Estimating Requirements in Wartime

A significant feature of the CWS procurement program in World War II was the inclusion of several important end items not planned for in the pre- 

All chemical warfare requirements were subject to review by the War Department General Staff (G-4), and later by Headquarters, ASF, before 

When General Somervell was appointed commanding general of the Army Service Forces in March 1942 he took most of his G-4 organization with him. From that time until the end of the war the CWS, as a technical service of the Army, usually reported directly to ASF headquarters on procurement and supply activities.  

Actually the estimating of supply requirements was more closely related to the drawing up of operational plans than to fiscal matters. The 

The factors that were considered in estimating the chemical warfare requirements of the AAF were the number of planes to be operated, the sortie rate, the bomb load per sortie, and the types of bombs to be used. 

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