p. Accountable Officer. In the space provided for "Acountable Officer" will be placed the signature, rank, and title of the accountable officer submitting the requisition. q. Approval. In the space provided for "Approval" will be placed the signature, name, rank, and title of the commanding officer of the organization preparing the requisition; the date of approval will also appear in this space. Commanding officers shall be responsible for correctness of all factors shown on requisitions and the signature of approval thereon will be considered evidence of verification of all information contained therein. 54204 SUBMISSION OF REQUISITIONS 1. Requisitions will be separated into five general classifications, i. e., engineer, general supply, motor transport, ordnance, and electronics. As a further necessity and aid in the expeditious action on requisitions, depots and large using activities will be guided by the requirements of additional separate requisition breakdowns within the technical divisions as indicated below. For the same reason, small using organizations requiring several varied types of items from one cognizant technical division, should exert every effort towards appropriately grouping the articles by subheadings on their single requisitions. c. For supplies authorized neither by specific allowances nor on an as required basis. d. For Class IV supplies. 2. Requests for supplies in the above categories will be submitted as follows: a. Category a: Submit standard requisition to normal source of supply. Complete justification must be included for items authorized on an as required basis. b. Categories b and c: Submit in letter form via the chain of command to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code AO) enclosing a prepared requisition containing a complete description of the articles desired. Such letters shall state in detail the justification for the request, and shall further state whether it is recommended that such allowances be established as a type allowance for like units or as an allowance for a specific unit only. c. Category d: Submit in accordance with specific instructions promulgated by the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Force Commanders. d. Requisitions for articles to be used in conducting Marine Corps Equipment Board test projects will be submitted to the normal source of supply. 3. Supply activities will: a. Honor requisitions for supplies in category a above without reference to Headquarters Marine Corps unless: (1) Otherwise directed in specific instances by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. (2) In the case of supplies authorized on an as required basis, the quantity requested appears excessive and the matter cannot be resolved locally, or the articles are not normally stocked or issued by the supply activity. b. Take action on requisitions for supplies in category d above in accordance with specific 1. Requisitions for spare parts or accessories will contain the following information: a. Complete nomenclature of major articles for which parts are being requisitioned. b. Type and model of the major article. c. Name of manufacturer of major article. d. Manufacturer's serial number when major article was procured for special unit or purpose and is not a standard article throughout the Marine Corps. e. Number of major articles for which the spare parts or accessories are required. f. The standard nomenclature list, bulletin, manufacturer's catalog, technical manual or catalog, from which the parts and parts numbers were taken will be cited in the body of the requisition in order to expedite the editing of requisitions by supporting units or reviewing headquarters. g. Electronic spare parts having Army Signal Corps stock numbers will be grouped Ch. 2 7/51 ་ ་ས་ on the requisition in accordance with parent equipment on which parts are to be used. Each group of parts will be headed by a brief identification of the parent equipment as follows: Following required for Radio Set SCR 399. 54208 SETS, KITS, CHESTS 1. Sets, kits, chests, etc., have been made up either for convenience in handling or convenience in indicating allowances. The components of sets, kits, chests, and equipments are shown in the Material Allowance Lists; Ordnance Supply Bulletins; and Catalog of U. S. Marine Corps Material. If only a part of a set is needed, that part should be requisitioned and issued. 2. Component articles of a different supply department classification from the parent article, when required to replenish a set, kit, chest, or equipment, will be requisitioned from the supply department technical division having cognizance of the component rather than the (Continued on page 54-17) 54-16a 54212 FILLING REQUISITIONS 1. Marine Corps supply agencies will fill promptly all properly approved requisitions for supplies, or, when requested articles are not available from stock, initiate action to procure them from their normal source of supply. 2. When requisitions received in supply agencies indicate obvious mistakes, such as typographical errors in amounts or excessive requirements for articles of known allowances, supply agencies shall request additional information regarding the articles in question. However, in the event it is necessary for the supply agency to request additional data from the requisitioning unit, to further identify an article or articles on the requisition, the procurement or issue of other articles on the same requisition that are within allowances and properly validated shall not be delayed pending receipt of the desired information. Requisitions containing obvious errors indicating excesses of allowances shall be filled within established allowances. The remainder of the questionable articles shall be referred to the requisitioning organization for further justification or clarification. |