THE ARMY SERVICE FORCES
CHART 5. CHART 5. ASF ACTIVITIES TO END OF HOSTILITIES, WORLD
PROCUREMENT OF MUNITIONS
ASF Total. . . .. $68,450,000,000 Ordnance pepartment. . . .. 34,084,000,000
Ouartermaster Corps ... 21,140,000,000 Corps of Engineers... 4,809,000,000 Signal Corps... 3,941,000,000 Transportation Corps... 2,023,000,000 Chemical Warfare Service. . . .. 1,693,000,000 Medical Department... 760,000,000 More than 600,000 major prime contracts were awarded.
PRODUCTION OF MAJOR ITEMS Ordnance Department
Carbines . .... . . ...... . Rifles ... . Sub-machine guns ... . Pistols ... ... .
Revolvers ... .
Shotguns ... .
Small arms ammunition
6,100,000 7,000,000 2,000,000 1,950,000 882,000 438,000 (rounds) ... 39,000,000,000
.30 caliber (rounds) .... 25,000,000,000 .45 caliber (rounds).... 4,070,000,000 .50 caliber (rounds) .... 10,000,000,000 Rocket launchers. . . 691,000 Machine guns... 2,700,000 Aircraft cannon... 182,000 Antiaircraft guns... ... 46,700 Field Guns and howitzers... 61,700
light, 37 mm to 105
.mm .......... . Heavy, over 10S mm . . . Mortars ... . Recoilless rifles, 57 mm and 75 mm ... . Tanks ... .
Light ... . Medium ... . Heavy
53,900 7,800 102,000 1,450
96,000 28,800 65,400 1,800
PRODUCTION OF MAJOR ITEMS-Continued Ordnance Department-Continued
Trucks ... . X ton ... . light, X to ~ ton ... . Medium, 2~ ton ... . Heavy, over 2~ ton ... . Artillery ammunition (rounds).
For guns and howitzers
2,350,000 645,000 759,000 795,000 148,000 1 ,000,000,000 (rounds) ... . 889,000,000
20 mm to 105 mm
(rounds) ... . 855,000,000 Over 105 mm
(rounds) ... . For mortars (rounds) ... . For rockets (rounds) ... . Aircraft bombs (short tons) ..
Quartermaster Corps
Combat service boots (pairs) .... . Cotton khaki shirts ... . Cotton khaki trousers ... . Flannel shirts ... . lightweight ponchos ... .
Raincoats ... ... .. . Shoes- service (pairs) ...... . Shoe·paes (pairs) ... . Tents ... . Blankets ...•... Sleeping bags ... . Field jackets ... . Field trousers ... ..
Socks ... . Subsistence
Canned and fresh meat (Ibs.). Canned, dehydrated and fresh vegetables (Ibs.) ... . Fruit juices (Ibs.) ... . Flour (Ibs.) ... .. . Coffee (Ibs.) ... ... . Granulated sugar (Ibs.) ... .
Corps of Engineers
Crawler tractors .. ......... .
34,000,000 89,000,000 25,000,000 6,860,000
28,700,000 69,300,000 67,900,000 73,700,000 5,110,000 28,300,000 79,900,000 4,350,000 30,500,000 57,000,000 10,000,000 49,000,000 68,000,000 505,000,000 12,900,000,000 17,100,000,000 1,700,000,000 7,840,000,000 1 ,440,000,000 2,420,000,000 78,000
PRODUCTION OF MAJOR ITEMS-Continued Corps of Engineers-Continued
Cranes and shovels ... ..
Airplane landing mats (sq. ft.} ... . Portable barracks, 20 by 48 ft ... . Water storage tanks (gal. ca-
pacity) ... . Signal Corps
Radio sets . . . . Handie-talkies ... . Radar sets ... ..
Field telephones ... . Portable field switchboards ... .
Communication wire (miles) ... .
Portable metallic mine detectors ..
Transportation Corps
Steam locomotives . ....•...
Diesel locomotives . . . ... . Railway cars . ... .. . . . Tugs ... .
Barges . . . . • . . .
Chemical Warfore Service
Incendiary bombs (Ibs.) ... . Flame throwers ... ... . Chemical mortar shells, 4.2" .... . Chemical mortarsj 4.2" . ....... . Gas masks ... . Medical Deportment
Atabrine (tablets} ... . Penicillin, 100,000 oxford units ..
Dried plasma, 500 cc packages ..
First aid packets ... . Sulfadiazine (tablets) ... . X-Ray machines ... . Dental chairs ... . Operating tables ... .
Surgical instruments .........•
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
15,100 883,000,000 35,000 146,000,000
1,200,000 207,000 20,100 1,330,000 85,500 4,580,000 146,000
7,070 1,000 98,000 729 6.150
1,750,000,000 40,800 11,000,000 6,080 35,600,000
4,600,000,000 24,200,000 4,570,000 31,500,000 216,000,000 9,000 7,000 23,000 10,000,000
Number of research projects (exclusive of atomic bomb) ... .
Expenditures on these projects . ........•.•.....
7,500
$567,000,000
FISCAL SERVICES
War Department appropriations ... $240,000,000,000 War Department expenditures ... $176,000,000000
Procurement ... $116,000,000,000 Pay of the Army . . . .. $34,600,000,000 Rail transportation. . . $5,300,000,000 Other non-procurement.. . . . .. $20,500,000,000
Bank disbursements under guaranteed loan pro- gram ....... . . ... . . . Contract advance payments . . . . . Gross refunds from statutory renegotiation .. .... .
Personal funds transferred from oversea ... . War Bonds issued ... . Family allowances paid ... . Family allowance accounts (accounts) ...•....
Voluntary allotments of pay (accounts) ... .
Death gratuities paid . ........•....
Administrative claims processed . ....... .
$8,900,000,000
$6,900,000,000
$3,160,000,000
$1,100,000,000
$1,900,000,000
$6,500,000,000 4,500,000 3,780,000 260,000 125,000 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Value of construction in U. S ... $10,700,000,000 Air installations ... $3,150,000,000
Ground installations ...•.... $2,820,000,000 Industrial installations ... $3,200,000,000 Storage and shipping .. ... $1,040,000,000 Miscellaneous. . . $460,000,000
Construction jobs completed . ......... .
Construction employment (peak) ... . Real estate leases . ... .... . . . ..... . Annual rental of leases (peak) ... . Land brought under Army control (acres) ... .
23,200 1,000,000 33,000
$57,800,000 44,000,000 TRANSPORTATION
Cargo capacity of ships in Army service (peak)
(measurement tons) ... 17,700,000 Cargo shipped oversea (measurement tons) ... 127,000,000
Atlantic Theaters (measurement
tons)... ... 78,000,000
PaciFic Theaters (measurement
tons). . . 49,000,000
High explosives shipped overseaS (short tons) ... 11,500,000 Cargo received from overseas (measurement tons).. 8,140,000
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TRANSPORTATION-(ontinued
Passenger capacity of ships in Army service (peak). . . . 666,000 Troops and other passengers embarked for
overseas. .. . . .. .. . . .. . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . .. 7,300,000 Atlantic Theaters.... . . 4,600,000
Pacific Theaters... 2,700,000
Troops and other passengers debarked from overseas.. 3,100,000 Patients debarked from overseas.... ... 568,000 Rail freight (ton-miles) ... 214,000,000,000 Tonnage handled by Army-Navy consolidated car
service (short tons).. . . .. 2,260,000 Troops moved in organized groups by rail ... 32,900,000 STORAGE AND ISSUE
Total storage space occupied (peak) (sq. ft.) ... 149,000,000 Warehouse and shed space
occupied (peak) (sq. ft.)... 65,600,000 Open-hard standing space occu-
pied (peak) (sq. ft.). ... ... 57,200,000
Igloo and magazine space occu-
pied (peak)(sq. ft,). . . 26,100,000
Depot receipts (short tons) ... 83,200,000 Depot shipments (short tons) ... ... 68,300,000 Requisition line items shipped from depots ... 110,000,000 Lend-Lease transfers to all countries ... $14,600,000,000 Civilian supply shipments (peak) (short tons)... 7,490,000 Value of equipment repaired (peak). . . $476,000,000 PERSONNEL
Army strength served (peak) ... . Service troops (peak)... 1,720,000 ASF operating personnel (peak) (June 1943) ....
Military (peak) (July 1943). . . . 554,000 Civilian (peak) (June 1943).... 1,023,000
Personnel processed at reception centers . ... . Personnel processed at replacement depots . .. -..
Personnel processed at reception stations . ... . Personnel processed at redistribution stations ... . Enemy prisoners of war in U. S. (peak) ... .
General prisoners in confinement (peak) . ... . General prisoners received at Rehabilitation Centers . . . . ..... . . ........ . General prisoners restored to duty . ... .
8,290,000 1,569,000
8,500,000 278,000 1,900,000 240,000 425,000 33,600 34,300 16,500
PERSONNEL-Continued
Loyalty investigation cases processed . ... . Auxiliary plant guards (peak) ... .
2,350,000 251.000 MILITARY TRAINING
ASF trainee strengt~ (peak) ... . Individuals trained at ASF training centers ... . Graduates of ASF officer candidate schools .... . Graduates of ASF service schools ... . Trainees in Army Specialized Training Program . . Trainees in special training units ..
ASF trained units shipped overseas ... . Strengt!. of ASF units shipped overseas ... . Training film produced ... . Instruction manuals published ... . Schools operated (peak) ... . Training centers operated (peak) ...•...
700,000 1,300,000 133,000 1,000,000 216,000 295,000 6,000 1,000,000 1,050 3,260 433 38 PERSONNEL SERVICES
V.Mailletters sent overseas. . . . 643,000,000 V·Mail letters received from overseas... 608,000,000 Air mail sent overseas (Ibs.). ... 39,200,000 Ordinary mail sent overseas (Ibs.). . . 38,500,000 Parcel post sent overseas (Ibs.).... ... ... 640,000,000 Requests received by personal affairs officers. . . 5,200,000 Services conducted by chaplains... ... 5,400,000 Attendance at religious services... 328,000,000 Sales at Army Exchanges. . . . .. $3,050,000,000
Continental U. S... ... $2,480,000,000 Overseas . . . $573,000,000
Copies of "Yank" distributed. . . 175,000,000 Copies of "Newsmap" distributed. . . 25,000,000 Attendance at war information films... 48,000,000 U. S. Armed Forces Institute enrollment. . . . .. . . . 1,000,000 MEDICAL SERVICE
Hospitals in U. S. (peak). . . 460 Bed capacity of hospitals in U. S. (peak). . . 382,000 Beds occupied in hospitals in U. S. (peak). . . 240,000 Patients admitted to hospitals, total. . . 14,700,000
In U. S... ... 9,000,000 Overseas ... . . . 5,700,000
MEDICAL SERVICE-Continued
Patients evacuated from overseas . ... . 568,000 Battle casualties ... . 194,000
Disease and non-battle injury . . .
Dental treatments . ............. .
374,000
105,000,000
Physical examinations given in connection with
inductions ... ......... . 18,000,000 Veterinary operations, weight of meat, food, and
dairy products inspected (Ibs.) ... . 110,000,000,000
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