The Division represents the Department in negotiations with the Civil Service Commission and other central agencies on questions concerning personnel administration.

COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE

The Committee on Practice (formerly the Committee on Enrollment and Disbarment) receives and acts upon applications of attorneys and agents for admission to practice before the Treasury Department; receives and acts upon applications for re-enrollment from attorneys and agents who have been disbarred; conducts hearings; makes inquiries; makes recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury and performs other duties prescribed by Department Circular 230, revised May 29, 1947.

The Committee on Practice receives and acts upon applications of individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships for customhouse brokers' licenses, issues customhouse brokers' licenses, makes recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury, and performs other duties as prescribed by Department Circular 559, revised May 1, 1947.

OFFICE OF CONTRACT SETTLEMENT

The Office of Contract Settlement was established by the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 649; 41 U. S. C., Sup., 101 et seq.) to provide for uniform and efficient administration in the settlement of claims arising from terminated war contracts. A Contract Settlement Advisory Board was created by and an Appeal Board established pursuant to the act. By Executive Order Ño. 9809, dated December 12, 1946, there were transferred to the Treasury Department (a) the functions of the Office of Contract Settlement, (b) the Appeal Board, (c) the Contract Settlement Advisory Board, and (d) the functions of these boards, which under the order are to remain vested in the boards, respectively. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1947, effective June 30, 1947, abolished the Office of Contract Settlement but left the performance of its remaining duties with the Treasury Department. The Contract Settlement Act regulates the settlement of terminated contracts with the Government. Among the subjects dealt with by the act are the principles governing the determination of fair compensation for the termination of contracts, the prompt clearance from contractors' plants of property connected with terminated contracts, the financing of contractors during the period between the termination of their contracts and their final settlement, and defective, informal, and quasi contracts.

NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

The Secretary of Defense is the executive head of the National Military Establishment, and is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the national security. He establishes general policies and programs for the National Military Establishment and for all of the departments and agencies therein; exercises general direction, authority, and control over such departments and agencies; takes appropriate steps to eliminate unnecessary duplication or overlapping in the fields of procurement, supply, transportation, storage, health, and research; supervises and coordinates the preparation of the budget estimates of the departments and agencies comprising the National Military Establishment; formulates and determines the budget estimates for submittal to the Bureau of the Budget; and supervises the budget programs of such departments and agencies under the applicable appropriation acts.

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

Public Law 253, dated July 26, 1947, established within the National Military Establishment, the Joint Chiefs of Staff consisting of the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, if there be one. The Joint Chiefs of Staff act as the principal military advisers to the President and the Secretary of Defense with specific responsibility for preparing strategic plans and providing for the strategic direction of the military forces;

preparing joint logistic plans and assigning to the military services logistic responsibilities in accordance with such plans; establishing unified commands in strategic areas when such unified commands are in the interest of national security; formulating policies for joint training of the military forces; formulating policies for coordinating the education of members of the military forces; reviewing major material and personnel requirements of the military forces, in accordance with strategic and logistic plans; and providing United States representation on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are assisted by a Joint Staff consisting of an equal number of officers from each of the three armed services, headed by a Director who is an officer junior in grade to all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

WAR COUNCIL

Established by Public Law 253, dated July 26, 1947, the War Council advises the Secretary of Defense on matters of broad policy relating to the armed forces, and considers and reports on such other matters as the Secretary may direct. The Council is composed of the Secretary of Defense as Chairman with the power of decision; the Secretary of the Army; the Secretary of the Navy; the Secretary of the Air Force; the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.

MUNITIONS BOARD

This Board was originally organized in 1922 for the purpose of coordinating the plans of the Army and Navy for the procurement of munitions and supplies for national defense. On August 18, 1945, the Board was reconstituted by an order approved by the President as Commander in Chief. On July 26, 1947, Public Law 253 established a "Munitions Board" in the National Military Establishment. As now constituted, the Board comprises a civilian chairman, and an Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary from each of the three departments of the National Military Establishment.

The functions of the Board include the coordination of the appropriate activities within the National Military Establishment with regard to industrial matters, including the procurement, production and distribution plans of the departments and agencies comprising the Establishment; planning for the military aspects of industrial mobilization; recommending assignment of procurement responsibilities among the several military services and planning for standardization of specifications and for the greatest practicable allocation of purchase authority of technical equipment and common use items on the basis of single procurement; preparation of estimates of potential production, procurement, and personnel for use in evaluation of the logistic feasibility of strategic operations; determining relative priorities of the various segments of the military procurement programs; supervising such subordinate agencies as are or may be created to consider the subjects falling within the scope of the Board's responsibilities; making recommendations to regroup, combine, or dissolve existing interservice agencies operating in the fields of procurement, production and distribution in such manner as to promote efficiency and economy; maintaining liaison with other departments and agencies for the proper correlation of military requirements with the civilian economy, particularly in regard to the procurement or disposition of strategic and critical material and the maintenance of adequate reserves of such material, and to make recommendations as to policies in connection therewith; assembling and reviewing material and personnel requirements presented by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and those presented by the production, procurement, and distribution agencies assigned to meet military needs, and to make recommendations thereon to the Secretary of Defense.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The Research and Development Board was originally established as the Joint Research and Development Board, operating as a joint board of the Army and Navy, under charter of the Secretaries of War and Navy on June 6, 1946. Public Law 253, dated July 26, 1947, established a "Research and Development Board” in the National Military Establishment for the purpose of advising the Secretary of Defense as to the status of scientific research relative to the national security and to assist him in assuring adequate provision for research and development on scientific problems relating to the national security. The Board operates through

a full-time Secretariat which gathers scientific information and plans programs, and a series of committees made up of representatives of the three departments of the National Military Establishment and eminent civilian scientists. The committees review and pass upon matters in their fields of special interest, with ultimate advising and recommending authority vested in the Board.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

The Secretary of the Army is head of the Department of the Army, and performs such duties as are required of him by law or may be enjoined upon him by the President and the Secretary of Defense.

He is charged with the supervision of all estimates of appropriations for the expenses of the Department of the Army; of all purchases of Army supplies; of all expenditures for the support, transportation, and maintenance of the Army; and of such expenditures of a civil nature as may be placed by Congress under his direction.

He is held responsible for the protection of our seacoast harbors and cities; for the development of improved weapons and matériel; for the proper instruction of all military personnel; for the discipline and morale of the Army.

He is a member of the National Security Council and the War Council, established by the National Security Act of 1947.

He directs the activities of the Corps of Engineers in the improvement of the waterways of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, including examinations, surveys, and economic studies of harbors and streams for the formulation of improvement projects. He recommends to Congress definite plans for improvement and makes contracts for the execution of the physical works required to make our waterways capable of meeting the needs of constantly expanding inland, coast wise, and foreign commerce.

He is charged with the formulation and execution of plans for flood control on inland rivers, power and irrigation development, and the survey and charting of the Great Lakes.

He is responsible for surveys of international boundary waters, the interoceanic survey (Nicaragua Canal route), and the construction of national monuments and memorials. He is also charged with the establishment of harbor lines, approval of plans for the construction of bridges, and issue of permits for wharves, piers, and other works upon navigable waters; investigation, in cooperation with the Federal Power Commission, of water-power projects; the removal of wrecks from navigable waters; the regulation of the operation of drawbridges, establishment and regulation of anchorage grounds, regulation of the use of navigable waters of the United States, the preservation of the American Falls of Niagara, and the administration of matters pertaining to the participation of the United States in the Niagara Control Board.

He is responsible for the defense, maintenance, care, and operation of the Panama Canal. This responsibility requires that he not only provide for the transit of ships from one ocean to the other but also for their repair, fueling, supplies, and foodstuffs and the care and hospitalization of ships' personnel and passengers. The organization under his charge has supervision over public health, quarantine, and immigration service, customs, post offices, police and fire protection, hydrographic and meteorological observations, steamboat inspections, aids to navigation, construction and maintenance of roads, streets, water supply, and sewers.

He is president of the National Forest Reservation Commission, which is authorized to purchase such forested cut-over or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in its judgment may be necessary to the regulation of stream flow or for the production of timber.

He supervises the maintenance and conduct of the United States Military Academy at West Point and is responsible for all matters relating to leases, revocable licenses, and all other privileges upon lands under the control of the Department of the Army.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

Acts as assistant to the Secretary of the Army and to him have been delegated general administrative duties relating to the Department of the Army. He acts as chairman of the Combined Civil Affairs Committee; is the Department of the

Army representative on the State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee; and is a member of the Secretary of the Army's War Council. He is responsible for the administration and supervision of civil affairs and military government, and supervises coordination with other Government agencies in matters involving politico-military affairs. He has also been delegated the responsibility of supervision over the interest of minority groups within the Army. Acts as Secretary of the Army in the Secretary's absence.

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

Establishes policies for, directs, and supervises the activities of the Department of the Army with respect to procurement, industrial and related matters including industrial mobilization and demobilization and research and development. Represents the Department of the Army in dealing with other departments and agencies of the Government, the Congress, and the public on these matters and coordinates activities concerning them with interdepartmental and other agencies. Exercises policy supervision over matters pertaining to: Procurement of military supplies; acquisition, management, utilization and disposal of military, non-military, and civil properties; Army Exchange System; Army Audit Agency; Army-Navy Explosives Safety Board; civil functions of the Corps of Engineers; claims; labor relations; and operation of disciplinary barracks and custody of military prisoners. Performs such other duties of a military and non-military nature as are delegated to him by the Secretary of the Army. Is the Department of the Army member of the Munitions Board and President of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Acts as Secretary of the Army during the absence or disability of both the Secretary and the Under Secretary.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Aids the Secretary of the Army in directing the administration of the Department. He advises the Secretary on matters of administrative policy, directs administrative organization and procedures, serves as member of the Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad Company, and acts for the Secretary of the Army on all official matters not requiring his personal attention. As chief executive officer, he is responsible for the Department of the Army Civilian Personnel Program and in conjunction with the Director of Civilian Personnel establishes policy and procedures necessary to the adequate functioning of such program. In addition, he is responsible for various economy measures and administrative services within the Headquarters, Department of the Army. He is further responsible for the administration of the Office, Secretary of the Army, including comprehensive management and personnel programs as carried on through the several divisions of the office in direct liaison with all components of the Department.

CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY

The Chief of Staff is the principal Army adviser to the President, to the Secretary of Defense, and to the Secretary of the Army on the conduct of war and the principal military adviser and executive to the Secretary of the Army on the military activities of the Department of the Army. The Chief of Staff has command of all components of the Army of the United States and of the operating forces comprising the Army areas. He also commands the Army component of oversea commands, and the related supply and service establishments of the Army, and is responsible to the Secretary of the Army for their use in war and plans and preparations for their readiness for war. The Chief of Staff, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is responsible for the coordination and direction of the General and Special Staffs and the Administrative and Technical Services. The Chief of Staff, by virtue of his position, is the senior Army officer on active duty. The present Chief of Staff holds the permanent rank of General of the Army under the provisions of Public Law 333, Seventy-ninth Congress.

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY

The Deputy Chief of Staff assists the Chief of Staff in the discharge of the latter's duties, in his absence performs his functions, and is charged with the establishment of policies and the supervision and approval of budgetary and legislative matters. He also determines questions of organization and administrative procedure for the Department of the Army.

CHIEF OF INFORMATION

The Chief of Information advises the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff, United States Army, on matters of policy relating to public information and Army information and education; legislative matters, except appropriations bills; and provides policy direction for the Public Information Division, the Legislative and Liaison Division, and the Troop Information and Education Division, Special Staff, United States Army.

ARMY COMPTROLLER

The Army Comptroller is the Budget Officer (sec. 214, Budget and Accounting Act of 1921) (42 Stat. 23; 31 U. S. C. 22), Fiscal Director, and Management Engineer for the Department of the Army. As such he formulates, coordinates, and supervises those matters pertaining to budget, fiscal, statistical, and management engineering activities of the Department of the Army. His duties include: Development of a plan for the business management of the Department of the Army and the presentation of periodic reports thereon to the Chief of Staff.

Preparation of plans and procedures for, and exercise of general supervision and control over, all budgetary matters of the Department of the Army, under policies established by the Chief of Staff.

Preparation of military and civil budget estimates of the Department of the Army (sec. 214, Budget and Accounting Act of 1921).

Development of systems and procedures for utilization throughout the Army of accounting and auditing for purposes of control of operations and costs.

Formulation, coordination, and general supervision of basic fiscal policy for the Department of the Army.

Establishment and supervision of Department of the Army Fiscal policy with respect to international monetary matters and the use of foreign exchange by the Army overseas.

Continuing survey and development of a Department of the Army cost analysis, reporting and control system.

Continuing survey of the effective utilization of manpower in its relationship to appropriations and to economy.

Continuing survey of the Department of the Army's organization, methods, and procedures in the interest of efficiency and economy.

Coordination of the collection, analysis and presentation of statistical data, including progress reports.

SECRETARY, GENERAL STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY

The Secretary of the General Staff, United States Army, administers the immediate offices of the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff; maintains continuing liaison between the Office, Chief of Staff, and the White House; provides the channel of communication between the Office, Chief of Staff, and the Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff; reviews Department of Army papers to be submitted to these agencies as well as papers initiated by them and referred to the Chief of Staff; and prepares or supervises the preparation of correspondence to be signed by the Chief of Staff or the Deputy Chief of Staff.

GENERAL STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY

The General Staff, United States Army, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, is responsible for the development of the Army and insures the existence of a well-balanced and efficient military team. It is specifically charged with the duty of providing such broad basic policies and plans as will enable the Chief, Army Field Forces; commanding generals, army areas and oversea commands; and the heads of Administrative and Technichal Services to prepare and execute detailed programs. There are five divisions in the General Staff, each under the immediate control of a General Staff Director who reports personally to the Chief of Staff. These divisions are:

PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

The Director of Personnel and Administration is the military personnel manager of the Department of the Army. He has the primary General Staff interest in manpower. He is the adviser and assistant to the Chief of Staff on Army ad