Quartermaster General Research Articles

Counseling in a Quartermaster Depot

BY THE fall of 1942 personnel technicians fully realized that the personnel functions performed in Quartermaster depots, often largely paper work, were not sufficient to meet the problems of placement, compensation, training, and employee relations attending every large and growing organization in a war period. Acknowledging these facts, the Quartermaster General directed the inauguration of full-fledged positive personnel programs in Quartermaster depots; this was accomplished at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, October 28, 1942. In all Quartermaster depots personnel branches of administrative divisions were elevated into independent personnel divisions on a par with operating divisions. Uniform organizational structures were also established to

Mary I. Barber Assigned to Advise the Quartermaster General in Preparation of Army Menus

Mary I. Barber Assigned to Advise the Quartermaster General in Preparation of Army Menus

Letter from E. G. Cullum to H. J. Gramlich

War Department Office of the Quartermaster General Washington November 13, 1929. H. J. Gramlich, President, American Society of Animal Production, Lincoln, Nebraska. My Dear Mr. Gramlich: It is a matter of deep regret to me that I am unable to avail myself of the opportunity so kindly offered by you to read a paper at the horse session of the American Society of Animal Production. I am sailing for Europe on November 15, and shall not return until December 23. This visit to Europe is being made primarily in the interests of the horse breeders of America. The breeding of horses has for me a particular interest. First of all, the horse and the mule are still vital factors in the problem of army mobility. Moreover, it is my firm conviction that they both are still strongly intrenched in the industrial life of the nation. The riding horse is gaining an ever-wider place in the hearts of Americans as a means of healthful sport and recreation. Nor is he confined to this field alone, for in our vast range countries of the West he is necessary for handling the large herds of cattle and sheep. The War Department is now actively engaged in a nation-wide effort to improve the class and quality of the light horses produced in America. This effort was undertaken by the War Department at the close of the World War as the result of experience gained in that war. When America cast her lot on the side of the Allies and while her sons were being rushed to training camps, the horse buyers of the nation were sent into the horse-producing centers of the country to buy the horses and mules necessary to a national mobilization.

Notes in connexion with twelve Autograph Letters by Major-General James Wolfe, who fell at the Capture of Quebec on 13th September 1759, addressed to Captain, afterwards Lieut.-Colonel William Rickson, Quarter-master General of North Britain

On the day, John Buchanan exhibited and donated some letters written by General James Wolfe to the Society’s collections. He highlights their provenance and importance to the study of Wolfe’s life and character. There is also some discussion of the person who the letters were addressed to, William Rickson.

IV. Extract from Inspection Report of the Island of Trinidad, made in the year 1816, by the Inspector of Hospitals, in conjunction with the Quarter-Master General and Chief Engineer for the Windward and Leeward Colonies of the West Indies

Having heard at Port-of-Spain of an appearance that went by the name of the Mud Volcanoes, we took the opportunity when surveying the southern quarter of Trinidad, to examine them. They are situated near Point Icaque, the southern extremity of the island, on an alluvial tongue of land, that has been appended to the primitive rocks, where no doubt the land originally terminated. This appendage is several miles in length, and points directly into one of the mouths of the Oronoko, on the mainland, about twelve or fifteen miles off.We landed nearly opposite to where we were told we should find the mud volcanoes, and after making our way about five miles through the woods, across the sandy isthmus, we came upon two plantations very pleasantly situated, amidst a group of remarkable round little hills, each from eighty to a hundred feet in height.