Endnotes for Chapter IV

1 Misc Div AGO, Returns Sec, 9 Oct 39, 30 Nov 41.

2 Tab B, Memo, G-3 for CG's AGF and SOS, 25 Jan 43, WDGCT 320.2 Gen (1-25-43).

3 Selective Service in Peacetime: First Report of the Director of Selective Service, 1940-41 (Washington, 1942), p. 256.

4 Ibid., pp. 254-56.

5 Incl to Ltr, Dir Selective Sv to SW, 4 Oct 41, AG 324.71 (10-4-40.

6 Memo, G-1 for TAG, and Memo for Record, 31 Jan 42, G-1/15640-135; Rad, TAG to CG's Corps Areas, 4 Feb 42, AG 342 (1-31-42) E-R-A.

7 Ltr, Paul V. McNutt, Chairman War Manpower Commission, to SW, 17 Feb 43, AG 324.71 (217-43).

8 "Resolution-Protest," Selective Sv Local Bd 13, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 3 Feb 41, Incl to Ltr, Dir Selective Sv System to SW, 14 Feb 41, AG 32471 (9-19-40) , sec. 1. Italics in original.

9 Memo, G-3 for TAG, 26 Feb 42, and attached Memo for Record, G-3 6547-399.

10 Ltr, C. A. Dykstra, Dir Selective Sv System, to SW, 14 Feb 41, AG 324.71 (9-l9-40) sec 1.  

11 Memo, G-1 for CofS, 21 Oct 40, AG 381 (8-31-39) (1) sec. 1.

12 Memo, OCS for G-1, 26 Nov 40, AG 381 (831-39) sec. 1; Lit, TAG to CG's, Corps Area Comers, etc., 11 Dec 40, AG 381 (10-21-40) M-A-M.


13 Memo, G-1 for CofS, 20 Feb 41, G-1/15640-79; Ltr, Actg SNV to Dr. C. A. Dykstra, Dir Selective
Sv System, 24 Feb 41, AG 324.71 (2-14-41) M.

14 Memo, G-3 for CofS, and attached papers,10 Mar 41, G-3/6541-Gell-527.

15 Memo, G-4 for COPS, 11 Apr 41, G-4/31981 . Earlier, G-4 had suggested unit conversions as an economy measure. Cf., Memo, G-4 for G-1, 13 Nov 40, AG 381 (8-31-39) sec. 1.

16 Memo, DCofS for COPS, 26 Apr 41, OCS 2 6 2161.

17 Memo, OCofS for G-3, 5 May 41, OCS/20602161.

18 Of corps areas, the Fourth (the southeastern states, excluding Virginia and Kentucky) contained by far the largest number and percentages of Negroes.

19 Memo, G-r for the COB, 8 NOV 40, AG 324.71 (11-8-40).

20 WD Ltr, AG 324.71 (10-15-40) , dated 17 Oct 40, had already provided for requisitions by color, but this provision had been canceled.

21 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 23 Dec 40, AG 324.71 (12-23-40) (1).

22 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 2o NOV 40, AG 324.71 (11-18-40)

23 Ltr, OCofE to TAG, 24 Jan 41, AG 324.71 (1-24-41)(1) sec. 12.

24 Memo, G-1 for TAG,1 Feb 41, and 1st Ind, 5 Feb 41, both in AG 324.71 (1-24-41) (1) sec. 12.

25 Memos, Civ Aide to SW for TAG, 5 SeP 41 and 21 Oct 41, both in AG 327.31 (9-19-41) (1) sec. 12; Memo, G-1 for TAG, 29 Oct 41, G-1/ 8645 762.

26 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 20 Mar 41, AG 327.31 (9-19-40) (1) sec. 12.

27 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 27 Mar 41, AG 327.31 (9-19-40)(1) sec. 12.

28 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 9 May 41, G-1/15640-85, AG 327.31 (9-19-40) (1) sec. 12.

29 Memo, G-1 for TAG and attached Memo for Record, 27 Mar 41; Memo, G-1 for TAG and Memo for Record, 6 Jun 41. Both in AG 327.31 (9-19-40)(1) sec. 12.

30 Memo, G-1 for TAG, 28 Apr 41, AG 327.31 (9-19-40) (1) sec. 12.

31 Tel, NAACP to SW, 13 Jun 40, Ltr, NAACP to the President, 13 Jun 40, and Inds, TAG and CofNGB, 17-18 Jun 40, all in AG 080 (NAACP) (6-13-40) (1) ; Ltr, TAG to Chiefs, CG's, CO's Exempted Stations, 18 Jul 40, AG 320.2 (6-15-40) ; AR 220-5, par. 7, 18 Sep 42; WD Cir 351, 21 Oct 42.

32 The footnote asterisk became official with the publication of AR 220-5, 18 September 1942.

33 Memo, AGT  DCofS for AGF Opus Div, 2 Jun 42, and M/S, AGF Opns Div to AGF DCofS, 4 Jun 42, both in AGF 322.999/70 (Cld Trps) ; Ltr, TAG to CG's, 7 Jul 42, AG 291.21 (7-24-42).

34 Leonore Fine and Jesse A. Remington, Construction in the United States, MS in preparation for a volume in UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, ch. VI.

35 Exempted stations included depots, arsenals, and similar installations, many of which had no troops authorized and therefore had no housing. Other exempted stations, such as ports, were still in the planning and construction stage.

36 Ltrs and Msgs in AG 600.12 (5-24-41) (1) .

37 The provision of recreational facilities is treated in Chapter XI, below.

38 1st Ind, Hq ERTC Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., to TAG, 8 Sep 41, AG 327.71 (7-3-41)

39 Ltr, CG Cp Wheeler, Ga., to TAG, 4 Sep 41, AG 324.71 (9-4-41) .

40 1st Ind to Ltr, TAG to CG FARTC, Ft. Bragg, N.C., to Sep 41, AG 324.71 C (9-31-41) .

41 Ltrs, AG 221 (10-19-40) , AG 221 (10-31-40) ; Memo, G-1 for TAG, 13 Nov 40, G-1/15640-52; Rad, CG Fourth Corps Area to TAG, 19 Dec 40, and Memo, G-1 for TAG, 21 Dec 40, both in AG
341 (7-10-39) sec. 2A, pt. 3.

42 Memo, SGO, Maj Arthur B. Welsh, to Gen Love, 27 Dec 40, SGO 291.21-1940.

43 Ltr, Hq 41st Engr Gen Sv Regt, Ft. Bragg, N.C., to CG Ft. Bragg, 23 Dec 41, approved, 9th Ind, AGF to CofE, 18 Apr 42, AG 600.13/476; Ltr, Hq 758th Tk Bn (L) GHQ Reserve, to CO Cp Claiborne, La., 5 Mar 42, AGF 600.12/539; Ltr, Hq CT 371, Cp Robinson, Ark., to CG Cp Robinson, 10 NOV 42, and 7 Inds, AGF 620/234.

44 Memo, OCS for G-3, 17 Jun 29, OCS 13984127; Memo, G-3 for CofS, 22 Jun 29, G-3/6541Gen-272; Ltr, TAG to CG Eighth Corps Area, 25 Jun 29, AG 381 (6-17-29) (1) .

45 Ltr, TAG to CG Eighth Corps Area, 3 Dec 37, AG 391 (11-24-37) (Misc) A.

46 Ltr, A. K. Tyson to Representative Luther A. Johnson, 28 Oct 40, and Ltr, Representative Johnson to SW, 4 Nov 40, both in AG 680.1 (11-4-40) (7) .

47 Ltr, Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, Nogales, to NAACP, 24 Oct 40, AG 291.21 (to28-40) (1) ; AGF DF, 22 Jul 42, AGF 291.2 (7-17-42) ; Memo, TIG for DCofS, 2 Mar 43, IG 333/1-93d Inf Div (Sp) ; Memo, G-3 for CG's, 1 May 43, AGF 322.999/7 (Cld Trps).

48 Memos, WPD for CofS, 26 Sep 40 and to Oct 40, AG 324.71 (9-26-40) (1) .

49 Memo, G-3 for WPD, 5 Oct 40, and D/S, OCofS to G-3 and WPD, 16 Oct 40, AG 324.71 (9-26-40) (1)

50 Memo, G-3 for TAG, 21 Apr 41, AG 324.71 (4-21-40)

51 Rad, Seventh Corps Area to TAG, 26 Apr 41, AG 324.71 (4-25-41) . See also Ltr, CG Ft. Warren QMRC to CG Seventh Corps Area, 18 Jun 41, AG 324.71 (6-18-41) .

52 Ltr, Senator Schwartz to Gen Marshall, 29 Apr 41, AG 324.71 (3-22-41) (1)

53 Memo, ACT G-1 for G-3, 5 May 42, ACT 210.31/102.

54 Ltr, CG AGF to Representative Charles L. South, 24 Jun 42, AG 322.17/1 (9th Cav); Min Gen Council, 30 Jun 42.

55 Memo, AG for TAG, 13 Mar 42, AGF 322.999/8 (Cld Trps) ; Ltr, Spokane Chamber of Commerce to SW, 17 Dec 42, AG 291.21 (12-4-42) (8) ; Ltr, Senator Mon C. Wallgren to SW, 10 Dec 42, AG 291.21 (12-10-42) (12-4-42) (2) ; Ltrs, AG 333-9 (10-12-42) (1) ; Memo, OUSW for CofS AGF, 6 Aug 42, and CofS ACT to Special Asst USW, 6 Aug 42, ACT 322.999/132.

56 Memo, SGS for G-1, G-3, and CofAS, 25 Nov 41, AG 322.97 (11-25-41)(1) .

57 Memo, G-3 for CofS, 18 Jan 42, AG 322.97 (11-25-41)(1-18-42).

58 Memo, G-3 for CofS, 18 Jan 42, AG 322.97 (11-25-41) (1-18-42).

59 Dallas Morning News, November 4, 1941.

60 MR 1-1, Personnel, par. 17d (3) .

61 Memo, OCofMB for G-3, 2 Dec 41, AG 322.97(11-25-41) (1).


62 Ltr, AGF to G-3, 24 Apr 42, AGF 291.2/17 and reply, G-3 to AGF, WDGCT 291.21 (4-24-42) .

63 When he was informed that Lt. Gen. Ben Lear, after his experiences with racial friction in the Arkansas maneuvers of 1941, had recommended that no Negro troops be sent South for maneuvers in the future, Secretary Stimson noted marginally on the recommendation: "No. Get the Southerners used to them!" Memo, WPD for CofS, 25 Mar 42, AGF 322.999/2.

64 Memo, TIG for DCofS, 2 May 42, AGF 333-1/ 18; Lit, TAG to CG AGF, 22 May 42, AG 291.21 (5-8-42) ; M/S, AGF Opus Div to CofS AGF, 9 Apr 42, AGF 322.999/3

65 Memo, AGF for TAG, 14 Jun 42, AGF 322.999/ 78.

66 Memo, Gen McNair for CG Second Army, 1 Sep 42, AGF 319.1/112 (8-24-42).

67 Ltr, TAG to CG's, 7 Jul 42, AG 291.21 (724-42) ; Ltr, Hq AGF to CG's Armies, VI, VII, IX Corps, 12 Jul 42, AGF 370.5/410 (7-7-42) , in AGF 291.2/5.

68 These installations included: Camps Stewart and Gordon and Fort Benning, Georgia; Camps Livingston, Polk, Beauregard, and Claiborne, Louisiana; Fort Riley, Kansas; Camps Haan, Cooke, and Stoneman and Fort Ord, California; Fort Dix and Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey; Fort Custer, Michigan; Fort Lewis and Vancouver Barracks, Washington; Fort Leonard Wood and Camp Crowder, Missouri; Forts Sam Houston and Bliss and Camps Hulen, Wolters, Bowie, and Swift, Texas; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Edgewood Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Jackson and Camp Croft, South Carolina; Fort Bragg and Camp Davis, North Carolina; Camps Van Dorn, Shelby, and McCain, Mississippi; Forts Eustis and Belvoir and Camp Lee, Virginia; Fort Devens and Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

69 M/S, ACT Opns Div to Constr Div, 2 Apr 42, AGF 320.2 (3-8-42) Opn/00910.

70 Fort Meade became an ACT depot. The Fourth Corps Area questioned the wisdom of adding a division to its Negro strength, though it suggested Grenada, Rucker, Sutton. Gordon, and five others in addition to Camp Butner. 1st Ind, Fourth Corps Area to Ltr, TAG to CG Fourth Corps Area, 8 Mar 42, AG 320.2 (8-8-42) MJC-C.

71 Memo, Hq AGF for CG SOS, 22 Sep 42, and attached Memo for Record, AGF 20/3.

72 Tab B, Cavalry Units in PMP, 1939, to Memo, G-3 for COfs, 5 Aug 40, AG 320.2 (8-5-40) (3) .

73 Ltr, Gen Allen, CG 2d Cav Div, to Gen Marshall, 13 May 41, AG 320.2 (5-13-41) (3) .

74 Memo, G-3 for TAG, 15 Nov 40, AG 320.2 (11-15-40) ; Memo, OCofCA for TAG, 10 Jun 41, AG 320.2 (6-10-41) ; Lit, TAG to CG First Army, 16 Jun 41, AG 320.2 (6-10-41) EA. Regiments involved in this procedure included the 54th Coast Artillery and the 76th, 99th, and tooth Coast Artillery (AA).

75 Memo, OQMG for G-1, 10 Jan 41, AG 220.31 (5-22-40) (1) sec. 6.

76 Ltr, Hq Ft. Knox, Ky., to CG Fifth Corps Area, 21 Dec 40; Ltr, TAG to CG Ft. Knox, 18 Dec 40, both in AG 220.31 (5-22-40) (1) sec. 6; Memo, G-1 for TAG, 11 Jan 41, and Rad, TAG to CG Fifth Corps Area, 11 Jan 41, both in AG 220.3 (12-21-40) (5-22-40)(1) sec. 6.

77 Ltr, TAG to All Army and Corps Area Comdrs and Superintendent USMA, 29 Feb 41, AG 320.2 (1-24-4i) E-C.

78 Ltr, First Army to TAG, and 2 Inds, 2 Apr 41, AG 320.2 (4-2-41) .

79 M/S, AGF G-4 Trans to ACT G-g Opus,10 Jul 42; Opns to Trans, 16 Jul 42; G-4 Trans to G-3 Opus, 20 Jul 42. All in AGF 320.2/1 (Cadre).

80 Ltr, Hq AGF to CG AAC, 24 Jul 42, and attached DF, AGF 320.2/120 (AA Comd).

81 Ltrs, Maj Charles H. Flournoy to CofE, 5 Dec 44 and 26 May 45, both in OCE 291.2.

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