Assignment of functions established by statute.

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War Department General Staff. Director of Personnel and Administration.

1.10 Director of Intelligence.

1.11 Director of Organization and Training. 1.12 Director of Service, Supply and Procurement.

1.13 Director of Plans and Operations.

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Director of Research and Development.
War Department Special Staff.
Public Relations Division.

1.17 Legislative and Liaison Division.
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Information and Education Division.
National Guard Bureau.

Office of the Executive for Reserve and
ROTC Affairs.

Office of The Inspector General.
Historical Division.

War Department Manpower Board. 1.24 Budget Division.

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Civil Affairs Division.

Administrative staffs and services.
Technical staffs and services.

1.28 Army Air Forces.

SOURCE: §§ 1.1 to 1.32, inclusive, contained in Regulations, Acting Adjutant General, Sept. 5, 1946, effective Sept. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 177A-761, except as noted following provision affected.

§ 1.1

Authority. Executive Order 9722, May 13, 1946, which amended Executive Order No. 9082, dated Feb. 28, 1942, 3 CFR Cum. Supp., authorized a reorganization of the War Department and the Army, effective June 11, 1946. The following summary description of the new organization, is furnished for the information of all concerned.

§ 1.2 General. (a) The War Department and the Army were reorganized effective 0001, e. s. t. June 11, 1946 to provide under the Chief of Staff a War Department General and Special Staff; a ground force under a Commanding General, Army Ground Forces; an air force under a Commanding General, Army Air Forces; and Administrative and Technical Staffs and Services under their respective heads; all the headquarters in Washington, D. C., with the exception of the Army Ground Forces, which will establish its headquarters at Fort Monroe, Virginia; and in addition thereto, six army areas, the Military District of Washington, and such overseas departments, task forces, base commands, defense commands in theaters of operations, and other commands as the Secretary of War may find necessary.

(b) The following principles were applied in designing the organization of the War Department as described in this paragraph:

(1) The Army Air Forces was provided with the maximum degree of autonomy permitted by law without permitting the creation of unwarranted duplication in the functions of service, supply and administration.

(2) A simple and flexible organization with clear-cut command channels, to satisfy the requirements of economy and efficiency.

(3) A top organization of the War Department capable of carrying out the Chief of Staff's orders quickly and effectively. At the peak of this top organization is the War Department General Staff which must be the agency to deal with matters of high policy and high-level planning and which must also direct and supervise, to the end that orders and directives are issued and supervised to the necessary degree in their execution.

(4) The structure of the staff organization supporting the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff was made as simple as possible with a minimum of individuals habitually reporting direct to the Chief of Staff or his Deputy.

(5) Adequate organizational means was provided for carrying on the best possible research and development program and intelligence and counterintelligence activities, and for the elimination of unnecessary overlapping of activities of the War Department.

(6) The necessary degree of efficiency and vitality in the top cchelons of the War Department are attained through the aggressive application of the prinThus, no ciple of decentralization. functions are performed at the staff level of the War Department which can be decentralized to the major commands, the Army areas, or the administrative and technical services without loss of adequate control by the General and Special Staffs.

(7) There is a single continuous command channel from top to bottom of the War Department organization.

(8) Direct contact and mutual arrangements within approved policies between major commands, staff divisions, and administrative and technical staffs and services are authorized and encouraged.

$1.3 Assignment of functions established by statute. (a) The functions, duties, and powers of the chiefs of the

Organization

of continental § 1.4 United States. (a) For command of all activities except activities of the Army Air Forces and exempted installations, the continental United States is divided as shown on Chart D.

(b) All functions of command (except with respect to Army Air Forces activities and exempted installations) within these areas are assigned as follows:

To Commanding General, First ArmyFirst Army Area.

To Commanding General, Second ArmySecond Army Area.

To Commanding General, Seventh ArmyThird Army Area.

To Commanding General, Fourth ArmyFourth Army Area.

To Commanding General, Fifth ArmyFifth Army Area.

To Commanding General, Sixth Army— Sixth Army Area.

To Commanding General, Military District of Washington-Military District of Washington.

(c) Army headquarters are located in the vicinity of the following cities:

Headquarters, First Army-New York City,

Headquarters, Sixth Army-San Francisco,

Calif.

§ 1.5 Army Air Forces Commands. For command of Army Air Forces activities, the Commanding General, Army Air Forces has established:

(a) A Tactical Air Command with headquarters at Langley Field, Va.

(b) A Strategic Air Command with headquarters at Andrews Field, Md.

(c) An Air Defense Command with headquarters at Mitchel Field, N. Y.

(d) Six Air Defense Areas (Air Forces) with headquarters located in the vicinity of the following:

First Air Force-Fort Slocum, N. Y. Eleventh Air Force-Middletown, Pa. Fourteenth Air Force-Orlando, Fla. Tenth Air Force-San Antonio, Tex. Second Air Force-Omaha, Nebr. Fourth Air Force-Hamilton Field, Calif. The Air Defense Areas and, the Army Area, insofar as practicable, are contiguous.

§ 1.6 Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President and to the Secretary of War on the conduct of war and the principal military adviser and executive to the Secretary of War on the activities of the Military Establishment. The Chief of Staff has command of all components of the Army of the United States and of the operating forces comprising the Army Ground Forces, the Army Air Forces, the army areas, oversea departments, task forces, base commands, defense commands, commands in theaters of operations, and all other commands, and the related supply and service establishments of the Army, and is responsible to the Secretary of War for their use in war and plans and preparations for their readiness for war. The Chief of Staff, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is responsible for the coordination and direction of the War Department General and Special Staffs and the administrative and technical services.

§ 1.7 Chief of Public Information. The Chief of Public Information advises the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff on matters of policy relating to public relations and information and coordinates the operations of the Public Relations Division, the Legislative and Liaison Division, and the Information and Education Division, War Department Special Staff.

§ 1.8 War Department General Staff. The War Department General Staff, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, is responsible for the development of the Army and insures the existence of a wellbalanced and efficient military team. It is specifically charged with the duty of providing such broad basic policies and plans as will enable the Commanding Generals of the Army Ground Forces, the Army Air Forces, task forces, theaters of operations, oversea commands, and such other commands as may be established, and the heads of the administrative and technical services, to prepare and execute detailed programs. In addition, the General Staff assists the Chief of Staff by issuing in the name of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff, necessary directives to implement such plans and policies and supervises the execution of these directives. In performing its duties the General Staff follows the principle of decentralization to the fullest degree. No function is performed at the general or special staff level of the War Department which can be decentralized to the major commands, the army areas, or the administrative and technical services without loss of adequate control of operations by the General and Special Staffs. The War Department General Staff includes six divisions each under the immediate control of a director. Each director plans, directs, and supervises the execution of operations within the confines of his sphere of action. In carrying out their duties, the Directors of the six General Staff Divisions are guided by the following general principles:

(a) They plan, direct, coordinate, and supervise. They assist the Chief of Staff in getting things done, in addition to coordinating, planning, and policy-making on an Army-wide level.

(b) By means of direct contact with troops, they determine that orders, instructions and directions are being carried out as the Chief of Staff intends.

(c) They follow the principle of decentralization to the fullest degree. The War Department General Staff concerns itself primarily only with matters which must be considered on a War Department or Army-wide level. All other matters are decentralized down to the proper echelons of command for action or decision. In order for this to be done properly, adequate authority is delegated to responsible commanders and the heads

of the administrative and technical services. Each director takes necessary action to indoctrinate each officer of his division with a thorough understanding of the duties, functions, responsibility, and authority of the various echelons of command in the Army.

(d) They act to minimize duplication. While observing the principle of decentralization, all general staff directors take appropriate action to minimize duplication and overlapping between the commands and services.

The aim is to provide the Army Air Forces with the maximum degree of autonomy permitted by law without permitting the creation of unwarranted duplication in the functions of service, supply, and administration.

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§ 1.9 Director of Personnel and Administration. The Director of Personnel and Administration, War Department General Staff, is the military personnel manager of the War Department. has the primary general staff interest in manpower. He is the adviser to and assistant to the Chief of Staff for administrative matters and for matters relating to manpower as a whole and to military personnel as individuals throughout the Army. He has over-all War Department responsibility for the procurement, allocation, and reallocation of personnel in bulk in accordance with established requirements and priorities, and for the separation of individuals from the military service.

§ 1.10 Director of Intelligence. The Director of Intelligence, War Department General Staff, is the responsible War Department instrumentality for the collection and evaluation of information and for the dissemination of intelligence pertaining to foreign countries, their war potential and military forces. He is responsible for the procurement of information and intelligence relating to the activities of individuals or agencies potentially or actually dangerous to the preservation of the military establishment within the zone of interior; for executing counterintelligence measures:

and for the collection within the zone of interior of foreign positive intelligence. He is responsible for meeting intelligence requirements of the Army Ground Forces, the Army Air Forces, continental and oversea commands, and the administrative and technical services. As intelligence is a vital function of command, the commanding generals of the major

commands and their subordinate units must have intelligence agencies adequate to meet their intelligence requirements. Operating under general coordination of the War Department, all intelligence agencies must mutually support and collaborate with each other to form a team serving their own, subordinate, and higher echelons. The Director of Intelligence is responsible for representing the War Department on intelligence and counterintelligence matters with other departments of the Government and with foreign governments.

§ 1.11 Director of Organization and Training. The Director of Organization and Training, War Department General Staff, exercises General Staff direction of the organization, mobilization, demobilization, and training of all components of the Army of the United States. Except for individual training, he is primarily concerned with matters relating to units as distinguished from the primary interest of the Director of Personnel and Administration in matters relating to individuals.

§ 1.12 Director of Service, Supply and Procurement. The Director of Service, Supply and Procurement, War Department General Staff, exercises General Staff responsibility for all matters of service, supply, and procurement pertaining to the Army. The Director of Service, Supply, and Procurement reports to the Chief of Staff on matters pertaining to service and supply. On procurement and related matters, he is under the direction of the Under Secretary of War. The Director of Service, Supply, and Procurement is responsible for