almost the total output of the industrial capacity of the nation into the hands of the services. Rather, I have attempted to explain the Navy's line of attack on the ultimate solution of the present conditions. In conclusion, I should again like to reemphasize the initial concept which at present governs the entire naval system of warehousing, namely, that by means of the Navy Supply System, through the supply-demand control points, the Navy has established centralized depots which carry material to meet all requirements of the operating fleet and shore establishment, and is at the same time effecting an inventory control procedure which restricts to a minimum the purchase of material either not needed or in excess of actual requirements. We have consolidated our depot space to a minimum, consistent with adequate and efficient service to the fleet and the maintenance of reserves of material for remobilization. EXHIBIT No. 11 DISCUSSION COVERING THE MARINE CORPS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND STORAGE FACILITIES BY THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE MARINE CORPS (Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps, Washington 25, MARINE CORPS STORAGE FACILITIES D. 1. In order that a clear understanding may be gained of the Marine Corps Storage Facilities, it is first necessary to explain the organization of the Marine Corps supply system. Upon completion of demobilization it was necessary to impose certain maximum allowances of personnel assigned to the Quartermaster Depots. While it is obviously uneconomical to maintain Quartermaster Depot personnel in excess of the normal permanent requirements of the supported installations, it is equally true that any large increase of population will require additional service and maintenance personnel. 2. The Commandant of the Marine Corps has placed all quartermaster depots under the management and technical control of the Quartermaster General. The 3. The duties of the Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps relative to supply involve the responsibility for the procurement, storage, and issue of all material which is processed through the Marine Corps supply system. Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps is also the Inventory Control Officer for the Marine Corps. He maintains the supply-demand control points by the use of Monthly Stock Status Reports from all Depots. These reports contain the following information by item, for all items in stock in all depots, nomenclature, Federal Standard Catalog numbers, issues, both monthly and totals for the stock control period, i. e., the calendar year; transfer from one depot to another, receipts for the month, of the item under consideration, back orders or due outs and stock on hand. The catalog office for all items in use in the Marine Corps is also under the cognizance of the Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps. By the judicious use of the stock status reports the Quartermaster General is able to efficiently determine projected requirements within the limits of the annual budget and the Annual Marine Corps Supply Program, to procure materials and equipment, to effect distribution in accordance with operational plans, to maintain adequate stock-reporting procedures in order to obtain the maximum coverage of the Marine Corps, to supervise and direct cataloging of the material, and to constantly review issue and usage data with the objective of reducing the range and quantity of items to be stocked. The Quartermaster General is also Surplus Property Officer for the Marine Corps. Since V-J Day the Marine Corps has disposed of property surplus to the needs of the Marine Corps, $85,871,736.00 value of surplus property to the Army; $50,330,628.00 value to the Navy; $198,292.00 to others and $20,753,538.00 value sold as salvage and scrap. In addition, $80,613,330.00 value has been declared surplus to the War Assets Administration of which $45,495,710.00 value has been disposed of and $35,117,620.00 value awaits disposition. 4. In order that comprehensive control of the entire Marine Corps supply system may be assured and to clarify the ambiguous relationship existing between continental supply depots and local commanders, complete management and technical control of all depots of supplies within the continental United States (and of such depots beyond the seas as may be designated from time to time) is vested in the Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps. 5. The Quartermaster General (or his duly delegated representative) promulgates all policies and instructions relating to the operations of the depots of supplies, by direct communication with the depot commanding officers concerned. The latter and their commands are immediately subordinate to the Quartermaster General. Where depots are part of a larger Marine Corps establishment the post or station commander exercises coordination control in all local routine administrative matters and is charged with providing common services and facilities to the depots in order to prevent unnecessary and wasteful duplication. 6. Personnel allowances are separately established by Headquarters, Marine Corps, for each depot of supplies. 7. The several depots of supplies are the supply source for activities, which are designated by separate instructions issued from time to time by the Quartermaster General. Stocks are not considered as part of local resources in any case, until issued on an approved requisition to a local using unit. (See Enclosures (A) and (B).) 8. For the Marine Corps system of procurement and supply within the Marine Corps see Enclosure C which graphically explains the system. 9. See Enclosure D for comparative charts of Space Utilization of the individual supply depots under the cognizance of the Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps. 10. Following are listed the various Marine Corps Supply Depots with their proper titles and general outline of their functions: (a) Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, 1100 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. This is a general supply depot for the Marine Corps, and also the industrial plant for certain Marine Corps equipment and supplies. It manufactures items of clothing, camp equipment, and individual equipment. It is the source of supply for all East Coast, Caribbean, and Atlantic Ocean area Marine Corps posts and stations. It also supplies ships' detachments of the Atlantic Fleet, and Marine Corps Reserve organizations within the area. (b) Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Norfolk, Va.-Primarily an engineer supply depot. It assemblies all types of engineer equipment sets used by Marine Corps units and is the engineer supply depot for East Coast activities. The depot also supplies the requirements of ships' detachments based in the Norfolk area and is the embarkation depot for Fleet Marine Force units stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It is also the source of supply for Marine Corps Reserve Engineer units on the East Coast area. (c) Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, 100 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif.— This is a general supply depot for all West Coast, Alaskan and Pacific Ocean area Marine Corps posts and stations. It also supplies ships' detachments of the Pacific Fleet and the Marine Corps Reserve units in the West Coast area. following subsidiary depots are operated under the control and supervision of the Depot Quartermaster: The Marine Corps Storage and Repair Depot, Barstow, Calif.-This depot operates repair shops for all motor transport, engineer and ordnance vehicles and equipment. Because of the ideal climatic conditions for storage, both open and covered, the bulk of all vehicular equipment is maintained at this depot. Vehicular mounted signal equipment is also processed and stored at Barstow. With the exception of the Engineer Photographic and Repair Section, the Photographic Reproduction Supply Section, and the Ordnance Optical and Instrument Repair Shop, all ordnance, motor transport and engineer supplies and equipment are stored at Barstow. Also controlled and operated by the Barstow depot are the following activities: (a) Yermo Annex (Storage and Repair Depot, Barstow, Calif.): A storage facility of the Barstow depot. In addition to motor transport, ordnance and engineer material, it will also store certain bulk general supply items; (b) Daggett Annex (Storage and Repair Depot, Barstow, Calif.): This is a storage facility of the Barstow depot for vehicular equipment. (d) Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.-To be retained by the Marine Corps until the completion of the construction of warehouses at Camp Pendleton, and until it has disposed of the material being returned from the Pacific Ocean area. Should be disestablished by 31 December 1947. (e) Marine Corps Supply Depot, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.-Stocks and issues all supplies required by the various activities of the station. (f) Marine Corps Supply Depot, Camp Lejeune, N. C.-This depot stocks and issues all supplies required by the various activities of the station. It operates ordnance, engineer, motor transport and signal repair shops for the 4th and 5th echelon repair of such equipment. It also handles preventive maintenance for the reserve equipment stored at that station. It stocks and issues dry stores to certain posts and stations in accordance with instructions issued. When Fleet Marine Force units are stationed within Camp Lejeune, the complement of the depot is augmented by units from the Service Command or Fleet Marine Force organizations as directed by the Commanding General, Camp Lejeune. The 30day replenishment retained by Fleet Marine Force units is maintained by the Combat Service Group of that organization in warehouse space assigned. (g) Marine Corps Supply Depot, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.-Stocks and issues all supplies required by the various activities of the station. (h) Marine Corps Supply Depot, Camp J. H. Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.This depot stocks and issues all supplies required by the various activities of the station. It handles the 4th and 5th echelon repair of motor vehicles of the station and Fleet Marine Force units when stationed there. Equipment which cannot be repaired with the facilities at Camp Pendleton is forwarded to the Storage and Repair Depot at Barstow for processing. Upon the disbandment of the Depot of Supplies at Camp Elliott, the supply depot at Camp Pendleton will stock and issue dry stores to posts and stations in accordance with instructions. When Fleet Marine Force units are stationed at Camp Pendleton, the complement of the depot is augmented by units from the Service Command or Fleet Marine Force organizations as directed by the Commanding General, Marine Training and Replacement Command, San Diego Area. The 30-day replenishment retained by Fleet Marine Force units will be maintained by the Combat Service Group of that organization in warehouse space assigned. 11. The permanent home stations of the Fleet Marine Force are at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton. Whenever units of the Fleet Marine Force are stationed at either, the following plan for logistic support will be effected: (a) The Quartermaster Depots at Camps Lejeune and Pendleton will assume responsibility for the logistic support of Fleet Marine Force units when they are stationed at those camps. (b) The Quartermaster Depot at Camps Lejeune and Pendleton, when providing logistic support for Fleet Marine Force units present, shall request the necessary Service Command units required to reinforce the organic personnel of the depot. (c) Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic or Pacific, as appropriate, shall furnish Service Command units as necessary to implement the provisions of subparagraph (b) above. (d) The mobile equipment of the Service Command will normally be used only for training and maneuvers. When Service Command units are rein-· forcing the Quartermaster Depots, the fixed equipment of those depots will be utilized, insofar as practicable, without recourse to organic Service Command equipment. 12. The Quartermaster General, by means of monthly reports, is advised of the conditions of the storage facilities throughout the Marine Corps. In turn this information is forwarded to the Paymaster General of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. By the analyzation of these reports the office of the Quartermaster General is able to make the necessary reallocation of supplies and changes for future planning. 13. Enclosure (E) "Brochure on the Supply Depots of the U. S. Marine Corps" gives the following status as of 30 June 1947 for each Depot of the Marine Corps: Size, Work load (short tons capable of handling per month), Personnel; Maintenance and Operating Cost; Plant Account Cost; Storage and Space capacity, Money value of Depot stocks by storage division, and status of Surplus Property. 14. Data on Supply Depots of the U. S. Marine Corps outside the continental limits of the United States are also shown in Enclosure (E). 15. On VJ-Day the Marine Corps leased in the United States the following warehouses and open storage space: 82 warehouses at an annual rental of.. Total annual rental_ $1, 109, 991. 82 163, 518. 02 1, 273, 509. 84 On 30 June 1947 this annual rental had been reduced to four (4) open-storage and ground-rent areas annual rental of $49,207.36. This is approximately the same as it was in 1939. In addition to the latter, presently the Marine Corps is using 11,707 square feet of leased commercial warehouse space at Philadelphia, Pa., for the storage of materials and property, which is now being moved into government warehouses, movement to be completed by 30 September 1947. 15. The Marine Corps has no Ammunition Depots as such. The bulk of ammunition stocks are stored at Naval Ordnance Ammunition Depots. At Philadelphia the stocks of ammunition are stored at the Naval Ammunition Depot at Fort Mifflin, Pa. At Camp Pendleton, California, and Camp Lejeune, N. C., a small amount of varied small-arms and large-caliber ammunition is stored in magazines which covers a portion of the requirements for annual training. The Depot at Barstow, California, carries on its returns the main Marine Corps stocks of small-arms ammunition which is stored at the Naval Ammunition Depots, Hawthorne, Nevada, and Fallbrook, California. The stocks of large-caliber ammunition other than the annual requirements at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton are stored at Naval Ammunition Depots, at Crane, Indiana; Fallbrook, California; Hastings, Nebraska; Hawthorne, Nevada; and Earle, N. J. 16. The Marine Corps posts and stations requisition their subsistence from adjacent naval activities except for Camp Lejeune, N. C., and Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California, areas. At those two stations subsistence items are procured from the Army, stored and issued to adjacent large posts and stations. Approximately three (3) months' supply is stored at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton except for the annual procurement of canned goods. 17. In conclusion; the Marine Corps has reduced its storage space below the absolute minimum required for it to carry out its peacetime mission, consistent with economical, adequate, and efficient service. (1) Units of combat service group reinforce QM depots which assume supply responsibility for FMF units while at base camps (LF Pendleton and LF Lejeune). (2) Solid lines show normal chain of command. (3) Dotted show principal channels of supply. (4) Location in U. S. to be announced. (5) Date of return and location to be announced. (6) Actually sited Cherry Point. (7) Actually sited El Toro. (Enclosure (A).) General.-Requests for changes in allowance or special issues of temporary nature must be processed by senior CG or CO in organizational chain of command and reported to CMG for decision, except in emergency, when required issues may be made with statement of circumstances forwarded with the request. Complete titles of these organizations to be determined at a later date. Personnel allowance will be separately established for each depot and will not be consolidated w/the allow, ance of another organization. NOTES (1) Responsible for maintaining prescribed levels of supply at most efficient location to meet current needs and implement approved strategic plans. Establish depot facilities necessary for effecting prescribed depot functions. (2) In event of Pacific conflict, to act as west coast shipping depot. (3) In event of Atlantic conflict, to act as east coast shipping depot. (4) Tentative, pending acquisition of facilities at this locality from the Army. (5) To be maintained at present location at Camp Elliott until moved to Camp Pendleton. (6) Being planned. To be activated on orders of CMC. (7) Inland supply depot in eastern United States, similar to Barstow, for general stocks of supplies to be planned in order to reduce amounts of supplies in coastal depots in event of war. Legend: Operational and administrative control of supply. (Enclosure (B).) EXHIBIT No. 12 (NOTE. The introductory comments and concluding statements of this exhibit are printed in the testimony on pp. 86-90.) ANNEX A Station: U. S..MARINE CORPS DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Date established: 16 December 1903. Location: 100 Harrison Street, San Francisco (Headquarters). Islais Creek Area (Annex) (approximately 4 miles south of the center of San Francisco, bounded roughly by Newcomb, Toland, Fairfax, and Quint Streets). Subordinate activities: U. S. Marine Corps Storage and Repair Depot, Barstow, California; annexes at Daggett and Yermo, California. Function: To serve as a Depot of Supplies for all units of the Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific, all Marine Corps post and garrisons in the Pacific, Marine Detachments aboard ships of the Pacific Fleet and all Marine Corps units ashore in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Naval Districts. It is further responsible for the collection, preservation, and distribution of equipment of all types including Clothing, Ordnance, Signal Supply, General Supply, Motor Transport and Engineer. The Depot also functions as a manufacturing, procurement, salvage, and storage agency. Area: 100 Harrison Street Area-5 acres (Marine Corps owned). Islais Creek Area-94 acres (Marine Corps owned). |