As of 30 June 1959, 37.6 percent of the distributed portion of the Navy's supply system inventories were classified as Peacetime Operating; 30.6 percent Mobilization Reserve; 7.9 percent Economic Retention; 14.0 percent Contingency Retention; 9.5 percent Excess; and 0.4 percent Claimant stocks. A comparison with fiscal year 1958 show that in percent of total distributed stocks, Peacetime Operating stocks increased about 3 percent and Contingency Retention stocks increased 5.8 percent, whereas Economic Retention stocks and Excess stocks decreased 5.7 percent and 1.7 percent respectively. Mobilization Reserve and Claimant stocks show small percentage decreases. Navy Stock Fund Inventories (exclusive of the Marine Corps) Table 36 shows the category and stratification classification of the Navy (exclusive of the Marine Corps) Stock Fund. The Navy Stock Fund carried $1.8 billion or 15.4 percent of the total inventories reported in the Navy supply system. About 25.1 percent of the Navy Stock Fund inventories was in the Ship's Repair Parts category. Other large categories of stock were General Stores Material (20.0 percent) and the Single Manager Medical Materiel stocks (16.2 percent). Of the distributed portion of the Navy Stock Fund inventories on 30 June 1959, 29.4 percent were classified as Peacetime Operating; 41.6 percent Mobilization Reserve; 13.9 percent Economic Retention; 7.7 percent Contingency Retention; 6.9 percent Excess; and 0.5 percent Claimant stocks. 5. Marine Corps Supply System Inventories The Marine Corps supply system inventories are grouped in Table 37 into 11 major categories. In addition, the inventories are stratified into Table 36.--Stock Fund Inventories by Inventory Strata and Category 1/ Excludes $176,669 thousand "Stocks in Hands of Property Disposal Officers" included in Table 44. Table 37.--Supply System Inventories (including Stock Funds) by Inventory Strata and Category 1/ Excludes $14,918 thousand "Stocks in Hands of Property Disposal Officers" included in Table 44. 2/ Stocks in Transit and Stocks in Hands of Contractors (GFM) other than those in the Stock Fund are not available from the Marine Corps Inventory Accounting System or Supply Management Reports. five accounts, other than undistributed stocks, to show the broad retention groups into which the Marine Corps inventories are divided. A brief analysis of the Marine Corps supply system data shows that 47.2 percent of the total was represented by the category of Ammunition and Other large categories of material were: (1) Ordnance Guided Missiles. Tank Automotive stocks; (2) Communication Electronic, Electric, and Guided Missile stocks; and General Supply stocks. The total amount reported for the Marine Corps supply system inventories when compared to the amount reported in last year's report shows that the total supply system inventories decreased $323 million. The total reduction in inventories was accounted for by a decrease of $13 million in Stock Fund inventories and a decrease of $310 million in Appropriated Fund inventories. Peacetime Operating stocks and Mobilization Reserve stocks together represented 72.0 percent of the total distributed portion of the Marine Corps stocks. Inventories are presented graphically in Chart 10. As of 30 June 1959, 14.8 percent of the distributed portion of the Marine Corps supply system inventories were classified as Peacetime Operating; 57.2 percent Mobilization Reserve; 5.7 percent Economic Retention; and 22.3 percent Excess stocks. A comparison of this distribtuion with that of fiscal year 1958 indicates increases in Peacetime Operating stocks from 10.2 percent to 14.8 percent of total distributed stocks and in Excess stocks from 19.7 percent to 22.3 percent, whereas Mobilization Reserve and Economic Retention groups decreased by 5.4 percent and 1.8 percent respectively. |