Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot

History of the Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot to June 30, 1945, p. 3. MS. 

As soon as the country was actually at war, the Chemical Warfare Service took steps to provide itself with a major depot in the far west. The preferred location was the Salt Lake City area, and a desert valley some fifty-seven miles southwest of the city, in Tooele County, Utah, was selected in February 1942. The new facility, designated Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot, was under construction by the summer of 1942. Its principal function was to serve as another storage center for bombs, mortar shells, and toxics. ... 

The administration of the Eastern, Gulf, and Midwest Depots had one characteristic in common in each case housekeeping functions were performed by an adjoining installation. In the case of the Eastern Depot the Chemical Warfare Center took care of those functions, while the Gulf and Midwest housekeeping functions were handled by Huntsville and Pine Bluff Arsenals respectively. In contrast to those three depots the other three —Deseret, Northeast, and Indianapolis—were responsible for their own housekeeping activities. In the CWS sections of general depots the Quartermaster Corps had responsibility. 

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