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Caption: Convocation - 1942 Winter-Spring
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Typi f Military ice 25 except for routine supply of the troops thereat, maintenance of rtain fixed installations, court-martial jurisdiction, and property audit functions. Examples of some exempted stations are tin Military Academy at West Point. General and Special Service Schools, training center ports o\ embarkation, manufacturing arsenals, and supply depot-. From this you will see what is meant, when used in conn ti 1 with the mobilization and assignment of personnel, by the expressions ' W a r Department Overhead" and "Corps Area Servi l mnand." in contradistinction to the combat or field force-. Our small detachment ^\ enlisted men on duty here at the University is designated Corps Area Service Unit 1615 rather than a com] ny lesienation oi some regiment. In the Overseas Departments the commanders thereof have a dual responsibility, tactical—as exemplified by GHQ here on the mainland —and administrative, comparable to a corps area commander. In the recent reorganization of the air arm, all air activities have been inc rporated in an over-all organization, known as the Army AT Forces, with an Assistant Secretary and Deputy Chief o:' Staff for Air at the top side as previously mentioned. There are two major subdivisions, namely, the Air Force Combat Command and the Air Corps. The head of the Air 1 rces, pursuant to j licies, directive- and • -mictions from the Secretary of War. is charged with the control :' all air activities. This cov< such thin - the supervision and coordination ox all tr ning, the determination of requirements in pei unci, material. uipment, supplies, and facilities; the preparation of plans for tin • >ment of org inization, equipment, tactical operation, supply, and ; n int It t<» I undersl i that the air c mponents overm a n - nid task force- for theaters of operations are inchub I n tlii T K( ! \! ! A previousl) . all ground f < 3 lure n the mainland ( u r Gl I(J i lining and tact; d control. I ! I' its supen is m and i onti 1 i the field throi tin . is Arm) mmanders and the ( >mmanding m 1 the Arn I I 11M major subdivisions oi both oi thcs< nil .nds ,nd I )\\ "lis. 'I i . \ • M; i Korc( is of n enl de\ elopm< alth h it^ 1 onccpl ill\ aloi its present Inns dates back several y < It : « i ins 11 anspoi t i m w In : and tra< k Ia\ \; n .'lu«lthe bulk ol which is provided eithei with partial nplrt. .on I K out indii haracterisl s an its pro! 1 t h< p field mobility and i *t ended radius -
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