US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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MILITARY PEHSUNNEI. BBA EH The transfer of general prisoners for disciplinary action, the naturalization of aliens, and the processing of appli- cants fOl'k0fli.C61'S Candidate School are among other im- portant duties performed by the Branch. During the past two years approximately 20,000 officers and enlisted men have passed through Station Complement units to serve overseas or in other units within the United States. ln the same period over 3,000 men have been dis- charged from the Army for every conceivable reason. ln addition to the Omcers, and the Enlisted Menis Section. the Military Personnel Branch maintains a section which is directly responsible for the administration of all Army Service Force units at the Post as they prepare for overseas duty under Preparation for Overseas Movement and Prep- aration for Overseas Replacement regulations. The pro- curement of qualified personnel, and the reclassification and transfer of all disqualified personnel from these units during their organization phase is accomplished by this section. It also confers With these units and supervises the maintenance of all individual and organizational records and files, and checks their morning reports, sick registers, and other forms for correctness in content and form.

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, W Views of Office of Military Personnel Branch Mejor Hochstim, Lt. Lamberth The establishment of the military Personnel Branch as a part of thc Personnel Division in August 1942, represented a consolidation into one department of all Military Person- 11el activities of the Army Service Forces at Fort Bragg. As such, the Branch took over the work that had been formerly carried on under the supervision of the Personnel Adjutant, a member of the S-l section of the Commanding Ceneral's staff. Major Henry S. Heath, present Director of the Per- sonnel Division, was the Chief of Branch until October, 19444, when he was succeeded by Major J. J. Hochstim, who had been Assistant Personnel Adjutant of Fort Bragg from early in 1942, and head of the Officers, Section since the organization of the Branch. Major Hochstim is aided in the discharge of his duties by Lieutenant Carl J. Lamberth, Assistant Chief of the Military Personnel Branch. Besides acting as the Unit Personnel Office for the de- tachment of Service Command Unit No. 1449, the Military Personnel Branch handles requisitions, assignments, re- assignments, promotions, and relief of military personnel for all Service Command installations on the Post. It prepares and maintains necessary records and reports, for all officers and enlisted men assigned to the Station Com- plement, including efficiency reports, classification Cards, service records, locator hles, strength reports, authorized allotments, payrolls and pay cards and the processing of various allowances, deductions and allotments.

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Prior to the establishment of the Civilian Per- sonnel Branch as a part of the Personnel Division, civilian personnel functions were handled inde- pendently by the individual services, which re- ceived their directives from the respective Chiefs of Services. This centralization of activities under one ofhce eliminated considerable duplication, per- mitted standardization of wages, and resulted in better utilization of personnel. It also afforded opportunities, through various simplification studies, training and personnel surveys made from time to time, to improve the working conditions and morale of approximately 5,000 civilian em- ployees on the Post. Lieutenant Colonel McKinnon Carmichael, former Director of the Personnel Division, also served as Chief of the Civilian Personnel Branch from its organization in September l9-1-2 until June 5, 1944. At that time Major Elgin W. Johnston be- came Chief of Branch. The Civilian Personnel Branch is primarily responsible for the administration of the functions pertaining to the employment, payment and separa- tions necessary to maintain these civilian em- ployees, and to insure proper placement for them according to their job qualifications. Other activi- ties which supplement the services rendered by this office include a training section, a job evalua- tion and classification section, and an employee relations section. The results of the training section, especially, have been gratifying. Through the efforts of this section employees receive train- ing in Job Instruction, Job Relations and Job Methods. On-the-job training courses have sup- plied a large number of trained personnel not available in the currently tight labor market Orientation training is also offered in the form of lectures and Hlms conducted at regularly scheduled intervals. Top, left to right: Capt. Orr, Capt. Reynolcls, Major Johnston . . . Center: A Class in Job Methods Training .... Lower right Classification Section .... Lower left: Placement Section.