GREGORY SAYS SUPPLY CORPS NOW MORE VITAL

Contrasting the easy system of supply in the last war with the difficult problems in this, Major General Edmund B. Gregory, Quartermaster General of the United States, told the cadets of the Quartermaster Corps at the Business School that the problem of supply no longer consisted only of bringing equipment to stable front lines, but of fighting the way through, following mobile spearheads.

After having reviewed the massed battalions of the Quartermaster unit, General Gregory, speaking in Baker Library, stated that supply lines and transportation systems are most vulnerable to the attacks of aircraft, a factor which did not have much importance in the last war. He said that the destruction of these lines means defeat, and that it is the job of the Quartermaster Corps to keep them open.

Supply Problem Increased

General Gregory went on to say that the problems of modern supply have been increased greatly because of the many climates and types of country in which our troops and those of our allies are fighting. Under differing conditions, men must have different equipment and the Quartermaster Corps must get the right things to the right place at the right time.

Following the General's talk, Colonel George F. Doriot, professor of Industrial Management at the Business School, now head of the Resources Division of the Quartermaster Corps in Washington, said "Mistakes mean money in business, but at war, they mean lives. That is why we need trained men and why it is foolish for men to leave college."