to the AM
for further dellvem to ks
Cienerallsofficers was utilized h
Wos.
one of the Adjutant
t~s capacity as well as for delive~
classified documents to the Departimt of’the Naw
in Washington. It was necees~
and other agencies
ti obtain frm the hssags Center, Office
of The Chief of Staff, U.S. ArmyS a large block of postal Wgistew
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to be used in the disseminationof material by Registered mail. Theassembly and routing of courier pouohes was also a function of this office
and the forwarding of these courier pouches was handled either by members
of the Task Foroe traveling to the forward area or by the regular Seourity
Service, Department of the Amy.
8. Another tine conenming matter was the establishing of the Adjutant
General~s files and the procedures adopted to insure that all documents
coming into the Headquarters,~
of whioh were hand+arried ~
officers
of high rank, were first registeredwith the Adjutant bneral and copies
provided for the historical ffies before aotion was assigned to the appropriate staff section. In this connection *he assignment of mtion to
staff sections on incoming letters, radios and other communicationswas
a function largely left to the discretion of the Adjutant General. In
establishing the files it was detemlned that the Dewey-DeolmalSystem
followed &
the Army and the Air Forces would best ha utilhed sl.me the
officer and enlisted men assigned to these duties mre
most fsmlllar tith
this funotion.
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Mssemlnation of addniatratlve
instructionsIn tbe preparation of
letters, other correspondence,and radios to the enlisted d
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personnel utilized by the warlous sections of the Headquarterswas another
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