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

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Top, left, from left to right: Lt. Joseph F. Rollings, Assistant Transportation Officer: Major Earle N. Zeigler, Post Transportation Officer: Lt. Dorothy E Wolfe Mileage Administrator, and Capt. Robert L. Hinson, Motor Pool Officer .... Top, right: Office staff of Transportation Branch at work .... Bottom, left: Dispatchlng vehicles at the Post Motor Pool .... Bottom, right: Selectees leaving Reception Center on troop train 'For Replacement Center. THA SPUHT!-XTIIJ UFFIEEH Before the expansion of the Army, transportation at the Post was handled by an ollicer appointed by the Quarter- master, assisted by a clerk who executed the necessary paper work involved. The rapid growth of the Army brought with it an enormous increase in volume of traftic, and the need for a separate agency to handle the work became acute. The reorganization in the War Department, in 19-1-2, included the creation of the Transportation Corps. The principal function of the Transportation Corps per- sonnel here is to arrange and provide for the transporta- tion of military personnel and military supplies and equip- nzent moving to and from the Post. There are approximately 28 miles of Government-owned trackage on the reservation, and a classification yard with a capacity of 265 cars. Switches and side tracks can ac- commodate an additional 750 cars at one time. The Post Railroad, using four locomotives, is operated, under con- tract to the Government, by the Cape Fear Railways, lnc. A staff oi' l5U persons, including both military and civilian personnel and headed by the Post Transportation Ufficer, Major Earle N. Zeigler, assisted by three other officers, is required to handle the work performed by the Branch. Between ,lanuary l, 1942, and September 30, 194-1 411,063 freight cars and l7,298 passenger cars have been handled by the Post Transportation Uftice. A major share of the work has dealt with personnel moving to and from the Reception Center, the lnduction Station, and the Field Artillery Replacement training center. On one occasion. l0,000 troops were handled in approximately 10 hours. Without a single train departing late. During one week, in another instance, the office moved, for one organization alone, -l-8 mixed trains consisting of approximately l.5UO cars, all this in addition to routine work performed. The Post Transportation Officer is also charged with supervision over all buses and taxi-cabs operating in and out of, as well as on the Post, and hc supervises the opera- tion of the Post Motor Pool and the Office of Mileage Administration.

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SIE AL UFFIIIEH The administrative telephone system of Fort Bragg, with equipment for 2,600 lines, is one of' the largest installed in any post of the country. Army owned. it is operated and maintained by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company under contract to the Government. This agency. or1e of' the activities controlled by the Signal Ufhce, com- pletes thousands of calls that are placed to and from the Post. 'fihe tele-graphic service for the Post is handled by the Signal Office, through the Communications Center, into and out of which l,50U messages are sent daily. ln addition to its telegraphic machines, the Center has a machine con- nected with the National Typewriter Exchange and a radio station. All three means of' messagessending function 2-1- hours a day seven days a week. Witli modern high powered equipment the radio station is capable of transmitting messages even when the lines required by other methods of electrical communications fail. An emergency power plant is maintained and ready for use in case of emergency. The Signal Ofhce is the Postls official photographer Vtfork- ing in close conjunction with the Public Relations Ofhce it takes pictures of notable events which occur on the reserva- tion. These pictures are then released by the Public Rela- tions Office to the 'Tort Bragg Postn and state and national newspapers for publication. lt also performs work of a similar nature for the many activities of the Post. This includes: identification pictures, visual training aids, and pictorial evidence of' current needs. A complete file of negatives is kept for reference at the well equipped Photo- graphic Laboratory. Another important function of the Signal Office is the distribution of training films to the units stationed here. its well-stocked Film Library is as large as any in the Fourth Service Command. with thc exception of the Central Li- brary at Atlanta. 05 projectors are used daily by the per- sonnel of the Branch to show the films. When the Signal Office was made one of the l ost's tech- nical services in January lU-1-Jr, it was headed by Lieuten- ant Andrew H. Warlicli Jr., who succeeded Lt. Col. Calvin H. Burkhead, who had been the Signal Officer since Sept. 19-l-2. Nfajor Hifding Y. Foreen, present Post Signal Officer, succeeded Lieutenant Warlick in July 19-1-1. Bottom, left: Switchboard operators at work . . . Right, top to bottom, left to right: Chief Warrant Officer Paul L. Davis, Post Signal Officer, Major Hilding V. Foreen, Lieutenant Andrew H. War- lict, and Lieutenant Vivian l. Shackleton . . . Photo lab workers inspecting neg- ative . . . Scene in tele- graph ottice . . . Scene in film library. it

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PEHSUNNEI. EE TEH The War Ileparlrnent Personnel Center at Ifort Bragg. one oi' TT such installations sit up throughout the lni.ed States. is tln- most recent organization to he established at the Post. In operation since Septemher 1, l9l-li, it is de- signed to he-gin and to end the cy cle ol' the military life of thousands ol' men and women from this area. from induction into the Armed Forces to Separation and return to civilian Iile at the termination of their periods of active duty. The Personnel Center is composed of live Service Command units. narnc-ly the Armed Forces lnduction Station, the lte- ception Center. the Special Training linit, the Reception Station. and the Separation Center. Four of these had already been in operation for some time, but were in- corporated into the Personnel Center on its establishment. The Separation Center, which is the most recent to he acti- vated. is set up to process the men and women from this area who are to he released from active duty. When the Personnel Center began to function in Sep- tember, I9-1-1-, its commanding ollicer was Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, Connnanding General of Fort Bragg. Lieu- tenant Colonel Horace I.. Johnson, formerly Commanding Oilicer of the lteception Center and Special Training Unit. was named Executive Uflicer. and Captain Homer W. Rain- sey, previously on duty at the Armed Forces Induction Sta- tion, Adjutant. On November 15, 194-lr, Colonel Johnson assumed com- mand of the Personnel Center. and Major Williatrri lVl. Gil- lespie became Executive Oflicer. The Cominanding Ollier-rs of the five units operating under the Personnel Center, although they supervise the activities within their own units, are directly responsible to Colonel Johnson. These include: Captain ,lohn H. Newsom, Armed Forces Induction Stationg Major Dallas l. Larkin, Reception Centerg Major Hcnjamin IT. l.enhardt. Special Training Unitg Major Simon N. Graham, Reception Station No. 11-, and Major 0. D. Uoehler, Separation Center. Top, left. Personnel Center Statf Officers, seated Uett to rightjz Lt. Col. Frederick K. Herpel, Surgeonq Lt. Col. Horace L. Johnson, Commanding Officer: Major W. M. Gillespie, Executive Officer: Capt. Brooks S. Stuart, Control Officer. Standing lleft to rightjz Lt. Robert D. Gamble, Assistant Adjutant: Capt. Homer W. Ramsey, Adjutantg Major William R. Middleton, Jr., Supply Officer: Lt. Don E. Friedcwald, Special Services Officer, and Lt. James E. Bryant, Assistant Adjutant. . . . Commanding Officers of Personnel Center Units, from left to right: Capt. John H. Newsom, Armed Forces Induction Station: Major Otto Doehler, Separation Center: Lt. Col. Horace L. Johnson, Commanding Officer of Personnel Centerg Major Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Special Training Unit: Major Simon N. Graham, Recep- tion Station No. 4, and Major Dallas I. Larkin, Reception Center .... Bottom, left: Office section ofthe Personnel Center Headquarters .... Bottom, right: Exterior view of Personnel Center Headquarters. af-- 'A f f' V ,X ff! as tittt R . N M. if