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< vci thos< subjects which have to do with organization, training, and •K ition of the military forces, except f < few matters which ar< expressl) issigned to the War Plans Division. One sp< ifi( • on bility with which we here arc dirt tl\ >ncerned is thai of militar training in civilian institutions and training camps. G-4, the Supply Division, is charged with those duti< which relate to the distribution. st and issue oi supplies to the Army; this U include the preparation : basic feuppl} plans which will enabl< lu several suppl) arms and s< vices to prepare their detailed plan or pr ment. The 5th, or War Plans Division, is charged with those dutii which ela to the formulation of plans for the use in the theater f v the military forces, separately or in conjunction with the naval »rces. This Division is further charged with furnishing the nuch or the formation oi a General Headquarters in case of mobilization. Vs a precautionary measure, a GHQ was set up several months aj It has been supervising and a rdinating the training oi all groun< orces in the continental United States and the combined trainin •th ground and air forces. In addition to the General Staff, the War Department also includes the Chiefs oi the various arm- and services about whom we shall speak more later on. Th se units tactical I whose primary function is combat are handled through GHQ—except in the case oi the Air Forces and the verse is Commands, which have a dual function—while those inflations i territorial) whose primary function is administration Operlirectly under the War Department.

TERRITORIAL

The territorial installations with which we here are best acquaint* re the corps areas, because we function directly under one. th Sixth ( rps Area. The continental area of the United States is divided on a bas f military population into nine corps areas. Ours, the Sixth. C O prises the states i)\ Illinois. Wisconsin, and Michigan, ( >ne of the primary responsibilities of a corps area command* in time of war. has to do with the procurement i)i personnel ami impanying responsibilities of feeding, housing, and clothing them, lb also charged with the supervision oi the inspection, supph trainin-. and development (^ the R< >TC in accordance with the polk nunci.ir | by the War Department, Exempted stations are establishments and activities which operate md< the War Department usually directl) under some chief oi arm ervice and consequently arc- exempt from corps .u i con! 1