at the more important activities involved. The accountingoffice Would
move to the forward area as the opration progressed and the scope
enlarged to include property accounting for the Navy-suppliedmaterials
ashore ti the foward areas. M
organization such as this would permit
the use of standard procedures throughoutthe supply channels which, it
is believed, is so essenti~
to a snmoth running operation.
The Army and Qr Force assigned property officers in the forward
areas, which is standard procedure, and the arrangementsworked out
satisfactorily. The difficulty cam in determiningwhat Army and &
Force-supplieditems had been charged to MC
funds. It is believed
that if all the supplying activitieshad fidicated on the War Department
Shipping Documents the items which had been charged all would have worked
out well.. However, the high security classificationassigned to”the
Op%ration was an obstacle which apparentlycould not be oVercore. It
is recommended, therefore, in any future operation of this nature that
a great deal of effort be expended at the outset to insure that all
suppl@ng activities understandexactly what is expected of them.
There are two considerationsin regards to &somel
which it
is felt should be mentioned for the benefit of any future operation of
this nature:
1. The first considerationis that an officer should not be
assigned to the operation unless it is known that he will be available
until his phase of the work in completed, barring an unforeseen difficulty.
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