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

Chief of Staff as principal adviser, 214
civilian personnel functions, 200, 225
Davies Committee proposals, 224-25,
230

Johnston plan proposals, 185, 190-91,
209-11

Project 80 evaluation, 319, 321, 362,
363n

Under Secretary, 133, 185, 206, 218,
225, 250, 345

Secretary of War. See also Secretary of
the Army.

Assistant Secretaries, 35-36, 43, 51-52,
54-56, 59, 61-62, 83, 143

Chief of Staff as military adviser, 21,
24, 26, 51, 58-60, 213-15
civilian personnel functions, 115, 117,
142

Expert Consultant to, 61, 123

organization before World War I,
3-11, 13, 17, 152

organization through World War II,
37, 53-54, 58-62, 101

postwar reorganization proposals, 142,
149

Under Secretary, 59, 61-62, 64, 72–73,
90-92, 132, 143, 152-53, 200
Security Division, General Staff (pro-
posed), 196

Selective Service, 27n, 35, 136
Service Command (proposed), 219, 221,
318

Service Commands, 92, 101-03, 118, 131,

139, 143, 145, 150, 155, 158, 160-61
Service, Supply, and Procurement Divi-

sion, General Staff, 150, 152-53,
155-56, 160, 170, 172, 175, 285
Services of Supply, 158. See also Army
Service Forces.

Siberian expedition of 1918, 23, 28, 39
Signal Corps

before World War I, 3, 9, 48
Communications-Electronics

tion, 364, 373

designa-

postwar organization proposals, 143,
147, 176, 185, 189, 196, 201, 203, 350
in World War II, 89, 97-98, 124
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H., 147, 153–
54, 156. See also Patch-Simpson

Board.

Single manager concept. See Supply op-
erations.

Single Service Procurement Program,
292

Slezak, John (Slezak plan), 232, 234,
250-51, 260, 266-67
Smith, D. T., 119, 335

Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell, 160
Soldiers' Home, 62

Somervell, General Brehon B., 127, 147.
See also Army Service Forces.
appointed as head of ASF, 68, 74, 76,
91

and Control Division, ASF, 94, 100,
138, 272, 304, 369

and demobilization planning, 131
friction with WAC, 100

as G-4, 73, 91, 104, 228

as head of QMC Construction Divi-
sion, 91

logistics adviser to Chief of Staff, 92,
105, 110, 138, 142, 145, 230
organization and staffing of ASF head-
quarters, 92-93, 105, 124, 126, 145,
179

personality, 91-92, 141, 146
succeeded by Lutes, 155
and technical services reorganization,
92, 99, 102, 110, 128, 137-39, 141-42,
145-47, 151-52, 162, 165, 176, 182,
185, 195, 238, 286
Southeastern Department, U. S. Army,

28

Southern Department, U.S. Army, 28
Spaatz, General Carl, 167, 222, 285, 289
Spanish-American War, 5n, 6, 22, 288,
372

Special Planning Division, Special Staff,
106, 112, 131-33, 135-37, 142, 145-47
Special Services Division, Special Staff,
99, 203, 207-08

Special Staff, 61-62, 100, 373

in Marshall reorganization, 99, 112,
114

postwar reorganizations, 149, 158, 160,
200, 202-03, 205, 207

Project 80 evaluation, 319, 324, 347
Special Weapons Development, Office of,
259, 331

Stahr, Elvis J., Jr., 316, 319, 323, 343-44,
349, 358

State Department, 165
State-War-Navy Coordinating Commit-
tee, 114

Statistical reporting systems

McNamara reforms, 309, 370
post-Korean War, 218, 235, 284, 336
World War I, 30, 40, 42-44, 48

World War II, 85, 94, 109, 118-19, 180
Stettinius, Edward R., 34, 36, 41, 43, 49
Stevens, Robert T., 223-24, 250, 252, 260
Stilwell Board, 242-43
Stimson, Henry L., 369

and civil affairs/military government,
112, 114

rapport with Marshall, 128

Roosevelt appoints as Secretary of
War, 60, 60n

as Secretary of War, 1911-1913, 13-19,
22-23, 39-40, 76

as Secretary of War 1940-1945, 61-62,
108, 118, 120, 124, 126, 130, 132,
134, 136

and Somervell, 74, 91-92, 138, 141
Storage and Traffic Division, General
Staff, 33, 37, 41, 43

Strategic Air Command, 300

Strategic Communications Command, 364
Strength Accounting and Reporting Of-

fice, Special Staff, 112, 117, 119, 317
Strength of the Permanent Military
Estalishment, Special Committee on,

136

Strength Report of the Army, 119
Strong, Maj. Gen. George V., 107-08
Stubbs, Maj. Gen. Marshall, 350

Styer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D., 91, 92n,
126

Subsistence Department, 3, 17

Supply and Distribution Command (pro-
posed), 333

Supply and Maintenance Division, Gen-
eral Staff (proposed), 185
Supply Command (proposed), 224, 226-

28, 230-32, 250. See also Logistics
Command (proposed).
Supply operations. See also Army Ma-

teriel Command; Army Service
Forces; Defense Supply Agency;
G-4 Division; Logistics Division,
General Staff; Logistics planning
and management.

chaos and reorganization in World
War I, 27-36, 38-39, 41-45, 47-49,
73

in Marshall reorganization, 73-74,
90-93, 96-98, 101, 105, 110-11, 128,
138-39

post-World War II proposals for, 175-

77, 183, 200-201, 209, 217-18, 226
pre-World War I consolidation pro-
posals, 7, 10

proposals for a common supply serv-
ice, 130, 132, 134, 142-46, 148, 151-52,
163, 165, 202, 270, 285, 288-92, 312-
13, 321, 333, 344

"single manager" concept, 288, 292-96,
312-14, 333

Support Services Command, 359
Supreme War Council (Paris), 26, 38
Surgeon General's Office, 48-49, 143, 185,

196, 209, 235, 341, 350, 365. See also
Medical Department.

Surplus Personal Property Disposal Pro-

gram, 314

Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and
Night Observation (STANO) sys-
tem, 373

Surveyor General of Supplies, 43
Swope, Gerard, 35, 43, 49
Symington, Stuart E., 299, 302
Systems analysis, 309-10, 327, 363. See
also Operations research.
Systems and Materiel Command (pro-
posed), 333-35, 339-41, 344-45. See
also Army Materiel Command.
Systems Development and Logistics
Command (proposed), 324
Systems (Management) Division, Gen-
eral Staff (proposed), 327

Tables of organization and equipment,
27, 82, 109, 111, 115, 267, 347, 360
TACT Operation. See Third Army
Territorial Command Test.

Tactical doctrine, 217, 243. See also
Combat developments.

ACSFOR responsibility for, 363
AGF/AFF/CONARC responsibility for,
78-80, 82, 122, 171, 177, 259-60, 269,
361

Air Force responsibility for, 86
under G-3 Division, 121

Operations Research Office responsi-
bility for, 244

Research and Development responsi-

bility for, 157

Taft, William Howard, 13, 17, 19
Tank Corps, 48, 65. See also Armored
forces.

Taylor, Frederick W., 18-19, 35
Taylor, General Maxwell D., 241, 246–47,
299-300, 348-49, 351-53
Technical services, 64, 67. See also Bu-

reaus; Functional organization; and
by individual service designation.
and the Army Air Forces, 82
Army Organization Act of 1950, 208-
12, 217, 353n

ASF postwar proposals for, 141-43,
145, 176-77

Bendetsen proposals, 218-19, 221, 238
budgets approval process, 97, 130-31,
180, 184, 273, 277-78

Collins reorganizations, 171-72, 174,
202-08

and combat developments functions,
260-62, 328

and control of Class II installations,
172, 174, 185, 226-30, 263-64, 266,
269

Cresap survey recommendations, 195-
201, 204

Davies Committee and Palmer recom-
mendations, 224, 226-32, 266, 269
Eisenhower reorganization, 155, 161,
168-69

Johnston plan recommendations, 182-
94, 204

Marshall reorganization, 72, 80, 85, 89,
96-99, 127, 163, 368
Patch-Simpson Board

recommenda-

tions, 147-51, 152, 155-56
post-World War II supply authority,
285-87, 289

Project 80 recommendations and ac-
tion, 316, 318-19, 324, 328, 331-41,
343, 348-55, 364-65, 368

reaction of service chiefs to Project 80,
337-38, 349-51

and research and development, 121,
242-43, 245-49, 251-58

and "single manager" concept, 293-95
under Slezak plan, 232, 234-35
statutory position of service chiefs,

208, 341, 353n, 354, 364-65, 368, 373
Test and Evaluation Agency, 352
Textor, Col. Gordon E., 132

Third Army Territorial Command Test,
172, 174, 176, 202, 263
Thomas, Charles E., 290

Thorne, Robert J., 34, 34n, 35, 44, 47,
49

Tompkins, Brig. Gen. William F., 131
Traditionalists vs. rationalists, on execu-

tive control, 9, 12-15, 22-23, 25, 32,
39, 49-50, 63, 129, 205, 272, 300,
304-05, 366-70, 372, 374. See also
Marshall, General of the Army
George C.

Training. See also Army Field Forces;

Army Ground Forces; Continental
Army Command; G-3 Division.
Plattsburg summer training, 20
postwar organization plans, 155, 183,
193, 203, 207-08, 219, 224-25
pre-World War II, 17, 28, 52
Project 80 recommendations, 323-24,
328-30, 336, 340, 350-51, 363
in "wartime ASF" plan, 176, 178
in World War II, 66, 71, 80, 82, 86-87,
90, 109

Training Command (proposed), 176,
225

Training Division, General Staff (pro-
posed), 185, 196

Training literature, 82, 85, 171, 347, 360
Transportation Corps

postwar organization proposals, 143,
150, 154, 176, 185, 188, 200–201, 268,
287-88

under Project 80, 350, 364

and research and development, 254
single manager for military traffic
management, 293-95

World War II organization, 97-98
Transportation Service, 48

Transportation systems, 7, 28, 30-32,
142

Traub, Lt. Gen. David W. (Traub
Committee), 344-48, 352, 355, 357,

361

Troop basis, 111, 201

Troop Information and Education Di-
vision, Special Staff, 112, 160, 186,
221, 239

Trudeau, Lt. Gen. Arthur G., 255-58
Truman, Harry S., 158, 163, 216, 271,
299

Tyson, Brig. Gen. Robert N., 355
The Uncertain Trumpet, 241, 300
Uncles, Maj. Gen. John F., 250-51
Unification proposals, 130, 163-68, 285,
302, 368

United Nations, 133

United Nations Relief and Rehabilita-

tion Administration, 114-15
United States Military Academy, 99, 219,
268, 329

"Unity of command" principle, 4, 7n,
8, 15, 39, 49-50, 91, 97, 103, 128, 148,
160, 169, 172, 174, 227-28, 266, 286
Universal military training and national
service, 112, 120, 131-33, 135-37
University of Virginia, 113

Vance, Cyrus R., 305, 312, 316, 319,
344-45, 349, 352-53, 358, 362-63,
363n

Vinson, Carl, 163-64, 353-54
VISTA Project, 249, 258-59, 330
Vittrup, Lt. Gen. Russell L., 346, 357
Wadsworth, James W., 32
Wainwright, General Jonathan M., 169–
70

War College Division, General Staff, 12,
12n, 15, 20, 26-27, 32, 37. See also
Army War College.

War Council, 54

War Department (redesignated as De-
partment of the Army), 167
War Department Equipment Board,

242-43

War Department Manpower Board, 112,
117-18, 181