dependent upon the type, make, q~ntity and nodel of the equipnent
or vehicles involved$ they could not be computed similarly to normal housekeeping and office supplies. During the build-up phase,
Si~I
Corps major items were req~sitioned by J-4, JTF SEVEN upon
advice fron the various task groups. Although Task &OUp
7.2 ~S
advised of all such requisitions, the makes and models were often
left to the discretion of the Chief&Q@
Officer, Department of
The Army or Bureau of Ships, Department of the Navy.
To counter-
act an imminent shortage of running spares, many of the items were
provided with six months spare parts,
However, spares for Or&ance
vehicles were not so provided andthe total nunber of vehicles to be
in use wfisnot . finalized until January 1956.
The make and serial
number of commercial vehicles was not known until the arrival of advance documents. There was a resultant shortage of sone spare parts.
This situation could hve
been alleviated if equipment ad
vehicles
were furnished with spare parts kits based on lists prepared by the
r
Offices of the Chief of the respective Techni~l Services determined
~
type of usage and climatic conditions in the Pacific kroving
Ground and if assemblies and sub-assemblies were maintained and
stocked by TG 7.2 &sed on the density of the equipment or vehicle
population.
(2)
Consumer Funding: DurinG October 1955, Task
Group 7.2 commenced requisitioning under the Consumer Funding fiogram.
However, since all Army units, world-wide, were placed on a
consumer funding basis as of 1 July 1955, the requisitions in the
pipeline were delayed as muchas
six months beyond the norml
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