of Finance Corps officers to perform duties required of them at all stages of their military careers. The second pertains to the technical and career training of Finance enlisted personnel, and includes courses on finance, disbursing, and accounting procedures. The third relates to the preparation of Army military and civilian personnel to per form financial management duties. Training includes courses of instruction in comptrollership, budgeting, review and analysis, stock fund, operations, industrial funding and integrated accounting. The School offers both resident and nonresident (extension) courses of instruction. The following have served as Commandants 1 Sep 1920-31 Dec 1922 1 Aug 1931-30 Jun 1934 INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES. This agency, which operates under the direct control of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is one of the two highest level educational institutions in the Department of Defense. Its mission is "to further prepare selected military and civilian personnel for important policy making, command and staff assignments within the national and international security structure." The College is located at Fort Lesley J. McNair (Washington, D. C.). It was founded in 1924, in Washington, as the Army Industrial College, and was reconstituted as a joint service institution under its present name, and moved to its present location, in 1946. There are a Commandant and two Deputy Commandants; a Resident Division handling resident instruction, with four branches; an Extension Division handling nonresident instruction; and an Administrative Division. The College conducts courses which concentrate on all phases of our national economy as they are related to our military and political strength, and which stress the interrelationships of economic, political, scientific, psychological, and military factors in our national security. The courses are set in an international context by a study of the economic capabilities of our This is not an Army service school. .Lt. Col. S. S. Ross .Brig. Gen. E. J. Bean allies, the Soviet Bloc, and the uncommitted areas of the world. The Resident Course lasts for one academic year, and consists of nine successive units; Orientation, National Security Objectives and Requirements, Natural Resources, Human Resources, Materiel Management, Public Services, Economic Stabilization, Economic Capability for International Conflict, and Plans and Readiness. About 145 students, both senior military officers and civilian executives from Federal agencies, are enrolled each year. The program includes daily lectures by visiting authorities from universities, Government departments, and private industry; committee and seminar work; and individual theses and oral reports by the students. Many of the activities are conducted jointly with the National War College, also located at Fort McNair. The Extension Division presents two courses. One is a series of National Resources Conferences given in 12 cities annually by traveling teams of faculty members. The other is a correspondence course, "The Economics of National Security," which is administered by mail to interested persons throughout the country. Over 60,000 persons have taken part in these two extension programs. The motto of the College is "Industria et Defensio Inseparabiles" (Industry and defense are inseparable). The following have served as Commandants 1924-1928 1928-1929 1929-1930 1930-1934 1934-1938 1938-1940 1940-1941 1941-1942 1944-1946 1946-1948 1948-1952 1952-1955 1955-1957 1957 THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S SCHOOL, UNITED STATES ARMY. Its mission is to develop and present instruction in Military Police techniques and tactics for officers and warrant officers of the Military Police Corps in basic and advanced courses (officers from the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps also participate in these courses); to give refresher courses for Military Police officers not on extended active duty; to instruct officers and civilians in industrial defense and security for the technical and administrative services of the Army; to develop and present instruction to enlisted personnel in military police techniques, in order to qualify them as military police supervisors, basic military policemen, and confinement specialists; to prepare, disseminate, and evaluate military police extension courses for all Military Police Corps fields; and to assist in the development, preparation, and revision of military police doctrine, literature, and special training publications. The School was established 15 January 1942 at Fort Myer (Va.). It is now located at Fort Gordon (Ga.). The School is the major activity under the Commanding General of The Provost Marshal General Center, who also serves as School Commandant. It is actively supervised by an Assistant Commandant and a Director of Instruction. There are four academic departments: Provost Marshal, Military Police, General Subjects and Tactics, and Nonresident. There are four officer career courses: a Military Police Officer Basic Course of 13 weeks for newly commissioned officers, an Associate Military Police Company Officer Course of 13 weeks for company grade officers, an Associate .Col. Harley B. Ferguson, USA . Col. William P. Wooten, USA Col. Irving J. Carr, USA Col. William A. McCain, USA Col. Harry B. Jordan, USA Col. Francis H. Miles, Jr., USA .Lt. Col. John E. Lewis, USA Col. Frank Whitehead, USMC Brig. Gen. Donald Armstrong, USA Brig. Gen. Edward B. McKinley, USA Maj. Gen. Arthur W. Vanaman, USAF .R. Adm. Wesley Mc L. Hague, USN .Maj. Gen. Robert P. Hollis, USA .Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy, USAF Military Police Officer Advanced Course of 14 weeks for field grade officers, and a Military Police Officer Advanced Course of 35 weeks to provide advanced branch training. Other courses are offered in the fields of confinement, investigation, security, and military police supervision. These include: a 3week course in Physical Security Supervision for officers, warrant officers, and DA civilians; an 8-week course in Lie Detector Operation for officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel; a 2week Advanced Corrections and Confinement Course for officers who will supervise military confinement facilities; a 9-week course in Criminal Investigation for warrant officers and enlisted personnel; a 6-week course in Military Police Supervision for selected enlisted personnel; and a 9-day course in Continuity of Essential Industrial Operations to train key officers and Department of the Army civilians in the principles of industrial plant disaster planning, including atomic considerations. The following courses are offered to support the reserve training program: a 2-week Military Police Officer Refresher Course, a 3-week Military Police Noncommissioned Officer Refresher Course, and a 2-week Reserve Criminal Investigation Course. In addition, the School provides advanced individual training under ATP 19-200, and basic unit training for Reserve Forces Act personnel. As of January 1958, more than 66,000 officers and enlisted persons had received training, including personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, both men and women. Officers of various foreign countries, including Argentina, Canada, Chile, Nationalist China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, lce land, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia have also attended. The School's motto is "Justitia et Virtus" (Justice and valor). The following have served as Commandants 19 Dec 1941-29 May 1942 UNITED STATES ARMY AIR DEFENSE SCHOOL. Its basic mission is to prepare selected individuals of the Artillery, and of other appropriate branches of the Army and components of the Armed Forces, to perform those duties that they may be called upon to accomplish in war. Additional missions, are as follows 1. Within the concept guidance furnished by Headquarters, US CONARC, to develop doctrine, organization, procedures, tactics, and techniques relating to Army participation in units up to and including the regimental combat team, combat command, and brigade level, the active air defense of joint and unilateral operations, airborne and amphibious operations, and operations involving logistic support by Army transport aviation. 2. Within the concept guidance furnished by Hq, US CONARC, to develop doctrine, organization, procedures, tactics, and techniques relating to the air defense employment of artillery gun, surface-to-air missile, and electronic warfare units up to and including the brigade level in joint and unilateral operations, airborne and amphibious operations, and operations involving logistic support by Army transport aviation. The School is also responsible for1. Reviewing, evaluating, and coordinating doctrine, procedures, tactics, and techniques developed by the other serv Col. Hobart B. Brown ... Col. Archer L. Lerch .Col. Parker C. Kalloch .Lt. Col. Joseph C. Jackson .Col. William H. Maglin .Lt. Col. Joseph C. Jackson .. Col. William H. Maglin Lt. Col. Joseph C. Jackson ...Col. I. Brooke Summers Col. George P. Hill, Jr. .Lt. Col. George B. Buell, Jr. . Col. William H. Maglin .Col. Francis E. Howard Col. Jeremiah P. Holland Col. Francis A. Kreidel Brig. Gen. Francis E. Howard ..Col. John K. Daly Col. Thomas F. Laucer .Brig. Gen. Jeremiah P. Holland ..Brig. Gen. David P. Schorr, Jr. ices and other Army agencies as directed by Hq, US CONARC. 2. Observing training as directed by Hq, US CONARC, and, based upon the reports of such observations, evaluating and making recommendations thereon. 3. Recommending requirements for new materiel, or product improvements of existing materiel, to be used by Army air defense units. 4. Preparing Department of the Army air defense artillery and guided missile training literature, training aids, and nuclear weapons training literature as directed by Hq, US CONARC. 5. Accomplishing Army-wide and inter-service understanding of air defense artillery and guided missile tactics, techniques, and operations, by providing training to limited numbers of members of other branches of the Army and other components of the Armed Forces. 6. Providing support for such other training activities as may be directed by Hq, US CONARC. The School is located at Fort Bliss (Tex.). The reservation consists of 1235,596 acres, of which most is owned by the Government and the rest is under lease. Surface-to-air missile firing is done at Red Canyon Range and McGregor Range. On these ranges, and at the adjacent White Sands Proving Ground, more than 4,000 missiles have been fired, almost half of them being the world-famous Nike Ajax. The School's physical plant is valued at over $15,000,000; its equipment at over $160,000,000. There are five academic departments: Command and Staff, Electronics and Engineering, Guided Missiles, Gunnery and Materiel, and Nonresident Instruction. They come under the direct supervision of the Deputy Assistant Commandant, who operates under the control of the Commandant and Assistant Commandant. The Office of the Secretary, the Office of Plans and Management, the Office of Combat Developments, and the School Brigade complete the organization of the School. The principal subject matter of the School's 36 courses is guided missiles. Courses for artillerymen range in length from 1 to 49 weeks. The courses provide branch and specialized training in the duties and responsibilities of air defense officers, and training in the technical operation and maintenance of air defense weapons for enlisted personnel. Five transition courses dealing with the Nike Hercules missile have recently been added to the curriculum. There is also the Atomic WeaponsGuided Missiles Orientation Course, designed to orient selected military and civilian personnel of the Armed Services on progress in the development of these weapons and the impact of such developments on the Services with emphasis on the Army. There are 44 classes per year; the course takes 51⁄2 days. Over 9,000 students have attended this course. The total of students receiving resident instruction annually is over 6,000. The School also gives nonresident instruction to more than 30,000 students annually. It conducts extension courses and instruction at branch installations, and publishes training material. This is an Army-wide program, affecting all air defense units of the Active Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard, both at home and overseas. The Air Defense School is the largest military school in the nation, and is still growing rapidly. During 1958 the resident student load is scheduled to reach a peak of 10,000 officers and enlisted men. As of the end of December 1957 the total number of graduates had reached a figure of more than 125,000. Great strides have been made, and greater still are yet to come, in the accomplishment of the School's objective: the training of officers, technicians, and specialists to man and maintain the guided missile systems employed in the air defense of the United States, with our armies overseas, and by our allies of the NATO and SEATO nations. The following have served as Commandants of the School or its predecessor institutions 1824-1828 1828-1829 1829-1830 1830-1831 1831-1834 1857-1859 1859-1860 1868-1877 1877-1883 1883-1888 1888-1898 1900-1902 1902-1904 1904-1906 1906-1909 1909-1911 1911-1913 1913-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1923-1924 1924-1929 1929-1930 1930-1932 1932-1936 1937-1938 1938-1940 1940-1942 .Lt. Col. Abraham Eustis ..Col. James House .Maj. John Dev. Walbach Col James House .Lt. Col. Abraham Eustis .Maj. Harvey Brown .Lt. Col. Justin Dimick Col. William F. Barry ..Col. George W. Getty .Col. John C. Tidball .Col. Royal T. Frank .Col. Francis L. Guenther ..Col. John P. Story Col. Ramsay D. Potts .Col. George F. E. Harrison .Lt. Col. Clarence P. Townsley ..Col. Frederick S. Strong .Col. Ira A. Haynes ...Col. Stephen M. Foote .Col. John A. Lundeen .Col. Robert R. Welshimer ...Col. Eugene Reybold .Col. John C. Gilmore ..Col. Richmond P. Davis .Brig. Gen. William R. Smith . Brig. Gen. Robert E. Callan .Maj. Gen. Henry D. Todd, Jr. .Brig. Gen. Stanley D. Embick .Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Tracy .Brig. Gen. John W. Gulick .Brig. Gen. Frederic H. Smith ..Brig. Gen. Frank S. Clark 31 Mar 1942-21 Apr 1942 22 Apr 1942-23 Feb 1943 24 Feb 1943-3 Jun 1943 4 Jun 1943-26 Aug 1944 27 Aug 1944-3 Dec 1944 4 Dec 1944-25 Mar 1945 26 Mar 1945-29 Oct 1945 30 Oct 1945-24 Jan 1946 25 Jan 1946-3 Sep 1946 4 Sep 1946-30 Sep 1950 1 Oct 1950-12 Apr 1952 13 Apr 1952-20 Jul 1952 21 Jul 1952-11 Sep 1954 12 Sep 1954-20 Sep 1954 21 Sep 1954-30 Apr 1956 1 May 1956-30 Jun 1957 1 Jul 1957 UNITED STATES ARMY ARMOR SCHOOL. Its mission is to prepare selected individuals of the Armor Branch to perform those duties which they may be called upon to perform in war or peace. It develops and teaches the tactics and techniques of armor units to include units of the armored division, tank and reconnaissance units of infantry and airborne divisions, the armored cavalry regiment and the armor group. It prepares officers for duty as commanders of armor units, and as members of armor unit staffs to include the functions and responsibilities of the division general staff; familiarizes them with the tactics and techniques of the associated arms; and ensures understanding of and indoctrination and training in the teamwork necessary in combined operations of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. It also trains enlisted men as leaders and technicians of armor units, and trains both officers and enlisted men as armor instructors. It prepares and conducts special courses for the National Guard and the Army Reserve, and orientation courses for Active Army personnel. It prepares Army extension courses in armor and allied subjects, and administers them to armor personnel of the Army Reserve, National Guard, and Regular Army, and to students of the Senior Division, Reserve Officers Training Corps. Additional missions include the formulation of new and the revision of old doctrine, procedures, tactics, and techniques relating to the employment of armor units; the preparation of armor training literature to include field and technical manuals, Army training programs and Army training tests, instructional manuals and other publications; the preparation of statements of requirements for new equipment, or .Col. Harold R. Jackson .Brig. Gen. Oliver L. Spiller Col. Edgar H. Underwood .Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Milburn .Col. Dean S. Ellerthorpe .Brig. Gen. Evans R. Crowell .Brig. Gen. Robert H. Van Volkenburgh ..Maj. Gen. George R. Meyer .Brig. Gen. Robert H. Van Volkenburgh .Maj. Gen. John L. Homer ..Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis Brig. Gen. Frederic L. Hayden .Maj. Gen. Stanley R. Mickelsen .Maj. Gen. William E. Waters .Maj. Gen. Paul W. Rutledge ..Maj. Gen. Robert J. Wood ..Maj. Gen. Sam C. Russell improvement of existing equipment, to be used by armor units; and the development, supervision, and coordination of the production of training films and training aids pertaining to armor. The School is located at Fort Knox (Ky.). It is the largest of its kind in the world, with nearly 500 buildings and 50,000 acres of land. Its establishment was authorized on 19 September 1940; in October 1940 it was made a separate installation. During World War II, and including the period from its establishment to 31 December 1946, it graduated 12,508 officers, 12,220 officer candidates, and 71,170 enlisted men, a total of 95,898. The organization includes a Commandant, an Assistant Commandant with staff, and seven Departments: Automotive, Command and Staff, Communication, General Subjects, Nonresident Instruction, Senior Officers' Preventive Maintenance, and Weapons. There are also a Combat Developments Group and a School Regiment. Courses include the following: Armor Officer Basic Course, Associate Armor Company Officer Course, Armor Officer Advanced Course, Associate Armor Officer Advanced Course, and Armor Advanced Course. Short refresher courses are given for armor officers of the National Guard, Army Reserve and Active Army to supplement National Guard and Reserve unit training, and to prepare active duty officers for pending armor unit duties. There are also certain specialized courses for armor officers, such as Motor Officer and Communication Officer courses, and for armor enlisted personnel, such as Automotive Supervision, Communication Supervision, Radio Maintenance, Track Vehicle Maintenance, and Turret Maintenance courses, whose purpose is to |