§ 1.13 Director of Plans and Operations. The Director of Plans and Operations, War Department General Staff, is responsible for the formulations, development, direction, supervision, and coordination of strategic and operational plans, current and future, for the Army. He exercises General Staff supervision and direction of strategic and operational matters relating to overseas and major commands, including activities concerning locations and armament of coast and land fortifications and of emergency plans and operations for the use of the Army Troops in domestic disturbances. Without vitiating the primary interests of other general staff directors in their respective fields of responsibility, he coordinates all policies and directives and changes thereto, including allocation of resources, affecting strategic, operational, and political matters relating to oversea and major commands. He estimates the current situation to determine military policy, objectives, and major elements of requirements and means. He provides representation on various boards and committees concerned with strategic and operational planning. As Senior Army Planner, he supervises and coordinates the war planning activities of the general staff directors and the major commands and furnishes guidance on current and future plans and operations. He develops and keeps current the future and operational plans involving the Army in conjunction with appropriate joint agencies. He reviews and recommends action to the Chief of Staff on joint and combined papers and initiates War Department execution of approved papers of joint and combined agencies, the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, the Air Coordinating Committee, and other similar agencies. [Preceding section, in small type, superseded by following section during period covered by this Supplement]

§ 1.13 Director of Plans and Operations. The Director of Plans and Operations, War Department General Staff, is responsible for the formulation, development, direction, supervision, and coordination of strategic and operational plans, current and future, for the Army. He exercises General Staff supervision and direction of strategic and operational matters relating to overseas and major commands, including activities concerning locations and armament of coast and land fortifications and of emergency plans and operations for the use of Army troops in domestic disturbances. Without vitiating the primary interests of other general staff directors in their respective fields of responsibility, he coordinates all policies and directives and changes thereto, including allocation of

resources, affecting strategic, operational, and political matters relating to oversea and major commands. He estimates the current situation to determine military policy, objectives, and major elements of requirements and means. He provides representation on various boards and committees concerned with strategic and operational planning. As Senior Army Planner, he supervises and coordinates the war planning activities of the general staff directors and the major commands and furnishes guidance on current and future plans and operations. He develops and keeps current the future and operational plans involving the Army in conjunction with appropriate joint agencies. He reviews and recommends action to the Chief of Staff on joint and combined papers and initiates War Department execution of approved papers of joint and combined agencies, the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, the Air Coordinating Committee, and other similar agencies. [Reg., Nov. 15, 1946, 11 F.R. 13509]

§ 1.14 Director of Research and Development. The Director of Research and Development, War Department General Staff, has primary War Department interest in the application of national scientific resources to the solution of military problems. He is the adviser to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff on all War Department matters relating to research and development. He has over-all War Department responsibility for the initiation, allocation, coordination, and progress of research and development programs. He is also charged with bringing about the expeditious demonstration of new or improved weapons, military equipment, and techniques of their employment to the using services. The Director is responsible that adequate provision is made for the mobilization of the scientific effort for carrying forward the research and development program of the War Department.

§ 1.15 War Department Special Staff. The following divisions, because of their fields of activity, report direct to the Deputy Chief of Staff and are designated as Special Staff Divisions:

Public Relations Division.

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

Executive for Reserve and ROTC Affairs.
Office of The Inspector General.
Historical Division.

War Department Manpower Board.
Budget Division.

Civil Affairs Division.

§ 1.16 Public Relations Division. The Chief, Public Relations Division, War Department Special Staff, coordinates, processes, and releases all War Department announcements of public interest, including photographs and motion pictures, to news-gathering agencies, radio stations and networks, film producers, and other public and private organizations in the field of public information; they supervise War Department contacts with these agencies; and assist outside writers by gathering material and arranging interviews with officials within and outside the War Department.

§ 1.17 Legislative and Liaison Division. The Chief, Legislative and Liaison Division, War Department Special Staff, formulates, coordinates, and accomplishes the War Department legislative program, except appropriations bills; participates in official War Department contacts with the Congress and its individual Members, except in matters pertaining to appropriations; and coordinates contacts of other War Department agencies with the Congress.

§ 1.18 Information and Education Division. The Chief, Information and Education Division, War Department Special Staff, is charged with developing basic plans and policies for information and education activities for military personnel. He supervises the execution of information and education programs, but in so doing does not engage in operations or administrative duties where an agency exists for that purpose.

§ 1.19 National Guard Bureau. The National Guard Bureau, War Department Special Staff, is the agency through which the War Department maintains relations with the National Guard in the 48 States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, and is charged with the administration of approved War Department policies, other than those relative to training, for the National Guard not in the service of the United States, and the promulgation of War Department directives and regulations applicable to the National Guard, including those relating to training.

§ 1.20 Office of the Executive for Reserve and ROTC Affairs. The Executive for Reserve and ROTC Affairs, War Department Special Staff, advises and assists the Chief of Staff in the exercise of his supervision and control of the Organized Reserves and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, including liaison therewith, and in keeping the Secretary of War informed on Reserve and ROTC affairs. He is responsible for maintaining close contact, mutual understanding, and effective cooperation between the War Department and the Reserve component and ROTC, and for necessary staff functions involved in this mission, except those functions assigned to other agencies of the War Department.

§ 1.21 Office of The Inspector General. The Office of The Inspector General, War Department Special Staff, is charged with inquiring into and reporting upon matters which affect the efficiency and economy of the Army of the United States, making such inspections, investigations, surveys, and studies as may be prescribed by law or regulations as may be directed by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretaries of War, or the Chief of Staff, or as may be requested by the Commanding Generals, Army Ground Forces or Army Air Forces.

§ 1.22 Historical Division. The Chief, Historical Division, War Department Special Staff, is responsible for preparing plans and policies for, and exercising supervision and direction over, War Department and Army historical activities other than current reports.

§ 1.23 War Department Manpower Board. The War Department Manpower Board, War Department Special Staff, is charged with continuous survey of the military and civilian personnel employed in operating the zone of interior installations, with the objective of recommending to the Chief of Staff measures for the most effective and economical use of such personnel.

§ 1.24 Budget Division. The Chief, Budget Division, War Department Special Staff, will be responsible for preparing plans and policies and exercising general supervision and control over all War Department and Army budgetary matters, and for formulating and coordinating basic fiscal policy for the War

Department. The Chief is also Budget Officer for the War Department and Chairman of the Budget Advisory Committee.

The

§ 1.25 Civil Affairs Division. Chief, Civil Affairs Division, War Department Special Staff, formulates policy, prepares plans, and takes action in coordination with other War Department Special Staff, formulates policy, prepares plans, and takes action in coordination with other War Department agencies, other agencies of the Government, and international or voluntary relief and welfare agencies on civil affairs/military government matters, including war crimes. He insures that the Secretary of War, the Chief of Staff, and interested staff divisions are properly advised on civil affairs/military government matters.

§ 1.26 Administrative staffs and services. (a) The administrative services are as follows:

Adjutant General's Department.
Judge Advocate General's Department.
Corps of Chaplains.

Office of the Provost Marshal General.
Special Services Division.

(b) The heads of the administrative services are also administrative staff officers of the War Department. The War Department General and Special Staffs decentralize appropriate functions to the administrative services to the maximum extent practicable.

(c) The administrative services are supervised and coordinated in their activities relating to personnel and administration by the Director of Personnel and Administration, except that with respect to courts-martial and certain legal matters The Judge Advocate General reports direct to the Secretary of War or the Under Secretary of War. Activities of the above services, other than those connected with personnel and administration with the exception mentioned above, are under the supervision and coordination of appropriate staff divisions, and direct communication for the purpose is authorized. These arrangements are not intended to preclude the furnishing of services and advice to other agencies of the War Department. Such procedure is authorized and encouraged.

$ 1.27 Technical staffs and services. (a) The technical services are as follows: Ordnance Department. Signal Corps. Quartermaster Corps. Corps of Engineers. Transportation Corps. Medical Department. Chemical Warfare Service. Finance Department.

(b) The heads of the technical services are also technical staff officers of the War Department. As such their general functions include:

(1) Technical and administrative advice and recommendations to the Secretary of War, the Chief of Staff, and the War Department General and Special Staffs.

(2) Preparation of plans, estimates, and orders in order to relieve these staffs of routine duties.

(3) Coordination with these staffs of their operational, administrative, and technical plans and activities. In their capacities as heads of technical services, they are commanders of troops or activities assigned to their control and heads of technical and supply services, and as such have the usual functions of command or control over troops, activities, or services. These two functions of staff and command, although vested in a single individual, are separate and distinct in that each involves different responsibilities and duties, and the exercise of one is not to be confused with nor permitted to interfere with the exercise of the other.

(c) The technical services are supervised and coordinated in their activities relating to service, supply, and procurement by the Director of Service, Supply, and Procurement. All other activities of the technical services are supervised and coordinated by the appropriate staff divisions.

(d) Directions or instructions are issued to subordinate commands of the major commands through appropriate channels of command and not directly from one technical staff officer to the corresponding staff officer in the subordinate command. However, the duties of the heads of the technical services, acting in their capacities as technical staff officers of the War Department, inIclude such Army-wide technical supervision and inspections of activities as the Chief of Staff may prescribe.

§1.28 Army Air Forces. The Commanding General, Army Air Forces, is charged with the functions, responsibilities, and authorities of command authorized by law, Army Regulations, and custom over individuals and units assigned to the Army Air Forces. Specifically, the Commanding General, Army Air Forces,

(a) Directs the operations and training of the Air Commands within the continental United States.

(b) Exercises control over administrative matters bearing directly on operations and training and in such other matters as delegated by the War Department.

(c) Determines the organization, composition, equipment, and training of all air combat and service units assigned to the Army Air Forces.

(d) Is responsible for repair and utility functions at all Class III installations.

(e) Prepares estimates of funds necessary to operate the activities under Army Air Forces control for presentation to the Budget Officer for the War Department. The Army Air Forces is represented on the Budget Advisory Committee.

(f) Conducts those intelligence activities which pertain to his field of primary responsibility.

(g) Initiates requirements for the research and development of items of equipment in which the Army Air Forces has a primary interest.

(h) Determines, in conformance with the broad directives of the War Department, Army Air Forces matériel and personnel requirements, both quantitative and qualitative.

(i) Conducts the Army Air Forces part of the Universal Military Training Program under such directives as are issued by the War Department.

(j) Operates schools and replacement facilities as directed by War Department.

(k) Supervises and inspects the training of air components of the ROTC, the National Guard, and the Organized Reserves as instructed by the War Department. Direct and supervise National Guard inspections by inspectors general.

(1) Verifies that all Army Air Forces units and installations are supplied, equipped, housed, hospitalized, and furnished transportation for the performance of their missions and maintains

logistical efficiency within the Army Air Forces.

(m) Conducts research, develops, procures, and distribute those items of equipment which are peculiar to the Air Force and such other items as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.

(n) Cooperates with the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, in the development and determinations of such special tactics as are necessary to support the Army Ground Forces and for the use of arms by the Army Air Forces, especially antiaircraft artillery.

(0) Cooperates with the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, in the development and determination of the technique of fire at aerial targets, in prescribing military characteristics of weapons, and equipment, and in preparation of Tables of Organization and Equipment for units of antiaircraft artillery.

(p) Recommends to the War Department the means, including the necessary antiaircraft artillery units, required for air defense.

(q) The subordinate commands of the Army Air Forces are as follows:

Strategic Air Command.
Air Defense Command.
Tactical Air Command.
Air Matériel Command.
Air Training Command.
Air University.

Air Proving Ground Command.
Air Transport Command.

$1.29 Army Ground Forces. The Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, commands the six armies within the continental United States and is charged with the functions, responsibilities, and authorities of command authorized by law, Army Regulations, and custom over individuals and units assigned to the Army Ground Forces. Specifically, the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces,

(a) Under the general plans of the War Department and in conjunction with designated air and naval commanders, prepares for, and, on order or in imminent emergency, executes planned operations for the defense of the United States.

(b) Is prepared, on call of the civil powers and on order of the President, to assist the civil powers in the control of domestic emergencies.

(c) Directs the operations and training of the armies within the continental United States.

(d) Exercises control over administrative matters bearing direct on operations and training and in such other matters as delegated by the War Department.

(e) Determines the organization, composition, equipment, and training of all ground combat and service units assigned to the Army Ground Forces.

(f) Directs the training of all nonArmy Ground Force type service units assigned or attached to the field armies, under training policies formulated by the War Department.

(g) Prepares estimates of funds necessary to operate the activities under Army Ground Forces control for presentation to the Budget Officer of the War Department.

(h) Conducts those intelligence activities which pertain to his field of primary responsibility.

(i) Initiates requirements for the research and development of items of equipment in which the combatant arms have a primary interest.

(j) Determines, in conformance with the broad directive of the War Department, Army Ground Forces materiel and personnel requirements, both quantitative and qualitative.

(k) Conducts the Universal Military Training Program under such directives as are issued by the War Department.

(1) Supervises and inspects the training of units of the ROTC, the National Guard, and the Organized Reserves, as instructed by the War Department.

(m) Operates schools and replacement facilities as directed by the War Department.

(n) Assures that all Army Ground Forces units and installations are supplied, equipped, housed, hospitalized, and furnished transportation for the performance of their missions and maintain logistical efficiency within Army Ground Forces.

§ 1.30 Army Areas. The commanding general of each of the armies and of the Military District of Washington will command all units, posts, camps, stations, and installations within the army areas or the Military District of Washington, except exempted installa

tions and stations, and except units, posts, camps, stations, or installations commanded by the Army Air Forces. The commanding general of each of the armies is responsible for the operations, training, administration, services, and supply of all units, posts, camps, stations, and installations of his command. He is responsible for certain activities at exempted stations. He is responsible directly to the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces and to the War Department respectively in appropriate fields of activity.

§ 1.31 Classification of installations. Installations are classified as follows:

(a) Class I installations are installations under the command of the commanding general of an army or of the Military District of Washington.

(b) Class II installations are installations under the command of the head of an administrative or technical service or other War Department official.

(c) Class III installations are installations under the command of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces.

$ 1.32 Administrative procedure for addressing communications. Communications and dispatches, including wire, radio, cable, and teletype, intended for the consideration of the War Department General or Special Staffs are addressed to the Chief of Staff, United States Army, Washington 25, D. C. All others, as well as all doubtful cases may be addressed to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington 25, D. C. Direct communication, however, is encouraged.