, General Staff (pro-
posed), 196

Philadelphia Ordnance District, 223
Philippine Department, U.S. Army, 28.
53

Pierce, Brig. Gen. Palmer E., 37, 39
Pike, Thomas P., 290

"A Plan for Army Organization in Peace
and War," 237

Planning-programming-budgeting.

63,

322. See also Budgets, Army; Budg
ets, defense.

Plans and Operations Division, General
Staff, 154, 160, 186, 203

Plans Division, General Staff (proposed).
150, 153

Polaris missile system, 309

Polk, James K., 4, 58

Porter, Maj. Gen. Ray E., 131, 146–47
Post Exchange Services, 99
Post-War Planning Board, 131
Pound, Roscoe, 5

President, U.S., 165, 255, 272

authority under National Defense Act
of 1916, 21

and budget procedures, 276, 280
as constitutional Commander in Chief.
4, 59n, 206, 213

as personal Commander in Chief, 4.
58, 213

relationship with the Chief of Staff,
51, 58, 60, 63, 126, 213-15, 367
relationship to Commanding General
of the Army, 4, 214

reorganization authority by legisla
tion, 41, 62, 71, 120, 184, 206, 208-
09, 211-14

Procurement, 27, 32, 45, 54, 59, 62, 92.

143, 151, 153, 177, 190, 198, 287, 295.
344. See also Research and develop
ment; Supply operations.

Procurement Command (proposed), 221
"Procurement General" (proposed), 73
Procurement, Supply, and Services Divi-
sion, General Staff (proposed). 221
Program review and analysis, 194, 196,
201, 206-07, 241, 279, 322, 327
Project 39a, 362, 365, 372
Project 80 (Hoelscher Committee)
approval and implementation of, 348-
65, 372

planning and conduct of study, 316-
20, 320n, 321-24
recommendations, 324-45, 373

technical service chiefs reaction to,
349-51

Traub Committee recommendations,

344-48, 352

Project 100, 312-14, 316

Project manager concept, 125, 373
Protective Mobilization Plan, 55
Provost Marshal General's Office, 99,

113-14, 145, 239

Psychological Warfare, Chief of, 239
Public Information Division, Special
Staff, 186

Purchase and Storage Service, General
Staff, 42, 47

Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division,
General Staff, 30, 35, 42n, 43-45,
47-49, 52, 90

Purchase and Supply Division, General
Staff, 35-37, 39, 41-44

Purchasing Service, War Department, 33
Purnell, Admiral William R., 126

Quartermaster Corps

under Army Organization Act of 1950,
209

under ASF proposed postwar organi-

zation, 143, 146
Bendetsen proposals, 221

Cresap survey recommendations, 196,
200, 203, 206

depot housekeeping funds, 265, 277
Eisenhower reorganization of 1946,
169-70

Johnston plan recommendations, 185,
189, 194

Project 80 abolishes, 314, 346, 350.
359, 363

single managerships, 293-95

World War I organization, 17, 32-34,
34n, 43, 45, 47-49

World War II organization, 65, 90-91,
97-98

Quartermaster's Department, 3, 6, 9
RAND Corporation, 88, 299, 309
Red Cross, 36, 265

Reed, Lt. Col. Wilson R., 345
Regular Army, 19-20, 136
Reorganization of the Department of
the Army, Report on (Project 80),
353-54

Replacement system, 109, 118-19, 125
Research and development, 56, 209. See

also Atomic energy, military appli-
cations of; Combat developments;
Scientific/technological community;
Secretary of the Army.

Air Force responsibility for, 89-90,
121, 124

Army Director for Research and De-
velopment, 255, 334

under Army Materiel Command, 334
Chief of Research and Development

(OCRD), 217, 224, 227, 238-39,
242-43, 252-58, 261, 269, 334, 344-45
efforts to reduce lead time, 254-55
Eisenhower reorganization of 1946,
157, 161, 242-44

new

weapons development, 297-98,
306, 308-09, 323

postwar reorganization recommenda-
tions, 143, 152-53, 176-77, 185, 217,
219, 224, 232, 235, 237-38, 244-51,
258, 370

Project 80 recommendations, 321, 333-34,
341

proposed Assistant Chief of Staff level,
245, 249

radar and electronics, 61, 89, 123
research, development, test, and evalu-
ation budget category established,
254, 257, 307-08

separation from production/procure-
ment, 120-21, 150, 157-58, 161, 217,
227, 238, 242, 246, 249-52, 334, 339
in World War II, 61, 79-80, 82, 101,
112, 120-27, 134, 157, 333
Research and Development Board, 165,
222, 244, 249

Research and Development Command

(proposed), 219, 249, 256, 258, 318
Research and Development Division,
General Staff

absorbed by SS&P Division in 1947,
172, 175, 244-45

under Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans
and Research, 247-52

established in 1946, 150, 152, 157-58,
160, 242

Research Office Test and Experimenta-

tion Center, 261

Reserve and ROTC Affairs, Executive
for, 99-100, 112, 145, 160, 196, 201,
207, 212, 363

Reserve Components, Chief of, 319, 335,
363

Reserve forces, 15, 20, 28, 53, 136, 219,
221, 225, 243, 268, 323, 328
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 20, 219,
323

Resources/commitments balance prob-

lem, 55, 87, 111, 130, 167, 183, 241,
278, 280, 300, 308, 365

Ridgway General Matthew B., 207, 229,
234

Riehlman, R. Walter (Riehlman Com.
mittee), 251-52, 290-91

Roderick, George H. (Roderick Board),
234, 250, 255-57

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 54, 58, 60,
63, 71, 74, 126, 128, 141, 213, 215,
272

Roosevelt, Theodore, 13, 17

Root, Elihu, 26, 183, 316, 366, 370
abolishes Commanding General posi-
tion, 8-9, 24, 53

appointed Secretary of War, 6
and Chief of Staff/General Staff or-
ganization, 7-8, 8n, 9-11, 13-14, 16,
19, 22-23, 39, 60, 367-69, 371
and consolidation of supply opera-
tions, 10-11, 96

establishes Army War College, 12
resigns as Secretary of War, 13
Rowen, Henry, 310n

Royal Air Force, 55, 83

Royall, Kenneth C., 179, 181, 189-91,
194, 201

Russell, Richard B., 353-54
Ryan, John D., 36

SAFEGUARD missile system, 373
Sarnoff, Brig. Gen. David A., 222
Satellite programs, 301

Schofield, Lt. Gen. John M., 8n
School Command (proposed), 219
Scientific/technological community, 18,
60-61, 120, 123-26, 157, 217, 227,
238, 242-45, 248, 251-52, 255-56,
258-60, 269, 321, 323, 334-35

Scott, Emmett Jay, 36

Scott, Frank, 37

Scott, Maj. Gen. Hugh L., 26

Sears Roebuck & Company, 63-64, 68,

127

Secretary of Defense. See also Defense
Department; McNamara, Robert S.
under Army Organization Act of 1950,
209, 211, 214-15

Assistant Secretary for Applications
Engineering, 222, 249, 253
Assistant Secretary for Civil Defense,
306

Assistant Secretary for Health and
Medical Services, 223, 306

Assistant Secretary for Installations
and Logistics, 306, 312, 314, 331
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Af-

fairs (proposed), 222

Assistant Secretary for Manpower, 306
Assistant Secretary for Manpower,
Personnel, and Reserve, 306

Assistant Secretary for Properties and
Installations, 222, 306, 312
Assistant Secretary for Research and
Development, 222, 249

Assistant Secretary for Supply and
Logistics, 222, 249, 289-90, 292-93,
306, 312

authority under National Security Act
of 1947 and amendments, 271-73.
286, 288, 297, 368

and control of military budgets, 272-
73, 276-77, 282, 284, 308, 321
in Eisenhower reorganization plans,
222-23, 296-98, 304, 310

under the National Military Establish-
ment, 165

proposed in Marshall-Collins unifica-
tion plan, 135

Rockefeller Committee recommenda-
tions, 222-23

senior military advisory group pro-
posed for, 299-300, 302

and supply and service integration au-

thority, 286, 288-90, 292-93, 296, 298
Symington Committee proposals, 302-
03

Under Secretaries for Weapons Sys-
tems and Administration (proposed),
302-03

Secretary of the Army, 235, 298, 366.
See also Secretary of War.

in Army Organization Act of 1950,
206, 212-15, 219

Assistant Secretaries (proposed), 185,
190-91, 193, 221, 225

the Assistant Secretary, 177, 181
Assistant Secretary for Financial Man-
agement, 224, 234, 255

Assistant Secretary for General Man-
agement, 206

Assistant Secretary for Logistics and
Research and Development, 237,
252-53

Assistant Secretary for Materiel, 206,
250

Assistant Secretary for Research and
Development, 150, 152-53, 237, 243,
253, 255-56, 269, 332, 334
authority in legal statutes, 208-09, 211-
12, 368