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Title: "As you were,"
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: (Bangs, John Kendrick) 1888- ed (Bangs, John Kendrick), 1862-1922, ed
Subjects: United States. War dept. Purchase, storage and traffic division. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, The Knickerbocker press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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later became the Hardware & Metals Division. In the early days of the Branch, he wasin charge of the buying of many items of hardware and metals, and assisted the Chief inorganizing various departments. Mr. Arnold received his commission as Major in July, and was selected to serve asLiaison Officer, representing the Hardware & Metals Division on the Staff which accom-panied Col. Letcher Hardaman overseas on a tour of investigation, in which conditions oftransportation were observed and a careful study made of the uses of various suppliesand the character of service required from them. On his return to Washington in October, he submitted a report to his Division, whichsupplied much valuable information to the procurement offices. On October 30th, he was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. December 10th, Col. Arnold resigned his commission and was honorably dischargedfollowing which he resumed his position of Secretary and Treasurer of the Terre HauteMalleable & Mfg. Co.
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Lieut. Colonel H. L. Arnold The General Supplies Division 21 industries were assigned to each gentleman, who was then tocall a meeting at some convenient point of one hundred percent of the manufacturers of those industries for the follow-ing purposes:— (1) To establish practical or standard sizes, styles, andqualities of products and the proportionate quantities thatought to be shipped to meet properly the overseas require-ments. (2) To provide ways and means for the immediate andsufficient production of the right quality and in the requisitequantity. (3) To lay before the Hardware and Metals Branch of theSupply and Equipment Division all details as to the productionof each industry, together with correct tables or tariffs of styles,sizes, qualities and the proportions used of each. This information having been collected, it was immediatelyplaced before Mr. Graham, who was thus enabled through hisassistants to receive bids or to make procurements of theselarge emergency purchases i

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