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Letter of Transmittal
The Secretary of Defense
Washington
Dear Mr. President :
May 16,1957.
In compliance with Section 202 (d) of the National Security Act
of 1947, as amended, I submit the semiannual report of the Secretary
of Defense, together with those of the Secretaries of the Army, the
Navy, and the Air Force, for the six-month period from July 1 to
December 31,1956.
By arrangement with the Chairmen of the Senate and House
Armed Services Committees, the midfiscal year reports present the
activities of the military establishment mainly in statistical form,
with the understanding that comprehensive reports, covering the activities
for the entire fiscal year 1957, will be submitted after June 30,
1957.
With great respect, I am
Faithfully yours,
C. E. Wilson
The President
The White House

Contents
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

Semiannual Report
of the
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
July 1-December 31, 1956
Our armed forces steadily improved their combat effectiveness during
the first half of fiscal year 1957 in accordance with long-range
programs for keeping the United States ready to retaliate swiftly
and surely against further communist expansion.
More modern weapons were placed in service. Force levels remained
stable. The experience levels in the military Services were
raised as reenlistments of trained personnel increased. To retain our
deterrent strength in this age of radical technological advances, the
Department of Defense continued to place high priority on projects
for the development of ever more effective weapons systems. Further
administrative measures, in accordance with recent legislation, were
taken to improve the readiness of our reserve establishments. As
an integral part of our security effort, military assistance programs
administered by the Department of Defense provided our allies with
additional means to build collective strength for resisting communist
designs against the free world.
The orderly execution of long-term programs since 1953 has provided
the United States with tremendous defensive and retaliatory
power. This strength is designed to protect our national interests
and to deter war while we work for peaceful solutions of world problems.
Events during the fall of 1956 made it quite evident that the
need has not diminished for us to retain maximum deterrent strength.
Reviewing our military posture in the light of the international situation,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended in November the continuation
during fiscal year 1958 of essentially the same programs as
those currently approved.
The rising costs for developing, procuring, operating, and maintaining
the complex weapons systems required for our security have
reemphasized the importance of devoting continued attention to the
problems of managing personnel and materiel resources with utmost
economy and efficiency. Further progress toward this objective was
achieved during the first half of fiscal year 1957.
To improve the effectiveness of the military establishment, to avoid
unnecessary duplication, and to make the best use of funds appropriated
by the Congress, the Secretary of Defense in November 1956
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clarified the roles and missions of the armed forces in five important
areas of activity. The need for such clarification had been pointed
up by the development and operation of new weapons systems.
The decisions, to be reflected in the military programs and the
budget for fiscal year 1958, were concerned with Army aviation, airlift,
air defense missiles, tactical support of the Army by the Air
Force, and the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The
division of responsibility for aviation between the Army and the Air
Force was restated, clarifying the Army’s use of light, tactical aircraft
in the combat zone. After thorough study of the problem of
airlift, it was found that adequate lift was available to meet currently
approved strategic concepts. Responsibility for the “point” defense
of vital centers, ranging outward as far as 100 miles and including
the use of NIKE and land-based TALOS missiles, was assigned to
the Army, and responsibility for “area” defense to the Air Force.
The Army was directed to continue its development of surface-tosurface
missiles for close support of troops within a range of about
200 miles, while the Air Force will continue to provide the tactical air
support functions required in addition to these missiles. Sole responsibility
for operational employment of the land-based IRBM was
assigned to the Air Force and of the ship-based IRBM to the Navy.
These assignments are subject to recurrent review to insure that the
roles and missions of the military Services are adequately defined in
the light of operational experience with new weapons systems.
Military Programs
Through the modernization of equipment and the adoption of improved
tactical and organizational concepts our armed forces continued
to increase their combat capability during the first half of
fiscal year 1957. Only small changes took place in the personnel
strength levels of the military Services.
At the beginning of the fiscal year, military personnel on active
duty numbered 2,806,000. This total declined to 2,781,000 on December
31, 1956. At that time, the Army had 992,000 men and was below
its authorized strength; this number represented a decline of 34,000
from the June 30, 1956, level of 1,026,000 men. Military personnel in
the Navy increased by 3,000, from 670,000 to 673,000, while the
Marine Corps began and ended the 6-month period with a strength
of 201,000. The Air Force expanded from 910,000 to 915,000.
To improve its ability to fight atomic battles while retaining its
capacity to conduct nonatomic campaigns, the Army began to reorganize
its major combatant units into “Pentomic” divisions—each
composed of 5 highly mobile combat groups supported by 5 batteries
of light artillery and 1 battery of HONEST JOHN rockets. The
latter can fire either high explosive or atomic projectiles. The first
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“Pentomic” division, the 101st Airborne, was activated in September
1956. One-third smaller numerically, and equipped with light-weight
materiel, the division is completely transportable by air, using about
one-half the airlift formerly required. The division can deploy proportionately
greater frontline fighting strength and possesses increased
mobility, greatly increased firepower, and the capability to
engage in either atomic or nonatomic warfare.
The Army was organized on December 31, 1956, into 19 divisions,
including the 101st Airborne, 9 separate regiments and regimental
combat teams, 131 antiaircraft battalions, plus necessary supporting
units. Plans were being completed for modernizing armored divisions
and for streamlining airborne and infantry divisions in accordance
with the “Pentomic” concept, so that their organization and equipment
will be better suited to meet the tactical requirements of future
warfare.
The Navy was operating 969 ships on December 31, 1956, including
406 warships and 563 mine warfare, patrol, amphibious warfare, and
auxiliary vessels—2 more warships and 6 fewer other types than
on June 30. Naval air strength continued to be centered in 17 carrier
air groups, 19 carrier antisubmarine squadrons, and 48 patrol, early
warning, mining, and reconnaissance squadrons.
Steady progress was realized during the past 6 months in keeping
naval materiel modern. A third 60,000-ton carrier, the Ranger, was
launched in September 1956; her sister ships Saratoga and Forrestal
operated with the Fleet throughout the period under review. The
striking and defensive power of our carrier forces were further improved
through additional deliveries of modern, high-performance
aircraft, such as the A4D Skyhawk, the A3D Skywarrior, and the
F8U Crusader. A new air-to-air guided missile, the SIDEWINDER,
became operational. The first guided missile destroyer, the Gyatt,
was commissioned in December 1956, joining the guided missile
cruisers Boston and Canberra. All three vessels have twin TERRIER
surface-to-air missile launchers in addition to other armament.
The Marine Corps maintained 3 divisions and 3 supporting air
wings in a high state of combat readiness while adopting new weapons
and adjusting its tactics to technological advances. Trainingstressed
the most modern techniques of amphibious operations, including
the use of helicopters for vertical envelopment of enemy
positions. As a result of studies undertaken in the summer and fall
of 1956, the Marine Corps is planning to reduce the size of its divisions
somewhat and eliminate heavier items of equipment while
making units faster and more powerful. These changes will be introduced
on an orderly schedule to minimize any interference with combat
readiness.
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The Air Force’s heavy bombardment wings continued to increase
their capabilities, both qualitatively and quantitatively, during the
first half of fiscal year 1957. Improved quality was assured by deliveries
of the all-jet B-52 to replace the B-36 that has formed the
core of our retaliatory striking power. Each wing of 30 B-36’s will
be reequipped with 45 B-52’s, thus augmenting numerical strength
by 50 percent and combat capability by a far greater margin. Fighter
wings were also strengthened by further deliveries of supersonic jets
in the Century series to replace older models. For use against enemy
attack, interceptor aircraft were being armed with the highly effective
FALCON air-to-air guided missile, while certain day fighters are
scheduled to be equipped with the new SIDEWINDER guided missile
developed by the Navy. On December 31,1956, the Air Force was
organized into 122 combat wings, including 1 in an early stage of
activation, and 12 troop carrier wings, a total of 134 wings—4 more
combat wings and 1 less troop carrier wing than on June 30, 1956.
The capability of the armed forces to detect and intercept enemy
air attacks against the North American continent was further improved
during the 6 months under review. The main portion of the
Distant Early Warning (DEW) line across northern Canada neared
completion, and additional eastern and western extensions were programmed.
Additional deliveries of supersonic interceptor aircraft,
including the new F-102 and F-104, and conversion of more antiaircraft
gun batteries to NIKE-AJAX missiles improved air defenses.
Tests of the NIKE-HERCULES gave promise of increased protection
for vital centers in the near future.
Underlying these improvements in defensive and retaliatory
strength is a broad program for research and development that encompasses
all phases of our military effort. Special emphasis has
been placed on projects for retaining our deterrent power in the years
ahead—most notably in the form of intermediate range and intercontinental
ballistic missiles. Work on 2 land-based IRBM’s, the
JUPITER and the THOR, 1 sea-based IRBM, the POLARIS, and 2
ICBM’s, the ATLAS and the TITAN, continued as a high priority
effort during the first half of fiscal year 1957.
In the reserve components of the military Services, efforts were
concentrated on improving training and readiness within the strength
ceiling of 2,900,000 Ready Reservists established by the Armed Forces
Reserve Act of 1955. While adopting policies and programs for increasing
the percentage of personnel who have completed basic training,
the military departments began to screen the records of some
4,000,000 reservists in order to eliminate personnel excessive to military
requirements. By December 31, 1956, 702,000 Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, and Air Force reservists had been screened and 363,-
000 removed from Ready Reserve rolls.
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Despite this screening effort, the net reduction during the 6-month
period in the Ready Reserve, not on active duty, was only 11,000,
from 3,328,000 to 3,317,000. A greater reduction was not possible,
because men with a reserve obligation were being released from active
duty at a rate of about 40,000 per month. The Standby Reserve increased
by 10,000—from 162,000 to 172,000—and the Retired Reserve
by 5,000—from 92,000 to 97,000. Excluding 362,000 reservists on
active duty, the reserve establishment totaled 3,586,000 on December
31, 1956, an increase of 5,000 since June 30, 1956. Ready Reservists
in drill pay status increased from 913,000 to 937,000, a gain of 24,000.
The deterrent power of the United States, impressive as it is, would
have to be greatly strengthened if it were not for the additional security
against Communist aggression provided by the joint action of
over 40 other nations. Recognizing the importance of mutual defense,
the Congress appropriated $2.0 billion in new funds for fiscal year
1957 and authorized the Department of Defense to carry over $0.2
billion in unobligated funds from previous year’s appropriations to
aid our allies to build up their military forces. Expenditures from
these funds will provide an increasing measure of assistance to our
allies, particularly in the Middle East and Asia. Emphasis is being
placed on the modernization of military forces. During the first half
of fiscal year 1957, military equipment and supplies valued at $0.5
billion were delivered, bringing total deliveries since 1950 to $14.8
billion, including $0.9 billion in excess stocks for which no charge
was made against military assistance funds except for rehabilitation.
The continuation of these programs for building collective security reremains
an essential part of our strategy for maintaining world
peace.
Personnel and Supply Programs
A significant factor contributing to increased combat readiness has
been the enactment by the Congress of legislation directed toward improving
the attractiveness of military careers. With this assistance,
the Department of Defense has reduced to manageable proportions
the problem of meeting the overall needs of the military Services for
trained manpower. Of the personnel eligible to reenlist during the
first half of this fiscal year, 45 percent signed up for another tour of
duty, contrasted to 43.6 percent in fiscal year 1956 and 27.2 percent
in fiscal year 1955.
Unfortunately, the rate of reenlistment has not been uniform for
all occupational specialties. Rates have been lowest for personnel
who undergo the longest period of training, such as electronic and
maintenance specialists. To remedy this situation, the Defense Advisory
Committee on Professional and Technical Compensation,
known as the Cordiner Committee, has been examining our current
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manpower policies and practices in the light of the new needs created
by our advanced weapons systems. Its recommendations are expected
to outline the steps required for developing a long-range
program to attract and retain specially qualified personnel—technicians
and leaders—needed in increasing numbers by a modern
defense establishment.
Through continued careful screening of civilian personnel requirements,
the Department was able during the first half of fiscal year
1957 to reduce total civilian employment by 21,000, including almost
4,000 direct hire employees and over 17,000 foreign nationals employed
overseas on the basis of contractual arrangements with
friendly governments. On December 31, 1956, civilian employment
totaled about 1,449,000, of whom 1,176,000 were in the direct hire
category and 273,000 in the overseas support category.
In the field of supply management, orderly progress continued to
be achieved during the first half of fiscal year 1957 in carrying out
established programs for promoting greater economy and efficiency.
Further extensions were made in the Single Manager system under
which the Secretary of one military department is charged with responsibility
for supplying all of a certain category of items or services
to all of the armed forces. Two additional assignments were made—
the Secretary of the Navy was named single manager for petroleum
on July 24, 1956, and the Secretary of the Air Force became single
manager for military air transport services on December 7, 1956.
Detailed operating procedures were developed by the single managers
for clothing and textiles, subsistence, medical materiel, petroleum,
military sea transport services, and traffic management.
The task of identifying the 3,128,613 different items of equipment,
supplies, and components included in the Federal Catalog was completed
by the Department of Defense on December 21, 1956. Work
on the Federal Catalog, a basic management tool for interservice
cooperation in supply activities, began in July 1952. Automatic
data processing equipment will help to keep the catalog up to date
as new items are accepted and old ones modified or eliminated. Progress
of the military departments in converting their supply systems
to the new catalog ran ahead of schedule during the 6 months under
review. Conversion actions have been completed for over one-half
of the items—some 1,609,000, a gain of 560,000 since June 30, 1956.
Current schedules call for completion of the conversion phase of the
cataloging program by December 31,1958.
The Budget for Fiscal Year 1958
A review of our military posture against the background of international
developments and technological changes indicated the continuing
need for the maintenance during the coming fiscal year of
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substantial military forces somewhat modified by the introduction of
new weapons systems.
Some increase in expenditures appears unavoidable because of the
high cost of modern weapons. Today’s supersonic jet fighter is 10
times as expensive as its World War II counterpart. A nuclear submarine
costs $45 million as compared to $5 million for a World War
II submarine. A guided missile of the TERRIER type is 620 times
as costly as the 5-inch shell that could be purchased for $100 in World
War II. Improved efficiency in operations is helping to offset rising
costs, and the increased combat effectiveness of modern weapons is
permitting some adjustments in previous programs. We are, however,
still in a period of transition in which a certain degree of overlapping
in weapons systems is prudent and necessary.
The budget requests for fiscal year 1958 were prepared with these
factors in mind. These requests were designed to maintain armed
forces properly balanced to deter major aggression and to meet local
emergencies. If approved, they will provide adequate funds for
the procurement of weapons needed today as well as for the research
required for future security.
The new obligational authority to be requested in the budget for
fiscal year 1958 totals $38.5 billion—$36.2 billion in the regular budget
and $2.3 billion to be transmitted later to cover military construction
and the funding of such new legislation as may be enacted. Major
programs in the $36.2 billion regular budget include $10.5 billion for
military personnel costs, $9.9 billion for operations and maintenance,
$12.0 billion for major procurement and production, $1.7 billion for
research and development, $1.2 billion for reserve components, and
$0.9 billion for interservice activities.
Funds totaling $8.9 billion will be requested for the Army to provide
a force level of about 1,000,000 men, organized into 17 divisions,
9 regiments and regimental combat teams, 126 antiaircraft battalions,
and 6 missile commands—all with steadily improving combat
effectiveness.
The Navy with $10.9 billion will be able to operate 983 ships,
including 16 additional modern combatant vessels, manned by 675,000
military personnel, and the Marine Corps with a strength of 200,000
will maintain and support 3 divisions and 3 air wings.
Modernization of equipment, providing greater combat capability,
will permit some adjustments in the previously projected organization
of the Air Force. With a strength of 925,000 and a budget of
$17.8 billion, the Air Force will be organized at the end of fiscal year
1958 into 128 wings—45 strategic wings, 32 air defense wings, and 51
tactical wings, the latter including 15 troop carrier wings. Since the
faster jet B-52’s do not require the same fighter protection as B-36’s,
5 strategic fighter wings will be phased out of the program. In ad8
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dition, the increasing ability of the Army to provide close support
with guided missiles makes it possible to plan for the deactivation of
1 tactical bomber wing and 3 fighter-bomber wings. Aircraft thus
made available will help to modernize Air Force reserve units more
rapidly than previously planned.
The proposed budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year
1958 continues the maintenance and improvement of military forces
required to achieve our national objective of preserving peace with
justice. The cost of meeting this objective is necessarily high, but
the price of failure would be immeasurably higher. As long as communist
aggressors stand ready to use military force against weakness,
we must maintain deterrent strength ready for any emergency. The
continuation of the established military programs for providing this
strength will support our foreign policies, meet our own security requirements,
and contribute to the security of the free world.
C. E. Wilson,
Secretary of Defense.
SEMIANNUAL REPORT
of the
RESERVE FORCES POLICY BOARD
December 31, 1956
As required by Section 257 (e) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as
amended, the following Semiannual Report on the status of the reserve programs
of the Department of Defense is submitted for the period ending December
31, 1956.
The Reserve Forces Policy Board held two meetings during the first half of
the fiscal year 1957, studying the reserve forces programs and making recommendations
to the Secretary of Defense on matters of policy and legislation
affecting the reserve forces. The Board and staff also visited the Continental
Air Command Headquarters at Mitchel Field, Long Island, for firsthand observation
of reserve training and facilities. In addition, various members
of the Board and staff made separate on-site surveys of other reserve activities
for the same purpose. On October 1, 1956, Vice Adm. James L. Holloway, U. S.
Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Personnel and Naval Reserve),
relieved Rear Adm. William K. Romoser, U. S. Navy, as a member of the Board.
Personnel
The Ready Reserve changes in numbers enrolled and in numbers in drill pay
status, for officers and enlisted men, are indicated by component in the table
on page 10.
The Reserve Forces Act of 1955. After 17 months of implementing the provisions
of the Reserve Forces Act (RFA) of 1955, a critical examination of the
armed forces Ready Reserve has revealed deficiencies which are in need of corrective
administrative or legislative action. Most components have shown some
increases in numerical strengths in proportions sufficient to meet the presently
planned buildup to end requirements. It now appears, however, that in the
effort to attain numerical goals authorized more stress has been placed on
quantity than on qualitative readiness and training. Lack of prior-service
personnel and the existence of a high percentage of basically untrained young
men in some Ready Reserve units, particularly those of the Army National
Guard, have reduced their readiness and have lowered basic unit training to
less than the amount which is mandatory for priority mobilization units of
the Ready Reserve.
To realize improved readiness in the Ready Reserve, particularly those in a
drill pay status, renewed efforts by the Services are being made to conform
with the stated concept of the Secretary of Defense that “The portion participating
in periodic drills should in a large part consist of a hard core of prior-service
personnel augmented by members who have been required to undergo an initial
period of active duty for training.” The Board has found that difficulty in
attaining this desired structure has been encountered in the following areas:
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Ready Reserve (Not on Active Duty)
June 30, 1955 June 30, 1956 December 31, 1956
Total Drill Pay
Status
Total Drill Pay
Status
Total Drill Pay
Status
National Guard__ 378, 046 358, 241 420, 535 404, 403 418, 790 403, 545
Officers______ 40, 190 34, 665 40, 010 34, 899 41, 232 36, 091
Enlisted______ 337, 856 323, 576 380, 525 369, 504 377, 558 367, 454
Army Reserve___ 1, 593, 419 163, 137 1, 917, 250 197, 340 1, 814, 333 **225, 345
Officers______ 145, 382 64, 650 147, 812 68, 588 154, 576 72, 239
Enlisted______ 1, 448, 037 98, 487 1, 769, 438 128, 752 1, 659, 757 153, 106
Naval Reserve___ 345, 298 #149, 142 428, 617 #150, 193 476, 570 #143, 471
Officers______ 98, 840 23, 876 83, 869 26, 607 91, 588 27, 467
Enlisted*_____ *246, 458 125, 266 *344, 928 123, 586 *384, 982 116, 004
Marine Corps Reserve___
1_6_1, 534 #42, 856 210, 017 #43, 156 224, 585 43, 633
Officers______ 8, 156 3, 776 13, 606 3, 984 12, 669 4, 039
Enlisted*_____ *153, 378 39, 080 *196, 411 39, 172 *211, 916 39, 594
Air Nat’l Guard, __ 61, 306 61, 306 63, 534 63, 534 64, 880 64, 880
Officers______ 6, 698 6, 698 7, 300 7, 300 7, 777 7, 777
Enlisted______ 54, 608 54, 608 56, 234 56, 234 57, 103 57, 103
Air Force Reserve, 166, 455 51, 514 287, 731 54, 211 317, 958 56, 313
Officers______ 79, 830 32, 209 97, 606 30, 438 82, 377 29, 511
Enlisted______ 86, 625 19, 305 190, 125 23, 773 235, 581 26, 802
Notes
’Includes Officer Candidates.
^Includes Standby Reserves in drill pay status.
’’Excludes personnel reported by units in 6-month active duty for training.
Figures for December 31,1956, include attrition resulting from screening in compliance with Section 208 (k),
Reserve Forces Act of 1955.
The end goals for fiscal year 1958, excluding those on active duty, are: Army, 1,448,000; Navy, 530,000;
Air Force, 314,000; Marine Corps, 208,000.
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a. Voluntary participation by prior-service personnel in many drill pay units
has not been in the numbers needed to provide the hard core of experience essential
to the proficiency of these units. The influx beginning in August 1957
of returnees from active duty, who affiliated after renactment of the Act and
who are therefore under compulsion to participate, should serve to alleviate
greatly this shortage of prior-service personnel. The Board’s stand has always
been that the situation might have been remedied sooner if a means for compelling
the large existing mass of prior-service personnel, with a legal Ready
Reserve obligation to actually participate in reserve training, had been included
originally in the provisions of the Act.
b. The presence of high percentages of basically untrained personnel in many
Ready Reserve units stems from two main causes. The first cause can be attributed
to the existing large numbers of men in this category when the RFA
of 1955 was enacted, and the second cause resulted from the lack of a statutory
provision in the law to assure a steady input of basically trained young men into
the Ready Reserve components.
In the opinion of the Board, the first cause is being gradually eliminated as
trainees obtain additional individual instruction at drills and more field experience.
Consequently, no legislation to expedite further the correction of
this deficiency is believed to be needed at this time.
Steps to remedy the second cause have not been completely effective. During
the first half of fiscal year 1957, Army Reserve recruiting efforts have substantially
increased the enlistment rates over those of the past year. Enlistments
were under the following special provisions of the Act:
Section 261—6-year enlistment with 2 years of active duty, 3 years’
participation in the Ready Reserve, and 1 year in the Standby
Reserve________________________________________________12, 850
Section 262—8-year enlistment with draft deferred status for individuals
between 17-18V2 years of age, to include 6 months’ active
duty for training and 7% years’ participation in the Ready
Reserve________________________________________________ 17, 934
Section 263 (b)—One year participation in reserve units, to satisfy
the remaining military obligation. (Program expires June 30,
1957.)_________________________________________________ 26,718
Total________________________________________________ 57,502
The total of 57,502 for 6 months compares most favorably with the total of
45,016 for fiscal year 1956. However, the enlistments under Section 262, numbering
17,934, were well below the hoped-for goal of 40,500 for this period.
The Army National Guard was exempted from the special enlistment programs
of the Act and is dependent solely upon voluntary agreements from enlistees
after their enrollment to undergo a full 6-month program of basic training.
Experience has shown that voluntary enlistments in reserve components have
been high when the draft rate is high and conversely low when the draft rate
is low. The Board feels that dependence on a fluctuating manpower source
is unsound and that the best method of guaranteeing a steady input of basically
trained, non-prior servicemen into all components of the Ready Reserve is to
obtain authority now to induct these men, when necessary, directly into the
reserves for a period of not less than 6 months’ active duty for training,
followed by Ready Reserve service.
Some concern was originally felt by the Board that the provision in the Act
which reduced the military obligation from 8 to 6 years, with certain exceptions,
would not permit some components to meet Ready Reserve requirements at a
future date when 8- and 6-year enlistments would expire simultaneously.
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The possibility of such an occurrence significantly weakening the Ready
Reserve structure was lessened by the Secretary of Defense’s Directive of
November 26, 1956, prescribing new reduced end goals for all components.
The screening process being conducted by the Services, in conformance with
Section 208 (k) of the Act, to move to the Standby Reserve from the Ready
Reserve those not immediately available or needed on mobilization is in
various stages of completion in the different military departments. On December
31, 1956, a total of 708,000 officers and enlisted men had been screened, and
344,000 of this number, or 48 percent, have been retained in the Ready Reserve.
In general, no difference between the Services has come to light over interpretation
of the Secretary of Defense’s Directive of February 18, 1956, on this
subject. However, in the specific case which concerns the availability of pilots
in the Ready Reserve who are employed in the air transport industry, there
still appears to be a difference of opinion in the respective Services relative
to the completeness of the information generated in the screening process.
The Board is currently considering this problem along with other provisions
of the Act in which revisions appear in order and will develop specific recommendations
for further legislative amendments considered necessary for
strengthening the Reserve forces.
The Reserve Officers Personnel Act of 195 If. Seventeen months of operation
under the provisions of the Reserve Officers Personnel Act (ROPA) of 1954,
has further demonstrated that it has been generally effective in accomplishing
the stated objectives of providing “for the promotion, procedure, constructive
credit, distribution, retention and elimination of officers of the Reserve Components.”
It is apparent, however, that some modifications are necessary and
desirable in order to increase its effectiveness and to insure equitable and fair
treatment of all categories of Reserve officers, unit and non-unit, on active duty
and not on active duty, special branch and regular branch. The Board is in the
process of examining proposed amendments to the law which were brought up
at the meeting in December 1956 and will consider and approve suitable recommendations
for revision and amendments in consonance with the findings
developed.
The Reserve Components
The Reserves of the Army—Organization. Two major changes in the organizational
structure of the Department of the Army were made during the period
covered by this report. In July 1956 Headquarters, Continental Army
Command, established the office of Deputy Commanding General for Reserve
Forces. This officer has the mission of coordinating and supervising the
General Staff of that Headquarters in the development of plans and directives
to implement the reserve component programs in the Zone of Interior Armies.
On November 1, 1956, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve
Components was established as an element of the Department of the Army
General Staff. The Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Components is the
officer “who shall be directly responsible for Reserve Affairs to the Chief
of Staff of the Army,” as provided for in Section 256 (b) of the Armed Forces
Reserve Act of 1952. The net effect of these two moves is to increase the
importance of reserve component matters at all levels and to provide focal
points for the conduct and coordination of the Army reserve component
programs.
The Army National Guard. The aggregate strength of the Army National
Guard as of December 31, 1956, was 403,545, which number exceeds the recently
assigned end goal fiscal year 1958 total of 400,000. This strength was distributed
among 5,447 Federally recognized units. The original long-range
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strength for National Guard units of full officer strength and reduced enlisted
strength, or about 82 percent of full TOE, has been limited in annual appropriations
by the Congress to approximately 65 percent.
Approximately 83 percent of the officer and 18 percent of the enlisted National
Guard strengths have had prior-service or 6 months’ active duty for training.
Included in the personnel who have completed more than 2 years’ National
Guard service are 83 percent of the officers and 52 percent of the enlisted men.
These latter percentages include both prior and non-prior servicemen. The
current enlisted turnover rate in the National Guard units is about 30 percent
per year, primarily within the non-prior-service personnel group. One fourth
of this 30 percent represents enlistments in active armed forces.
Training activities in the National Guard continues at a satisfactory level.
An average 90 percent participation of all assigned personnel in training
activities has been maintained by the Army National Guard during the past
6 months. The continued high rate of turnover and the input of non-priorservice
personnel require a concentration of training efforts on individual training
and this lessens the time available for unit training. There are 1,607
officers and 3,677 enlisted personnel of the Army National Guard serving on
active duty, and they constitute 1 percent of the officer and less than y2 percent
of the total active Army strengths.
The Army Reserve. The United States Reserve has organized in an active
status 5,439 of the 7,207 authorized company-size units. There are 210,679
individuals assigned to these units, as opposed to an authorization of 652,060.
The total of those participating in a drill pay status numbered 225,345, as
compared with the goal of 255,900 for the end of fiscal year 1957. As of
December 31, 1956, the total Ready Reserve strength was 1,814,333 against the
recently assigned end goal for fiscal year 1958 of 1,048,000. This total strength
will be reduced through the screening process and normal attrition.
Over one million reservists are carried on the rolls in a non-participating
status. This number is adequate to meet the needs of the United States Army
Reserve for individual reinforcements except in the category of nurses.
Training in the United States Army Reserve has shown progress during
the past 6 months’ period. With participating strength increase of 34,300
officers and enlisted reservists during this reporting period, the conduct of
individual and small unit training has improved. In addition the United
States Army Reserve construction program, in conjunction with the emphasized
lease improvement program, has made available more adequate facilities for
Troop Program Units for home station Reserve duty training. Approximately
75 percent of the assigned Army Reserve strength has had prior service or
active duty. This factor along with the present strength increases of men
taking the 6-month training program will permit steady training progress
toward the planned mobilization readiness objective. In addition to the foregoing
numbers of assigned and participating personnel in the National Guard
and Army Reserve units, a total of 568,792 Emergency Reinforcements have
been predesignated for Reserve units and active Army replacements. These are
Ready Reserve obligated, prior-trained personnel who have no statutory participating
obligation but are otherwise available for mobilization in specific unit
assignments not now filled. Within the Standby Reserve are 7,638 officers and
12,668 enlisted men. There are 83,700 officers and 33,500 enlisted personnel
of the Army Reserve serving on active duty, and they constitute 71 percent of
the officer and 4 percent of the enlisted total active Army strengths.
The Naval Reserve. Two significant changes in organization affecting the
Reserve forces, which were mentioned in previous reports, became effective
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on July 1, 1956. The first involved the assignment of responsibility for the
planning and overall coordination of Reserve matters, including the Naval Air
Reserve, to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Personnel and Naval
Reserve. The Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for the Naval Reserve, formerly
located under the Chief of Naval Operations, was relocated so as to
perform his functions under the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Personnel
and Naval Reserve.
The second change concerned a new Reserve Field Command which was established
in Omaha, Nebraska, and designated the “Commander Naval Reserve
Training.” This modification to the Reserve command structure, which creates
an activity similar to the “Naval Air Reserve Command” at Chicago, Illinois,
should improve training and administrative procedures in the Surface Reserve
organization.
The state of readiness in the Ready Reserve continues to increase at a steady
and satisfactory rate. On board strength of the Ready Reserve on December
31, 1956, was 476,570, of which 91,588 were officers. This total represents 89
percent of the 530,000 ultimate strength for fiscal year 1958 authorized by the
Secretary of Defense in November 1956. Continuation of the present enrollment
and transfer rates into the Reserve should result in the end goal being
reached by fiscal year 1958. Drill pay status on December 31, 1956, totaled
143,471, consisting of 27,467 officers and 116,004 enlisted, or 98 percent of the
150,000 authorized for end fiscal year 1957. There is an overall surplus of
officers in the Ready Reserve over that needed to meet current mobilization requirements.
This surplus is being reduced through the screening process.
There are shortages in some specialties in both the Surface and Naval Air
Reserve.
The Naval Reserve continues to rely chiefly on the 6-year enlistment provided
for by Section 261 of the RFA of 1955, which requires 2 years of active
duty followed by assignment in the Ready Reserve of sufficient duration to
complete the 6-year military obligation. As there is a ceiling for those in a
drill pay status, only the best of the returnees from active duty will be encouraged
to enter the regularly drilling reserve. Utilization of the 6-month
training program authorized by Section 262 of the Act has been limited to
enlisting those men possessing certain critical skills. The overall quality of
the Ready Reserve is steadily improving, with 45 percent of the enlisted Ready
Reservists now holding petty officer ratings and 80 percent having had active
duty in the Navy. All except 5 percent of the reservists have had basic training
or its equivalent. Deficiencies exist in the numbers of some of the higher
rating groups. Previous shortages of officers and enlisted men to meet the
allowed drilling strength of the Naval Air Reserve program have been reduced.
Current deficiencies under allowed drilling strength in the Naval Air Reserve
now amount to 6 percent in the case of officers and 8 percent in the enlisted
category.
The strength of the Standby Reserve on December 31, 1956, was 55,437 officers
and 5,981 enlisted personnel. Naval reservists on active duty as of the same
date totaled 28,885 officers and 58,231 enlisted men, and they constitute 39
percent of the officer and 10 percent of the enlisted total active Navy strengths.
The Marine Corps Reserve. There has been no major change in the organizational
structure of the Marine Corps Reserve. Implementation of the Armed
Forces Reserve Act (AFRA) of 1952, as amended, has been virtually completed
with the exception of screening 76 percent of the enlisted men in the Ready Reserve.
This screening will be completed by June 30, 1957. On December 31, 1956,
there were 244 ground and 47 aviation units in the drill pay reserve, with 2,416
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officers and 33,519 enlisted in the ground components and 1,564 officers and
6,075 enlisted in the aviation components participating. The total strength
of the Marine Corps Ready Reserve is 224,585 against the recently assigned
end goal of 208,000. It is estimated that this total of 224,585 will provide
67 percent of the officers and 100 percent of the enlisted Ready Reserve requirements
of the Marine Corps on mobilization after screening has been completed.
The number of personnel participating in the drill pay program increased from
43,156 on June 30, 1956, to 43,633 on December 31, 1956, or 1 percent. Both
Sections 261 and 262 of the RFA of 1955 are being used to enlist the required
input of non-prior servicemen into the Reserve organization.
Major training problems stem from four principal causes. They are: 1)
Presence in the program of an excessively high percentage of enlistees who
have not undergone basic training; 2) inability to establish a progressively
interesting and complex training program because of high turnover rate in untrained
personnel and failure of obligors released from active duty to participate
with drill pay units; 3) shortage of newly trained naval aviators; and 4)
difficulty in properly utilizing personnel who do not possess the requisite military
background for the unit’s specialty in the specialized form of drill pay
units to which they are assigned. It is expected that implementation on April
1, 1957, of the Secretary of Defense’s Directive of November 26, 1956, which
limits acceptance of enlistments in other than the 2-year and the 6-month enlistment
programs, and the impact of mandatory participation by obligors returning
from active duty after August 1957 will serve to eventually eliminate,
or ameliorate, the first two obstacles to improved readiness. In addition, the
affiliation rate of young aviators released from active duty has now increased
to 60 percent and this trend, if continued, will solve the third major training
problem. The fourth problem hampering the training program is still under
study. Difficulties experienced in officer procurement are being gradually overcome.
Despite obstacles encountered, improvement in the stability and qualitative
readiness in both the drill pay and non-drill pay Marine Corps Ready
Reserve has been experienced and should continue. Standby Reserves now
total 15,335 officers and 8,661 enlisted men. There are at present 5,826 officers
and 29,381 enlisted men of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty, and they
constitute 34 percent of the officer and 16 percent of the total active Marine
Corps strengths.
The Air National Guard. The end authorization of the Air National Guard
when all units have been activated will be 94,000, including 11,400 officers and
82,600 airmen. The Air National Guard increased in strength from 63,534, including
7,300 officers and 56,234 airmen on June 30, 1956, to a total of 64,880 (or
70 percent of the end goal strength), including 7,777 officers and 57,103 airmen
on December 31, 1956. Little difficulty has been experienced by the Air National
Guard in filling officer positions in units, with the exception of observers, and
the Air National Guard is manned adequately with airmen. All non-prior
service airmen have been urged to complete 11 weeks of basic training in an
active duty for training status. They have also been encouraged to complete
Air Force technical training courses appropriate to their Air Force specialty.
Completion of Air Force training courses decreases the time required to train
the new airmen and furthers unit readiness.
The state of training is considered satisfactory and is improving as is evidenced
by the fact that whereas on June 30, 1956, 17 fighter squadrons were
standing daylight runway alert with the Air Defense Command, by December 31,
1956, 20 squadrons were performing this duty. The Air National Guard has the
capability of assuming this responsibility at additional locations but has been
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prevented from so doing by the existing limitation imposed by manpower ceilings
on active duty spaces. A further indication of the state of readiness of the
Air National Guard is reflected in the fact that an Air National Guard Control
and Warning Unit is now providing for the Air Force 24-hour-a-day coverage
in Hawaii. Each Air National Guard unit conducts 48 unit training assemblies
annually. Participation in these assemblies has been at an average of 94 percent
for officers and 87 percent for airmen during the first half of fiscal year
1957.
The period covered by this report afforded the first opportunity to observe the
effect of the 36 additional drills which were authorized late in fiscal year 1956
for air crew members. Availability and utilization of these extra drills have
proved of invaluable assistance in improving the proficiency of the individual
and the combat readiness of the units. They have also been a major factor
contributing to an improved Air National Guard flying safety record.
There are 3,135 Air National Guard officers, 8 Air National Guard airmen, and
595 aviation cadets training under Air National Guard quotas on active duty.
These officers constitute 2 percent of the total active Air Force officer strength.
The Air Force Reserve. The Ready Reserve of the Air Force Reserve on December
31, 1956, included a total of 317,958, of which 82,377 were officers and
235,581 airmen. Only 29,511 officers and 26,802 airmen of this total are in a
paid participating status. On June 30, 1956, the Ready Reserve totaled 287,731
of which 30,438 officers and 23,773 airmen were in a paid participating status.
A comparison of the above figures indicates a decrease of 927 officers and an
increase of 3,029 airmen for the first half of fiscal year 1957 in paid participating
status. The increase of 45,456 airmen in the Ready Reserve of the Air
Force Reserve during this period was due mainly to airmen transferring to
the Air Force Reserve from active duty to complete their statutory obligation.
The present fiscal year 1958 end goal of the Air Force Ready Reserve and the
Air National Guard is now 314,000.
Training in the Air Force Reserve continues to be conducted in 2 categories,
1 for service in an organized unit which is to be mobilized on M-day and another
wherein individual instruction qualifies the individual for immediate recall to
active duty in the event of an emergency. As a result of a requirement review,
certain logistical, medical, and personnel processing units have been deleted
from the Air Force Reserve program. While there is a shortage of many
critical career fields, the Air Force Reserve is approximately 85 percent manned
with officers and 45 percent airmen. Little difficulty has been experienced in
filling officer positions, but there is a deficit in the number of airmen, particularly
those in lower grades. On October 1, 1956, the Air Force Reserve initiated
the practice of accepting in their training program only those non-prior-service
applicants between the ages of 17 and 18^ who agree to perform initially 6
months’ active duty for training and to remain a member of the Air Force
Reserve for 8 years. This practice should tend to stabilize personnel and improve
the quality of performance in all units. Limitations such as inadequate
facilities, shortages of modern aircraft, and the previously mentioned deficiency
in Reserve airmen, all have tended to impede the training program and prevent
attainment of end goals.
In spite of difficulties encountered, training has progressed and the present
outlook for increased facilities and greater input of modern aircraft is bright.
At the present time, Air Force Reserve Troop carrier crews are assisting in
meeting airlift requirements of the active Air Force. There are now 57,899
officers and 7,849 enlisted men in the Standby Reserve. Serving on active duty
are 109,586 officers and 3,557 enlisted personnel of the Air Force Reserve, and
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they constitute 78 percent of the officer and less than 1 percent of the enlisted
total active Air Force strengths.
Facilities
As all funds authorized under the National Defense Facilities Act (NDFA)
of 1950 have been expended or obligated, legislation is being prepared which
will increase the total available funds for reserve facilities. Provision is also
being made in the proposed law to extend the expenditure date limit for new
funds made available therein to July 1,1960.
While the Board notes with pleasure the steady progress being made in expanding
and increasing the facilities available for all components of the reserve
forces, it feels increased emphasis should be placed on the development or
acquisition of weekend training facilities and ranges for small arms firing. Such
facilities would permit completion of more phases of individual training during
weekly drill periods, which in turn would make additional time available for
unit training in the summer periods of active duty for training.
The Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. On December 31, 1956,
there were 4,768 Army Reserve training centers and National Guard armories
in use or programmed, of which 2,373 are considered adequate for continued
use. When all Army Reserve and National Guard units are activated and
manned, the Army will require a total of 5,350 training centers and armories.
The cost of the facilities mentioned above and the requirement for additional
authc rizations in fiscal year 1958 and future years to complete the Army’s
reserve forces construction programs totals $820 million. Funds appropriated
during fiscal years 1951-57 show $119 million to the National Guard and $70
million to the Army Reserve. Future requirements indicate a need for $283
million for the National Guard and $348 million for the Army Reserve.
The Naval Reserve. The Naval Reserve has at present 319 training centers,
27 major Naval Air Reserve training facilities, and 217 electronics facilities and
stations. Numberwise, the facilities program is approaching the ultimate
plan. Future planned additions consists of 2 new training centers and 1
Naval Air Reserve facility. Requirements are predominantly for the replacement,
expansion, and improvement of existing facilities which are inadequate
for efficient training of the Naval Reserve. Since fiscal year 1954, when the
Navy first utilized the authorization in the NDFA of 1950, $72 million has
been appropriated for the Naval Air and Surface Reserves. The revised longrange
construction program, in addition to the new additional facilities, consists
of the replacement of 71 inadequate training centers and electronics facilities,
expansions and rehabilitation projects at 39 training centers, and expansions,
replacements, and improvements at existing Naval Air stations, including relocations
of some stations. Estimated costs of these future requirements are
$353 million for the Naval Air Reserve and $32 million for the Surface Reserve.
The Marine Corps Reserve. The Marine Corps facilities program for fiscal
year 1958 involves eight projects at a total estimated cost of $1.4 million. The
fiscal year 1959 program includes 10 projects for a total cost of $2.3 million.
A long-range construction program has been established for accomplishment
subsequent to fiscal year 1958 which includes 33 projects totaling $7.2 million.
Approximately 38 percent of the major construction contemplated for fiscal
year 1958 is to be accomplished jointly with the Naval Reserve.
The Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. The current program
of the Air Force Reserve provides for a total of 24 wings, consisting of 72
tactical flying squadrons to be located at 59 different airfields and 107 Air
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Reserve centers (non-flying). As of December 31,1956, tactical operations were
being conducted at 37 airfields. Complete facilities have been constructed at a
few of these locations, but a continuing, extensive construction program is necessary
in order to provide the required facilities at these flying centers. At this
halfway point in the fiscal year, $12 million of fiscal year 1957 construction
funds had been utilized in the construction of facilities for the flying units and
apportionment of another $21.9 million had been requested, with early approval
of the Bureau of the Budget expected. Although there were 93 non-flying
centers in existence on December 31, 1956, only 6 centers have been constructed
or are now under construction. The fiscal year 1958 Reserve construction program
is proposed for $30 million, and again all of these funds will be utilized
to provide facilities for the flying units in order to achieve the desired degree
of combat capability at the earliest practicable date.
As of December 31, 1956, the Air National Guard had utilized fiscal year 1957
funds in the amount of $30.8 million for construction of facilities and in the
development of plans for projects scheduled in future years. They have a
requirement for a total of 94 flying bases and 42 non-flying bases. On December
31, 1956, the Air National Guard occupied 90 flying bases and
40 non-flying bases.
The Services continue to employ the principle of “joint use” to the maximum
practicable extent. At the present time, 25 flying centers are in joint use or
construction category by the Navy and the Air National Guard, an increase of
20 since the last report.
Equipment
The Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. The quantities of major
equipment on hand with Army Reserve units is progressively increasing as a
result of a Department of the Army Directive published in June 1956 which
initiated action to phase-out equipment pools in favor of issue of authorized
equipment directly to the using organizations. This new policy is being implemented
as rapidly as storage and maintenance facilities and the necessary
personnel can be provided. Although the organizational equipment on hand
with units is yet low in relation to authorized allowances, increased issue has
been made during the 6-month period. This unit equipment, together with
the equipment available in the Army Reserve equipment pools, is adequate to
assure the conduct of good training.
Although the equipment status of the Army National Guard is considered
satisfactory, there are, in some instances, shortages in the percentages of equipment
required for training—particularly in antiaircraft artillery, M-47 tanks,
integrated fire control systems, and radar equipment. The States have been
able to receive, store, and maintain the amount of equipment required for
training. However, the States are presently confronted with a serious problem
in performing proper field maintenance, particularly for heavy equipment, since
funds provided for this purpose have permitted employment of only 60 percent
of the technicians who are required in this area under approved maintenance
support criteria for the National Guard. The States’ abilities in the future to
maintain this equipment will depend upon the Federal Government continuing
to provide necessary funds to operate State-owned National Guard equipment,
storage, and maintenance facilities.
The Naval Reserve. Continuing progress has been made in the programming
of modern aircraft suitable for mobilization use in the Naval Air Reserve.
Eighty-five percent of the squadrons will be modernized by the end of fiscal year
1957, a 10 percent gain over the preceding year. All fighter squadrons and the
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desired number of attack squadrons are jet equipped. Such aircraft shortages
as exist are in transport, helicopter, and anti-submarine patrol squadrons. Airports
and facilities are for the most part World War II construction. Their
modernity has not always kept pace with the development of aircraft, with the
result that efficiency and latitude of training are in some cases restricted.
The Marine Corps Reserve. As of December 31, 1956, it is estimated that
all activated Marine Corps Reserve Ground Units had on hand an average of
80 percent of overall allowances. Approximately 70 percent of the authorized
equipment is modernized. The overall state of equipping Marine Corps Reserve
Aviation Units is estimated to be 90 percent for the VFM (Fighter) squadrons
and 80 percent for the Marine Corps Air Control Squadrons. These squadrons
have 80 percent and 85 percent, respectively, of authorized equipment modernized.
The state of equipping Marine Air Control Squadrons will continue to
improve as delivery of the modern electronics equipment takes place.
The Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. At the end of the
second quarter of fiscal year 1957, the Air Force Reserve possessed 878 aircraft.
This is a gross increase of 42, but an increase in jets of 138. Of the 878 aircraft
on hand, 476 are jets and 402 are conventional types. At the same time,
the Air National Guard had 2,123 aircraft, of which 1,487 are jet fighters and
211 are single engine jet trainers. During the period covered by this report,
the Air National Guard started receiving the rocket-firing F86D. It is estimated
that Air National Guard units were equipped with 87 perceat of the required
items on December 31, 1956. There is a shortage of certain communications,
electronics, and test equipment for initial requirements, though deliveries
are improving. New bases established in fiscal year 1956 and programmed for
fiscal years 1957 and 1958 will continue to get their equipment during the ensuing
2% years. A continuous modernization program includes the conversion
of flying units to the more modern all-weather type aircraft.
Milton G. Bakeb,
Chairman, Reserve Forces Policy Board
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Semiannual Report
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SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
July 1-December 31, 1956
The conversion of Army forces to the Pentomic concept continued
to receive high priority during the first half of fiscal year 1957, with
noteworthy progress in nearly all phases of this program.
New planning moved ahead at a faster rate, and firm steps were
taken for the reorganization of several infantry, airborne, and
armored divisions during the second half of the fiscal year. The
reorganization plan was presented to the Secretary of Defense and to
the President and is proceeding on schedule. The new type divisions
will be in addition to the 101st Airborne Division which was activated
under the Pentomic concept in September 1956. Current plans call
for all Army divisions to be reorganized under this concept by June
30,1958.
In addition to these changes, excellent progress toward the Pentomic
Army also was reflected in the research and development programs
for new, lighter, and more powerful equipment.
Progress, too, was made in the increased procurement of new materiel,
particularly in the missiles and electronics fields, with concurrent
reductions in the purchase of equipment not fully adaptable
to the requirements of more mobile warfare in an atomic battle area.
In the continued program of modernizing the Army inventory, 85
types of World War II vehicles were declared obsolete, including
ambulances, trailers, semi-trailers, and trucks, both tactical and commercial.
These items, and others, are being eliminated from the
Army Supply System.
At the same time, the Army continued the expansion of production
facilities for new weapons and undertook measures to adapt advanced
industrial techniques to the manufacture of weapons and equipment
required for future warfare. These new procedures will save manpower
and materials and enhance production efficiency.
In mobilization planning, a new concept was developed to provide
programs immediately responsive to the requirements of warfare in
the atomic age.
Several management improvements of major significance were
achieved during the first half of the fiscal year:
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-The office of an Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Components
was established, replacing the office of the Special
Assistant for Reserve Components.
-The reorganization of the Army Program System was completed,
to be effective in fiscal year 1959. The present 16
programs, with which the Army manages its non-tactical
activities, will be replaced by 5 programs: Troop, Materiel,
Installations, Reserve Components, and Research and
Development.
-The Command Management System was extended to all Army
Areas in the United States on October 1, 1956, with plans
for its further extension throughout the Caribbean and
Alaska Commands by January 1, 1957, and April 1, 1957,
respectively, and throughout the European and Pacific Commands
by January 1,1958.
In the Army’s housing program, barracks spaces for an additional
6,562 enlisted men were begun and 6,637 others were completed during
the period of this report. Work also was started on 122 new
family housing units and 1,825 were completed. Under the Capehart
housing program 3,020 units were placed under contract, with
plans for the award of contracts on 16,980 during the balance of the
fiscal year. The overall shortage of family housing, however,
continued to have an adverse effect on Army morale.
Under the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, as of
December 31, 1956, a total of 102,518 men had come into the Army
Reserve in the 17 months since the passage of the Act. The increased
momentum of the program was shown by the fact that while 52,860
men had entered the Reserve during the first 12 months, for an
average of approximately 4,405 per month, 49,658 men joined the
program during the next 5 months, for an average of 9,932 per month.
A noteworthy activity of the Army during this half of the fiscal
year was occasioned by the Hungarian refugee emergency. In November
1956 the Army was assigned responsibility for staging and
housing the refugees upon their arrival in the United States. Circumstances
allowed only 6 days in which to open Camp Kilmer, New
Jersey, for what at first was thought would be only 5,000 persons.
On an emergency basis, the Army rehabilitated the camp’s facilities,
reestablished utility services, and organized the reception center. As
the number of refugees increased successively, the Army expeditiously
prepared barracks and other facilities to receive them. Approximately
3,500 Army personnel had been provided by December
31, 1956, to manage housing, food, and complete medical care for the
refugees. Office space and utilities also were provided for 23 additional
agencies working with the refugees.
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By the end of December 1956,15,140 refugees had arrived at Camp
Kilmer, but only 6,388 were still in the camp, the remainder having
been resettled by the refugee agencies. The work had cost approximately
$3 million, excluding the pay of the Army personnel.
Continued reductions brought civilian strength to 430,212 on December
31, 1956, the lowest force since March 1950. Simultaneously,
the need for higher civilian skills increased. A thorough survey of
utilization of scientists and engineers in 14 Army research installations
pointed out ways for some improvements. These steps are
being implemented and should reduce the effects of continuing shortages
of professional manpower. The mobilization plan for civilian
employment and utilization was completed and essential readiness
actions initiated.
As of December 31, 1956, Army military strength had been adjusted
to 992,290, a reduction of 33,488 since the end of fiscal year
1956.
Wilber M. Brucker,
Secretary of the Army.

Semiannual Report
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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
July 1-December 31, 1956
The first six months of the fiscal year 1957 has seen continued
progress in maintaining the Navy and the Marine Corps at a high
level of readiness and effectiveness. New weapons, equipment, and
tactics made possible by the scientific and technical developments of
recent years are steadily enlarging the capabilities and the striking
power of our naval forces.
Modernization of our aircraft carriers has been pursued vigorously
in order to keep pace with the high performance and weight requirements
of today’s naval aircraft. Operations with new and
converted attack carriers, equipped with such improvements as the
angled deck, powerful steam catapults, improved arresting gear, and
the mirror landing system, have provided an enlarged carrier capability
and flight decks equivalent to 10,000-foot land runways.
This is especially true of the new attack carriers, the first two of
which, the Forrestal and Saratoga, are now in the fleet. They represent
a means of taking full advantage of these improvements since
they were designed from keel up to handle the modern high performance
aircraft of today as well as tomorrow’s aircraft of even
higher performance. Their size provides adequately for an air
group consisting of fighter squadrons, attack squadrons, and detachments
for reconnaissance and airborne early warning. Moreover,
the composition of the air group can be adjusted readily to meet
changing tactical situations. They represent completely modern and
highly mobile floating airbases capable of projecting United States
airpower to trouble areas in many parts of the world.
Our guided missiles ably complement our manned weapons systems,
with important gains in achieving true operational capability
in such missiles. Our forces deployed in the troubled Middle East
area are equipped with the SPARROW I and SIDEWINDER airto-
air missiles, and to a limited extent with the TERRIER air defense
missile and the REGULUS I surface-to-surface missile. The
overall progress in missiles is gratifying, particularly in view of
the naval problems of limited space, salt water environment, ship
motion, and special safety requirements.
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The Marine Corps is making steady progress in implementing its
vertical envelopment concept of amphibious operations. New Tables
of Organization and Equipment have been developed after extensive
study. Under them, Marine units will be somewhat smaller in number
of personnel, much lighter in terms of vehicles and heavy equipment,
much more mobile, and more powerful in terms of weapons.
The First Division and the Third Air Wing are now testing the new
organization under field conditions; their experience will be available
to the other divisions and wings when they reorganize in fiscal year
1958. An important item in this new tactical concept is a high-lift
helicopter, and the HR2S model is the initial answer to this requirement.
This giant helicopter now holds the official speed and lifting
records for rotary-wing aircraft. Other items in development include
air-transportable high-energy catapults and arresting gear for short
runways at advanced bases; an improved control and guidance system
for close air support; a tactical airfield fuel dispensing system;
a roto-chute for aerial cargo delivery; and a lightweight assaulttype
air-search radar.
Our efforts in the field of nuclear energy continue to bring results
in both weapons and propulsion. More specialized weapons developed
for specific naval tasks have gone into the stockpile. The
submarine Nautilus is the outstanding achievement in propulsion.
Her water-cooled reactor, to be refueled soon after over 60,000 miles
of operation, has demonstrated conclusively the practicability and
advantages of nuclear propulsion in naval tasks. Her sister ship, the
Seawolf, has not been so successful. Problems developing in the use
of liquid sodium as the reactor coolant in the Seawolfs shipboard installation
have not been completely solved. She is presently being
limited to 80 percent of her designed horsepower rating with more
operational tests to be made. All new submarines will be equipped
with nuclear power plants of proven design, and work is continuing
on the application of nuclear power to surface vessels and water-based
aircraft.
Steady improvement is being made in the personnel and training
fields. Machine methods for processing personnel records are being
developed and should greatly facilitate the proper utilization and distribution
of military personnel. Educational opportunities for both
officer and enlisted personnel have been enhanced by changes in correspondence
course procedures, the inauguration of a new 5-term
college training program, the establishment of an advanced school
program for enlisted personnel, and the establishment of the Navy
Management School. These programs should bring many benefits in
training, efficiency, and ultimate savings. Similar results are expected
in civilian personnel from training and development programs
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 31
for young persons having scientific or engineering potential, and
from supervisor development and incentive awards programs.
This report for the first half of this fiscal year is in condensed
form, in accordance with the procedure established in prior years.
The report for the end of the fiscal year will include a detailed narrative
for the entire year.
W. B. Franke,
Under Secretary of the Nary.

Semiannual Report
of the
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
July 1-December 31, 1956

Semiannual Report
of the
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
July 1-December 31, 1956
This report, mainly in tabular form, covers the first six months
of fiscal year 1957. A comprehensive report embracing Air Force
activities for the entire fiscal year will be submitted after June
30, 1957.
Our air weapons are in a period of transition to a time when unmanned
aircraft will be used in great numbers for both offensive
and defensive purposes. Scientific and technical problems in propulsion,
guidance, and aerodynamics are being overcome, and we
are confident that for the generation of weapons now planned we
have found the answers we need to permit us to proceed on a production
basis.
This dynamic situation requires constant reappraisal. Accordingly,
we have modified the composition of our 137-wing program
to insure that our force structure is best designed to meet current
demands which may be imposed upon it. One strategic fighter wing,
for instance, has been redesignated as a fighter-bomber wing,
and 5 fighter wings scheduled for completion in fiscal year 1957 will
not be completed. Four troop carrier assault wings are becoming
combat-ready and will be added to the major combat forces this year.
In addition, our first combat-ready tactical missile wing, equipped
with the MATADOR, will be added to our force structure for a
year-end total of 137 wings. As a result of these program changes,
aircraft will become available to modernize units of the Air Reserve
Forces earlier than originally planned.
In fiscal year 1958, we propose to reduce our combat force in numbers
to 128 wings by dropping 5 strategic fighter wings, 1 tactical
bomber wing, and 3 tactical fighter-bomber wings. These additional
changes rise out of our continuous review of the task and the means
at our disposal to accomplish it. Despite the impending numerical
adjustment in wing structure, the collective unit firepower of the Air
Force will markedly increase over the firepower that the present force
commands.
The changes that we deem necessary to meet the requirements of
maintaining the highest level of combat efficiency consistent with
430035-57- G 35
36 SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
resources available to the Air Force are not inexpensive. Our greatest
expenditures, in fact, will be macle in the areas of modernizing
our long-range strategic bomber force, improving the capability of
our day fighter and interceptor forces, and increasing the reliability
of our guided missile systems.
The Air Force continues to face the crucial problem of an adequate
supply of experienced, technically trained, career-minded people to
maintain and operate our forces. We have made some important
progress in solving the problem of retention of needed individuals,
but we still have a long way to go in retaining pilots, technicians, and
other skilled people. We are hopeful that studies of this problem
will produce legislative recommendations that will receive favorable •
consideration in the Congress.
James H. Douglas,
Secretary of the Air Force.
APPENDIX

APPENDIX 39
MILITARY FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
T able 1. MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL
FUND APPROPRIATIONS, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
(Excluding working, revolving, and expired general and special fund appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[Thousands of dollars]
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957 Obligations incurred
Unobli-
Unobli- N ew obligational avail- gated
D ep artm en t and gated ab ility balance
ap p ro p riatio n balance _____________________________ O ther Reim- T otal as of
brought transfers burse- fiscal Ju ly Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 31 Dec.
forward Congres- an d m ents year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
1 Ju ly sional T rans- T o tal recissions 1957
1956 appropri- fers
ations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E P A R T M E N T OF
D E F E N S E :
General F u n d Accounts:
All A ppropriations 11,535,595 34, 735,127 5, 974 34, 741,101 -46,110 R 1, 834,372 48,057,958 M o n 2, 688,917 3, 779, 589 3,096, 351 2,904, 393 2,917, 324 4,172,356
other th a n Mili- -7 ,0 0 0 T C um 2, 688,917 6, 468, 506 9, 564, 857 12, 469,250 15,386, 574 19, 558,930 28,499,028
tary P ublic
W orks.
M ilitary P u b lic 842,158 1,398,450 437,000 1,835,450 __________ 24,045 2,701,654 M on 100,594 111,884 151,242 129,705 125,324 127,420
Works. C um 100,594 212,478 363,720 493,425 618,749 746,169 1,955,485
S u b to tal________ 12, 377, 754 36,133, 577 442, 974 36, 576, 551 -46,110 R 1, 858, 417 50, 759, 612 M on 2, 789, 511 3, 891, 473 3, 247, 592 3, 034,099 3,042, 648 4,299, 777
-7 , 000 T Cum 2, 789,511 6, 680, 984 9,928, 576 12,962, 675 16,005,323 20,305,100 30,454,512
See footnotes a t end of table
40 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 1. MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL
FUND APPROPRIATIONS, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE—Continued
(Excluding working, revolving, and expired general and special fund appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
Unobligated
balance
as of
31 Dec.
1956
to
t-H
25,258
30, 479, 770
6,265
Obligations incurred
Dec
1956
z—x
4,305
21,015
4,304,081
20,326,114
959
8,235
N ov
1956
vC-O4,
3,377
16, 710
3,046, 025
16,022,033
1,038
7,276
Oct
1956
v—
4,110
13, 333
3,038,208
12,976,008
1,060
6,238
Sept
1956
3,324
9, 223
3, 250, 918
9,937, 800
2,645
5,178
b2D CIOO 3s r—<,
3,429
5,899
3,894, 900
6, 686, 882
1,099
| 1,434| 2,533
Ju ly
1956
2,470
2,470
2, 791, 982
2, 791, 982
1,434
Mon
Cum
Mon
C um
M on
Cum
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957
O wq die
46,272
_______
50, 805, 884
14,500
Reimbursem
ents
(7)
to
1, 858, 462
O ther
transfers
and
recissions
tf Eh
7 1
N ew obligational availab
ility
T o tal
(5)
44,000
36, 620, 551
009 ‘H
T ranstZ>
Z~x
442, 974
Congressional
ap p ro p riations
(3)
44,000
36,177, 577
14, 500
U nobligated
balance
brought
forward
1 .Tnlv
1956
(2)
2, 227
12, 379, 981
D ep artm en t and
ap p ro p riatio n
T—
D E P A R T M E N T OF
D E F E N S E—Con.
General F u n d Account:—
Con.
Special F u n d Accounts.
T O T A L—D ep artm
en t of D efense.
OSD A N D IN T E R S
E R V IC E A C T
IV IT IE S :
Salaries an d E xpenses,
OSD.
APPENDIX 41
Salaries an d Ex- _________ 450 _______ 450 ____________________ 450 M on 38 38 35 36 33 36
penses, O PA . C um 38 76 111 147 180 216 234
Claim s_______________________ 11,000 - ..........- 11,000 ____________________ 11,000 M on 522 675 841 741 675 690
C um 522 1,197 2,038 2,779 3,454 4,144 6,856
C o n stru ctio n of 11,631__________________________________________________ 11,631 M o n ------------- 54 9 --------------- 250 30
Ships, M S T S . C um ________ 54 63 63 313 343 11,288
Contingencies________________ 32,500 _______ 32,500 ------------------------------- 32,500 M on 4 105 —19 14 68 1,243
Cum 4 109 90 104 172 1,415 31,085
Em ergency F u n d ____________ 85,000 -17,223 67,778 ------------------------------- 67,778 M on --------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------
C um ___________________________________________________________ 67,778
R etired P a y _________________ 515, 000 - - - - - - 515,000 ____________________ 515,000 Mon 41,301 42,366 41,786 42,258 42,496 42,416
C um 41,301 83,667 125,453 167,711 210,207 252,623 262,377
Salaries an d Ex- _________ 375 _______ 375 ----- ------------------------- 375 M on 29 32 25 29 28 26
penses, C o u rt C um 29 61 86 115 143 169 206
of M ilitary
Appeals.
S u b to tal________ 11,631 658,825 -17,223 641,603 ____________________ 653,233 M on 43,329 44,369 45,321 44,140 44,586 45,400 --------------
Cum 43,329 87,698 133,019 177,159 221,745 267,145 386,089
M ilitary Construe- _______________________________________________________________________ M o n ------------------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------------
tion, Foreign Cum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Countries.
F am ily H ousing___ 6,445 __________________ ________________________________ 5,446 M on 295 278 225 300 457 262 --------------
Cum 295 573 798 1,098 1,555 1,817 4,628
Access R o ad s______ 2,450 __________________________________________________ 2,450 M on 171 —21 —24 208 300 203 --------------
Cnm 171 150 126 334 634 837 1,613
L oran S tations_______________ 5,450 _______ 5,450 ------------------------------- 5,450 M on ---------------------------- 5,450 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Cnm __________________ 5,450 5,450 5,450 5,450 --------------
T O T A L—OSD and 20,526 664,275 -17,223 647,053 ____________________ 667,578 M o n 43,795 44,626 50,972 44,648 45,344 45,864 --------------
Interservice C um 43,795 88,421 139,393 184,041 229,385 275,249 392,329
Activities.
D E P A R T M E N T OF
T H E A RM Y :
M ilitary Personnel ________ 3,566, 704 - 9 3, 566, 695 __________ 172, 600 3, 739, 295 Mon 289,161 325,445 315, 768 314, 710 306, 844 296, 037
C um 289,161 614,606 930,374 1,245,084 1,551,928 1,847,965 1,891,330
See footnotes a t end of table.
42 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 1. MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL
FUND APPROPRIATIONS, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE—Continued
(Excluding working, revolving, and expired general and special fund appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
CD
Unobligated
balance
as of
31 Dec.
1956
(15)
1, 704,017
2, 741, 789
63,479
122, 736
169, 730
218,100
248
3,337
Obligations incurred
Dec.
1956
(14)
342, 507
1,611,053
119,030
541,365
3, 561
15, 749
11,384
92, 664
19,131
151, 232
46, 576
231,474
10
109
406
2,278
Nov
1956
(13)
270, 395
1, 268. 546
185,554
422,335
2,888
12,188
10, 869
81,280
20,891
132,101
38,052
184,898
47
99
398
1, 872,
Oct
1956
(12)
292, 655
998,151
182, 504
236, 781
2,316
9,300
10, 546
70, 411
20, 014
111, 210
41,884
146, 846
17
52
370
1,474
Sept
1956
(ID
224,076
705, 496
10, 720
54, 277
2,159
6,984
10, 893
59, 865
23, 264
91,196
38,965
104,962
6
35
340
1,104
Aug
1956
(10)
241,370
481, 420
56, 443
43, 557
3, 255
4, 825
20, 931
48,972
34,456
67,932
34,823
65,997
10
29
418
764,
Ju ly
1956
(9)
240,050
240, 050
-1 2 , 886
-1 2 , 886
1,570
1, 570
28, 041
28, 041
33,476
33,476
31,174
31,174
19
19
346
346
g a g a g a gagggsgsga
So S o So SoSoSoSoSo
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957
T otal
fiscal
year
1957
(8)
3,315, 070
3,283,154
79, 228
215, 400
320,962
449, 574
357
5, 615
• cn
S CD^
CD M a
253, 021
758,387
400
800
11,000
5
Other
transfers
and
recissions
(6)
N ew obligational availab
ility
T o tal
(5)
3,054,041
55,000
215,000
320,162
410,023
357
5,000
T ran sfers
(4)
▼C—O< 1I 1। i1 I1 CO I1 l1 Oil ii ii
Congressional
ap p ro p riations
(3)
3,055,057
55,000
215,000
320,162
410,000
357
5, 000
U nobligated
balance
brought
forw ard
1 Ju ly
1956
(2)
8,009
2, 524, 767
24,228
28, 552
610
D ep artm en t and
appropriation
Ph ci . 8 . "5 । ,2
r O S S ±503. a 7? Q 03 ®
.2 a a ° cs a
S u fl a .2 .2 § 8
« O o ft n 33 ® » g O g ft g S
PH tn S a S 03 <3 M a o
Q
APPENDIX 43
Alaska C om m unication
System.
C onstruction— 1 ,3 6 1__________________ ________________________________ 1,361 M on ________ (*) 2 9 -------------- 1 _________
Alaska Commu- C um ......... .. (*) 29 29 30 30 1,330
nication System.
P rep aratio n for _________ 18,500 _______ 18,500 ____ ______ 45 18,545 M on 1,412 1,647 1,579 2,329 1,475 1,650
Sale or Salvage C um 1,412 3,059 4,638 6,967 8,442 10,092 8,453
of M ilitary
P ro p erty .
S u b to tal________ 2,587,526 7,645,780 -1 ,0 0 3 7,644,777 __________ 1,196,257 11,428,561 M on 612,363 718,798 627,799 867,345 837,414 840,292
C um 612,363 1,331,161 1,958,960 2,826,305 3,663,719 4,504,013 6,924,548
M ilitary Construe- 303,306 __________ 202,000 202,000 __________ 12,550 517,856 M on 8,284 16,088 31,520 25,690 16,782 25,877
tion. C um 8,284 24,372 55,892 81,582 98,364 124,241 393,615
T O T A L—De- 2,890, 832 7, 645, 780 200, 997 7, 846, 777 __________ 1,208,807 11,946,416 M on 620, 647 734, 886 659,319 893, 035 854,197 866,168
p a rtm e n to f Cum 620,647 1,355,533 2,014,852 2,097,887 3,762,084 4,628,254 7,318,162
th e Army.
D E P A R T M E N T OF
T H E NAVY:
M ilitary Personnel _________ 2,478,316 _______ 2,478,316 _________ 28, 714 2, 507, 030 Mon 206, 239 205,374 204, 280 205,906 214,060 206, 553
C um 206,239 411,613 615,893 821,799 1,035,859 1,242,412 1,264,618
Reserve Personnel _________ 95,000 _______ 95,000 ........... 77 95,077 Mon 12,363 7,424 5,036 5,468 4,985 5,134
Cum 12,363 19,787 24,823 30,291 35,276 40,410 54,667
N av y Personnel, 5,293 83,980 83,980 3,518 92,792 Mon 5,503 6,108 6,171 8,082 7,792 6,693
G e n e r a l E x - Cum 5,503 11,611 17,782 25,864 33,656 40,349 52,443
penses.
M ilitary Personnel, _________ 647,100 . ............. 647,100 __________ 17,007 664,107 Mon 55,309 52,092 53,378 57,023 52,534 49,954
M arine Corps. Cum 55,309 107,401 160,779 217,802 270,336 320,290 343,817
Reserve Personnel, _________ 26,800 . ......... 26,800 __________ 1,237 28,037 Mon 2,724 3,211 1,480 1,498 1,794 1,209
M arine Corps. Cum 2,724 5,935 7,415 8,913 10,707 11,916 16,121
M arine Corps 7,710 171,820 _______ 171,820 __________ 5,959 185,489 M on 11,543 12,635 12,882 14,618 13,542 12,159
T ro o p sa n d Cum 11,543 24,178 37,060 51,678 65,220 77,379 108,110
Facilities.
M arine Corps 314,102 164,000 . ......... 164,000 __________ 1,559 479,661 Mon 3,057 -1 ,4 5 6 394 4,715 8,264 20,258
P rocurem ent. Cum 3,057 1,601 1,995 6,710 14,974 35,232 444,429
See footnotes a t end of table.
44 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 1. MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL
FUND APPROPRIATIONS, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE—Continued
(Excluding working, revolving, and expired general and special fund appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957 Obligations incurred
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Unobligated
Unobli- N ew obligational avail- balance
D ep artm en t and gated ab ility as of
appropriation balance _____________________________ O ther Reim- T o tal 31 Dec.
b ro u g h t transfers burse- fiscal Ju ly Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1956
forward Congres- and m ents year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
1 Ju ly sional T rans- T o tal recissions 1957
1956 appropri- fers
ations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E P A R T M E N T OF
T H E N A V Y—Con.
Aircraft and ................... 810,772 _______ 810,772 __________ 36,600 847,372 M on 53,630 60,658 57,176 67,235 71,791 66,564
Facilities. Cum 53,630 114,288 171,464 238,699 310,490 377,054 470,318
Aircraft and 2,022,229 1,732,900 _______ 1,732,900 __________ 9,651 3,764,780 Mon 49,360 511,201 278,096 206,592 147,367 183,208
R elated Cum 49,360 560,561 838,657 1,045,249 1,192,616 1,375,824 2,388,956
P rocurem ent.
Ships and 4,371 766,040 _______ 766,040 __________ 28,349 798,760 Mon 86,260 53,718 44,897 86,366 57,627 58,663
Facilities. Cum 86,260 139,978 184,875 271,241 328,868 387,531 411,229
C onstruction of 58,985 _____________________________-22,228 R -5 8 29,699 Mon 1,776 -7 0 9 671 -1 8 -1 ,6 2 9 2,597
Ships. -7 ,0 0 0 T Cum 1,776 1,067 1,738 1,720 91 2,688 27,011
P rocurem ent of 127,735 294,000 _______ 294,000 __________ 51,083 472,818 Mon 4,900 8,447 20,118 53,147 29,605 68,323
Ordnance an d Cum 4,900 13,347 33,465 86,612 116,217 184,540 288,278
A m m unition.
Shipbuilding and 912, 976 1,479,700 _______ 1, 479,700 __________ 35,378 2,428,055 M on 334,908 110,669 94,486 115, 243 49,383 62,257
Conversion. Cum 334,908 445,577 540,063 655,306 704,689 766,946 1,661,109
Ordnance and _________ 163,680 _______ 163,680 __________ 7,368 171,048 Mon 11,967 14,669 10,069 13,524 11,181 13,329
Facilities. C um 11,967 26,636 36,705 50,229 61,410 74,739 96,309
APPENDIX 45
Ordnance for N ew 29,112 -------------------------------------------- -22,000 R _________ 7,112 Mon -1 3 6 ________ 12 11 18 -9 6
C onstruction. Cum -1 3 6 -1 3 6 -1 2 4 -1 1 3 -9 5 -1 9 1 7,303
Medical Care -------------- 61,323 _______ 61,323 __________ 19,875 81,198 Mon 5,090 5,830 5,741 6,508 6,475 5,913
Cum 5,090 10,920 16,661 23,169 29,644 35,557 45,641
Civil Engineering 2,432 129,600 — ......... 129,600 __________ 32,038 164,070 Mon 9,904 11,463 9,942 12,764 11,598 13,251
Cum 9,904 21,367 31,309 44,073 55,671 68,922 95,148
M ilitary Construe- 35,397 9,704 --------------- 9,704 __________ (*) 45,101 M on 320 1,238 329 1,401 461 956
tion, N av al Re- C um 320 1,558 1,887 3,288 3,749 4,705 40,396
serve Forces.
C onstruction, 1,882 ________________ . ___________ —1,882 R ________ (*) Mon _________________________________________________ (*)
W ater S upply Cum _________________________________________________ (*) (*)
Facilities
Research an d De- 19,002 492,000 22,000 514,000 __________ 30,819 563,821 M on 22,723 43,773 42,532 70,954 36,124 44,491
velopment. C um 22,723 66,496 109,028 179,982 216,106 260,597 303,224
Service-wide Sup- 202 289,644 ------------ 289,644 __________ 11,938 301,784 Mon 32,348 23,734 23,263 28,744 22,808 24,321
ply and Finance. Cum 32,348 56,082 79,345 108,089 130,897 155,218 146,566
Service-wide Oper- -------------- 102,435 ----------- 102,435 __________ 4,199 106,634 Mon 7,110 7,629 7,498 8,355 7,140 7,153
ations. Cum 7,110 14,739 22,237 30,592 37,732 44,885 61,749
N av al P etroleum -------------- 683 ----------- 683 ____________________ 683 Mon 93 130 91 15 10 52
Reserves. Cum 93 223 314 329 339 391 292
P rep aratio n for Sale -------------- 11,000 _______ 11,000 ____________________ 11,000 Mon 619 786 740 929 952 742
or Salvage of Cum 619 1,405 2,145 3,074 4,026 4,768 6,232
M ilitary P ro p erty.
Ship’s Stores Profit 2,227 7,500 _______ 7,500 ____________________ 9,727 M on 35 494 654 449 541 888
Cum 35 529 1,183 1,632 2,173 3,061 6,666
S u b to tal________ 3, 543, 657 10, 017,997 22, 000 10,039, 997 -4 6 , 110 R 325, 312 13, 855,856 Mon 917, 642 1,139, 121 879,936 969, 529 754,423 854, 571
-7 ,0 0 0 T Cum 917,642 2,056,763 2,936,699 3,906,228 4,660,651 5,515,222 8,340,634
M ilitary Con- 185,795 165,000 235,000 400,000 __ 1,200 586,995 Mon 20,617 31,978 7,467 35,465 25,206 33,400
struction, N av y . C um 20,617 52,595 60,062 95,527 120,733 154,133 432,862
T O T A L—De- 3,729,452 10,182,997 257,000 10,439,997 - 46,110 R 326,512 14,442,851 M on 938,259 1,171,099 887,403 1,004,995 779,628 887,971
p artm en t of -7 ,0 0 0 T C um 938,259 2,109,358 2,996,761 4,001,756 4,781,384 5,669,355 8,773,496
th e N avy.
--- -= - ---------------- -----: = = : ■ = -: ■■■■ : ' ; . . : - = = = = = = = = = = - ■ -------= = = = = ■■■■■■ = = = = =
See footnotes a t end of table.
MILITARY FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 1. MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIAL
FUND APPROPRIATIONS, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE—Continued
(Excluding working, revolving, and expired general and special fund appropriations)
46 APPEND)]
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957 Obligations Incurred
Unobli- N ew obligational avail- D ep artm en t and gated ab ility balance
appropriation balance _____________________________ O ther Reim- T o tal as of
brought transfers burse- fiscal Ju ly Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 31 Dec.
forward Congres- and m ents year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
1 Ju ly sional T rans- T o tal recissions 1957
1956 appropri- fers
ations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E P A R T M E N T OF
T H E A IR F O R C E :
Aircraft and Re- 4,594, 099 6,848, 500 -------- 6,848, 500 __________ 29,780 11,472, 379 M on 267,053 1,087, 226 654, 979 180, 369 484,115 1,549,955 _________
lated Procure- C um 267,053 1,354,279 2,009,258 2,189,627 2,673,742 4,223,697 7,248,682
m ent.
P rocurem ent o th er 752, 025 1,140,000 ----------- 1,140,000 ---------------- 59, 560 1,951,585 M on 44,156 67, 217 115,991 122,066 102,853 154,240
th an Aircraft. C um 44,156 111,373 227,364 349,430 452,283 606,523 1,345,062
Operation an d 10,120 3,742,685 ----------- 3,742,685 __________ 179, 349 3,932,154 M on 407,894 352,996 354,594 321,954 339,840 348,490
M aintenance. Cum 407,894 760,890 1,115,484 1, 437,438 1,777,278 2,125, 768 1,806, 386
M ilitary Personnel -------------- > 3,690,340 ------------- 3,690,340 ---------------- 30,953 3,721,293 M on 309,351 314,625 311,187 315,390 298,522 323,111
Cum 309, 351 623,976 935,163 1,250,553 1, 549,075 1,872,186 1,849,107
Research and 38,763 710,000 2,200 712,200 ---------------- 11,667 762,631 M on 60,772 35,367 87,907 57,206 41,257 40,815
Developm ent. C um 60,772 96,139 184,046 241,252 282,509 323,324 439,307
Reserve Personnel -------------- 59,300 59,300 — . ............. 1,120 60,420 M on 6,031 3,848 2,250 5,091 2,186 3,612
C um 6,031 9,879 12,129 17,220 19,406 23,018 37,402
Air N atio n al ----------------- 258,700 258,700 -------------- 419 259,119 M on 22,391 18,950 19,361 25,007 15,099 15,148
G uard. Cum 22,391 41,341 60,702 85,709 100,808 115,956 143,163
APPENDIX 47
P rep aratio n for _________ 7,000 _______ 7,000 — ....................... 7,000 Mon 405 500 353 401 410 1,025
Sale or Salvage C um 405 905 1,258 1,659 2,069 3,094 3,906
of M ilitary
P ro p erty .
S u b to tal________ 5,395,008 16,456,525 2,200 16,458,725 __________ 312,847 22,166,580 Mon 1,118,052 1,880,731 1,546,620 1,027,487 1,284,280 2,436,396
C um 1,118,052 2, 998, 783 4, 545, 403 5,572,890 6,857,169 9, 293, 565 12,873, 015
M ilitary Con- 344,163 1, 228,000 _______ 1, 228,000 __________ 10, 295 1,582, 459 M on 71,228 63, 559 106, 604 68,044 82, 577 67, 679
struction, Air Cum 71,228 134,787 241,391 309,435 392,012 459,691 1,122,767
Force.
T OT A L—D ep art- 5,739,171 17,684,525 2, 200 17, 686,725 __________ 323,143 23,749,039 M on 1,189, 280 1, 944,290 1, 653, 224 1,095, 530 1, 366,857 2, 504, 076
m e n to fth e C um 1,189,280 3,133,570 4,786,794 5,882,324 7,249,181 9,753,257 13,995,782
Air F o r c e . ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*Less th an $500.
» Excludes $28,100,000 ap p ro p riated to the account “M ilitary Personnel, Air Force, 1956” b y w arran t action retroactive to 30 Ju n e 1956.
Source: S tan d ard F orm 133.
N o te—A m ounts will n o t necessarily ad d to totals due to rounding.

APPENDIX 49
U n p aid
obliga-
L1UJLL&
31 Deo
1956
(15)
25,175,292
3,008
208,819
1,257,131
15,102
3,616
26,662,968
Unexpended
balance
31 Dec
1956
(14)
50,580,256
28,007
270,444
1,004,152
463,495
19,247
8,835
52,374,437
E xpenditures
Dec
1956
(13)
3,115, 249
17,494,931
4,754
20,952
23,050
16,925
-26,523
-235,534
-2,611
15,380
1,231
6,214
488
7,284
3,115,638
17,326,151
Nov
1956
(12)
3,108,197
14,379,682
3,633
16,198
17,454
-6.125
-3 0 , 829
-209,011
9,994
17,991
-2 1
4,983
1,340
6, 796
3.109,768
14,210, 513
Oct
1956
(ID
3, 206,979
11,271,485
3,561
12,565
-3 , 595
-23,579
—62,684
-178,182
-6 ,8 0 8
7,997
3, 411
5,004
1,313
5,456
3,142,176
11.100,745
Sept
1956
(10)
2,771,966
8,064,506
3,348
9,004
1,750
-19,984
-8 8 , 614
-115,498
-7,084
14,805
908
1,593
1,994
4,143
2,684,267
7,958,569
Aug
1956
(9)
3,016.415
5,292,540
3,418
5,656
26, 719
-21,734
-32,465
-26,884
15,569
21,889
1,044
685
1,684
2,149
3,032,385
5, 274,302
Ju ly
1956
(8)
2,276,125
2,276,125
2,238
2,238
-48,453
-48,453
5,581
5,581
6,320
6,320
-359
-359
465
465
2,241, 917
2,241,917
2 3 2 §2 fl 2 fl 2 3 ° ° 3 Mon
Cum
A m ounts available for expenditure fiscal year 1957
T otal
fiscal
year
1957
(7)
68,075,187
48,959
287,368
768,618
478,875
25,461
16,119
69, 700, 588
Other
transfers
and
recissions
(6)
-46,110 R
61,994 T
319 T
-510,000 R
-235,000 T
-162,000 R
-6 1 6 T
375 T
104 T
-718,110 R
-172,824 T
N ew obligational
availability a
T otal
(5)
34,741,101
33,125
34,774, 226
T ran sfers
(4)
5,974
5,974
Congressional
appropriations
(3)
34, 735,127
33,125
34,768.252
■ "fl g'fl
fl a 2 £a § S3
g—i
1
5
APPENDIX 55
See footnotes a t end of table.
00
s
co
4,910, 750
322,582
5,233,332
12,160
5,245,492
46,061
15,452
11,698
41,323
4,070
43,126
00
10, 737,855
503,484
11,241,339
12,160
11,253,499
1,326,137
87, 745
58,003
440, 765
24,600
164,996
488
7,647
776,229
4,312,087
34,324
208,688
810, 552,
4, 520, 775
-5 ,3 2 7
-12,160
805,225
4,508,615
210, 505
1,237,227
2,277
40,360
6,492
38, 754
52, 270
305, 525
947
12,978
13,724
85,129
1,341
7,159
735,024
3, 535,858
34,590
174,364
769,615
3, 710,223
-27,491
-6 ,8 3 3
742,124
3,703,390
216,108
1,026, 722
7,130
38,083
6, 584
32,262
48,436
253, 255
1,785
12,031
12,852
71,405
1,308
5,818
727,945
2, 800, 834
47,333
139,774
775,277
2,940,608
26, 795
20,658
802,072
2,961,266
229,383
810, 614
7,413
30,953
6,766
25,678
56,347
204,819
2,421
10,246
17, 578
58,553
1,961
4,510
697,904
2,072,889
33,061
92,441
730, 966
2,165,331
-8,281
-6 ,1 3 7
722,685
2,159,194
164, 711
581,231
3,700
23, 540
5,762
18,912
48,173
148,472
1,395
7,825
12,819
40,975
1,734
2,549
737,917
1,374,985
37,380
59,380
775,296
1,434,365
1,649
2,144
776,945
1,436, 509
221,239
416,520
10,362
19, 840
7,228
13,150
53,162
100,299
3,125
6,430
14, 506
28,156
815
815
637,068
637,068
22,000
22,000
659,069'
659,069
495
495
659, 564
659, 564
195,281
195, 281
9,478
9, 478
5,922
5,922
47,137
47,137
3,305
3,305
13,650
13,650
Mon
Cum
M on
C um
M on
Cum
g a § s
sSsg
M on
Cum
1 gsgsgs gs gs gs
So So So
16,071
15,049,942
712,172
15, 762,114
_________
15, 762,114
2,563,363
128,105
96, 757
746,290
37, 578
250,125
-467,000 R
13, 661 T
-467,000 R
13,661 T
-467,000 R
13,661 T
302 T
35 T
31 T
46 T
* T
1,418T
7,639,614
7,639,614
7, 639, 614
2,478,316
95,000
83,980
647,100
26,800
171,820
CO
s
co
T
o
7
7,640,617
7, 640,617
7,640, 617
2,478,316
95,000
83,980
647,100
26,800
171,820
15,992
7,863,666
712,172
8,575,838
8, 575,838
84,746
33,070
12,746
99,144
10, 778
76,887
Consolidated W orking
F u n d .
*3
c
2
S GG M
ilitary C
onstruction.
T o tal—S tan d ard
F o rm 133 Basis.
Non-Classifieri
Item s.
TOTAL—D ep artm
en t of the
A rm y < i reasury
Basis).
D E PA R TM E N T OF
T H E NAVY:
General F u n d Accounts:
M ilitarv Personnel,
N av y .
TJocorvzo P o r c n n .
nel, N av y .
N av y Personnel
General Expenses.
M ilitary Personnel,
M arine
Corps.
Reserve P ersonnel,
M arine
Corps.
M arin e Corps
Troops and
Facilities.
MILITARY FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
T able 2. MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY-DECEMBER 1956—Continued
[Thousands of dollars]
56 APPENDIX
Am ounts available for expenditure fiscal year 1957 E xpenditures
Unex- N ew obligational Unex- U npaid
D ep artm en t an d pended a v a ila b ility » Other pended obligaappropriation
balance _____________________________ transfers T o tal balance tions
carried and fiscal Ju ly Aug Sept Oct N ov Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec
in to Congres- reeis- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
fiscal sional T rans- T o tal sions 1957
year appro- fers
1957 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
►D
E PA R TM E N T OF
T H E NAVY—Con.
General F u n d Accounts—
Con.
M arine Corps 775,641 164,000 _______ 164,000 ___________ 939,641 M on 10,663 11,603 24,800 37,370 10,070 13,827
P rocurem ent. C um 10,663 22,266 47,066 84,436 94,506 108,333 831,308 398,348
A ircraft an d 318,573 810,772 _______ 810,772 15,185 T 1,144,530 M on 54,390 78,138 65,227 78,057 73,058 66,102
Facilities. C um 54,390 132,528 197,755 275,812 348,870 414,972 729,557 250,494
Aircraft an d Re- 5,417,977 1,732,900 _______ 1,732,900 ___________ 7,150,877 M on 110,410 169,736 131,115 168,661 197,053 170,798
lated Procure- Cum 110,410 280,146 411,261 579,922 776,975 947,773 6,203,104 3,939,362
m ent.
S h ip sa n d 276,100 766,040 _______ 766,040 18,963 T 1,061,103 M on 67,213 70,676 59,357 81,201 64,764 66,516
Facilities. C um 67,213 137,889 197,246 278,447 343,211 409,727 651,376 255,898
C onstruction of 96,158 ____________________________ -7 ,0 0 0 T 66,930 M on 1,589 2,512 2,045 1,373 1,213 1,719
Ships. -22,228 R Cum 1,589 4, Nil 6,146 7,519 8,732 10,451 56,479 29,468
S hipbuilding an d 2,532,891 1,479,700 _______ 1,479,700 ___________ 4,012,591 M on 55,257 73,643 61,132 70,246 68,108 81,600
Conversion. C um 55,257 128,900 190,032 260,278 328,386 409,986 3,602,605 1,988,531
Ordnance an d 68,532 163,680 _______ 163,680 8,586 T 240,798 Mon 13,721 13,610 12,497 17,372 13,311 13,501 Facilities. I C um 13,721 27,331 39,828 57,200 70,511 84,012 156,786 51,584
APPENDIX 57
Ordnance for N ew 40,790 _____________________________ —22,000 R 18,790 M on 1,116 545 442 80 30 139
C onstruction. Cum 1,116 1,661 2,103 2,183 2,213 2,352 16,438 9,135
P rocurem ent of 455,512 294,000 _______ 294,000 ------------------ 749,512 M on 20,037 16,943 22,736 29,358 28,205 27,323
Ordnance an d Cum 20,037 36,980 59,716 89,074 117,279 144,602 604,910 467,741
A m m unition.
Medical C are____ 7,241 61,323 61,323 -1 0 T 68,553 M on 3,732 5,905 5,063 4,830 5,795 5,310
C um 3,732 9,637 14,700 19,530 25,325 30,635 37,918 4,653
C ivil E ngineering. 31,839 129,600 129,600 357 T 161,797 M on 9,914 12,176 11,487 11,861 11,674 8,870
Cum 9,914 22,090 33,577 45,438 57,112 65,982 95,815 30,519
M ilitary Con- 47,077 9,704 _______ 9,704 ___________ 56,781 M on 614 1,373 1,919 1,456 1,543 1,482
stru ctio n , N aval C um 614 1,987 3,906 5,362 6,905 8,387 48,394 7,998
Reserve Forces.
C onstruction, 1,882 -------------------------------------------- —1,882 R (*) M on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (*) (♦)
W ater S upply C um --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities.
F acilities_________ 932 843 T 1,776 M on 13 98 105 88 418 188
C um 13 111 216 304 722 910 866 744
Research and 332,187 492,000 22,000 514,000 28 T 846,215 M on 31,268 41,995 39,311 44,187 43,664 39,446
D ev elo pm en t.6 C um 31,268 73,263 112,574 156,761 200,425 239,871 606,344 338,807
Service-wide Sup- 31,433 289,644 ------------ 289,644 175 T 321,252 M on 24,913 29,170 21,090 24,040 25,863 22,716
p ly an d F in an ce. C um 24,913 54,083 75,173 99,213 125,076 147,792 173,460 21,169
Service-wide 22,063 102,435 _______ 102,435 l,870 T 126,368 M on 6,584 7,938 6,907 10,065 6,990 7,412
Operations. C um 6,584 14,522 21,429 31,494 38,484 45,896 80,472 17,482
N av al P etro leum 3,232 683 _______ 683 ___________ 3,915 M on 220 255 213 141 143 200
Reserves. C um 220 475 688 829 972 1,172 2,743 2,007
Miscellaneous ------------------------------------------------------------- 281 T 281 Mon ________ 1 175 —90 11 61
“M ” Accounts C um ________ 1 176 86 97 158 123 --------------
for D iscontinu
ed A ppropriatio
n T itles.
Special F u n d Accounts:
P rep aratio n for 5,100 10,596 . . . ......... 10,596 ___________ 15,696 M on 771 718 673 791 860 998
Sale/Salvage of C um 771 1,489 2,162 2,953 3,813 4,811 10,885 624
M ilitary
P ro p erty .
Ships’ Stores 2,227 3,902 _______ 3,902 ___________ 6,129 Mon 35 494 654 449 541 888
Profits. C um 35 529 1,183 1,632 2,173 3,061 3,068 ...................
See footnotes a t en d of table.
58 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
T able 2. MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY-DECEMBER 1956—Continued
[Thousands of dollars]
A m ounts available for expenditure fiscal year 1957 E xpenditures
Unex- N ew obligational Unex- U npaid
D ep artm en t an d pended a v a ila b ility a O ther pended obligaappropriation
balance _____________________________ transfers T o tal balance tions
carried an d fiscal Ju ly Aug S ept Oct N ov Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec
in to Congres- recis- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
fiscal sional T rans- T o tal sions 1957
year appro- fers
1957 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E PA R TM E N T OF
T H E NAVY—Con.
M anagem ent F u n d . 169,022 _____________________________ 320 T 169,343 M on -4 ,8 0 1 -2 ,4 2 4 4,511 -27,926 -4 ,5 0 9 11,284
C um -4 ,8 0 1 -7 ,2 2 5 -2 ,7 1 4 -30,640 -35,149 -23,865 193,208 145,790
Business E n terp rise
Accounts:
N av y Stock F u n d . 489,084 _____________________________ -200,000 T 189,084 M on -10,611 -20,680 -23,611 -17,204 -15,973 -6 ,6 1 5
-100,000 R C um -10,611 -31,291 -54,902 -72,106 -88,079 -94,694 283,778 292,771
M arin e Corps 80,262 ______________________________ -35,000 T 42,262 M on -1 ,2 1 8 -3 6 0 -2 ,4 5 4 -2 ,8 0 1 -1 ,4 7 0 - 795
Stock F u n d . -3 ,0 0 0 R C um -1 ,2 1 8 -1 ,5 7 8 -4 ,0 3 2 -6 ,8 3 3 -8 ,3 0 3 -9 ,0 9 8 51,360 26,369
In d u strial F u n d ... 296,803 ______________________________ -52,000 R 244,803 M on 87 11,558 -6 ,6 6 2 -12,017 7,892 1,273
C um 87 11,645 4,983 -7 ,0 3 4 858 2,131 242,672 --------------
O ther Revolving
F u n d s:
L au n d ry Service, 120 _________________________________________ 120 M on —49 11 36 —78 33 39
N av al Academy . C um —49 —38 —2 —80 —47 —8 128 16
N av al W orking 24,866 __________________________________________ 24,866 M on -3 0 9 1,032 913 3,537 45 1,283
F u n d . C um -3 0 9 723 1,636 5,173 5,218 6,501 18,365 14,908
APPENDIX 59
Defense Housing. _______________________________________ 375 T 375 M o n ---------------------------- —41 —49 —9 —32
C um __________________ -4 1 -9 0 -9 9 -1 3 1 506 135
Consolidated Work- _______________________________________________________________ M o n --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ing F u n d . C um -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S u b to tal_________ 11,844,916 10,013,995 22,000 10,035,995 —201,110 R 21,486,607 M on 670,331 836,288 676,203 844,904 832,219 821,747
-193,195 T C um 670,331 1,506,619 2,182,822 3,027,726 3,859,945 4,681,692 16,804,914 8,456,286
M ilitary Construe- 540.617 165,000 235,000 400,000 ___________ 940,617 M o n 17,070 28,358 22,503 35,740 36,290 27,509
tion, N av y . C um 17,070 45,428 67,931 103,671 139,961 167,470 773,146 341,442
T o ta l—S ta n d a rd 12,385,533 10,178,995 257,000 10,435,995 - 201,110 R 22,427,223 M o n 687,401 864,646 698,706 880,644 868,508 849.258
F o rm 133 Basis. -193,195 T C um 687,401 1, 552,047 2, 250, 753 3,131,397 3,999,905 4,849,163 17,578,061 8, 797, 728
Non-Classified ___________________ ________ __________ ____________ __________ M o n 2,049 563 353 —1,854 1,301 —1,070
Item s. C um 2,049 2,612 2,965 1,111 2,412 1,342 -1 ,3 4 2 -1 ,3 4 2
T O T A L—D ep art- 12,385, 533 10,178, 995 257,000 10,435,995 -201,110 R 22,427, 223 M on 689,450 865, 209 699, 059 878, 790 869, 809 848,188
m en t of th e -193,195 T C um 689,450 1,554,659 2,253,718 3,132,508 4,002,317 4,850,505 17,576,719 8,796,386
N av y (T reasury
Basis).
D E PA R TM E N T OF
T H E A IR FO R C E :
General F u n d Accounts:
Aircraft and Re- 11,873,794 6,848,500 _______ 6,848,500 * T 18,722,294 M o n 405,840 553,930 543,969 613,704 641,440 643,651
lated Procure- C um 405,840 959,770 1,503,739 2,117,443 2,758,883 3,402,534 15,319,760 9,342,315
m en t.
P ro cu rem en t 1,551,178 1,140,000 _______ 1,140,000 ___________ 2,691,178 M o n -37,072 54,733 66, 299 73, 254 92, 944 89,448
other th a n Air- C um -37,072 17,661 83,960 157,214 250,158 339,606 2,351,572 1,492,469
craft.
S ee fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f ta b le .
60 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
T able 2. MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY—DECEMBER 1956—Continued
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for expenditure fiscal year 1957 E xpenditures
Unex- N ew obligational Unex- U npaid
D ep artm en t an d pended a v a ila b ility » O ther pended obligaappropriation
balance _____________________________ transfers T o tal balance tions
carried an d fiscal Ju ly Aug Sept Oct N ov Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec
in to Congres- reels- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
fiscal sional T rans- T o tal sions 1957 y ear appro- fers
1957 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E PA R TM E N T OF
T H E A IR
F O R C E—Con.
General F u n d Accounts—
Con.
O p e ra tio n sa n d 1,227,127 3,742,685 _______ 3,742,685 5,662 T 4,975,474 M on 254,794 355,186 300,726 383,650 347,244 337,948
M aintenance. C um 254,794 609,980 910,706 1,294,356 1,641,600 1,979,548 2,995,926 1,406,516
M ilitary Person- 110,679 «3,690,340 _______ 3,690,340 111 T 3,801,130 M o n 246,665 303,465 285, 084 343, 099 310,997 307, 502
nel. C um 246,665 550,130 835,214 1,178,313 1,489,310 1,796,812 2,004,319 173,947
Research and De- 473,968 710,000 2,200 712,200 ___________ 1,186,168 M on 47,211 60,619 48,839 67,241 62,688 64,707
velopm ent. C um 47,211 107,830 156,669 223,910 286,598 351,305 834,862 405,961
Reserve Person- 11,473 59,300 _______ 59,300 * T 70,773 M o n 3,993 7,009 1,957 1,990 4,983 1,631
nel. C um 3,993 11,002 12,959 14,949 19,932 21,563 49,210 6,587
A ir N atio n al 64,894 258,700 _______ 258,700 120 T 323,714 M o n 15,176 22,329 16,006 18,547 16,734 14,494
G uard. C um 15,176 37,505 53,511 72,058 88,792 103,286 220,428 61,917
APPENDIX 61
Contingencies____ 1,842 _____________________________ 16 T 1,858 M o n 187 69 83 95 73 66
C um 187 256 339 434 507 573 1,285 264
Miscellaneous ____________________________ _________ 8 T 8 M o n __________________ 8 70 3 15
“ M ” Accounts C um __________________ 8 78 81 96 —88 _________
for D isco n tin u ed
A p p ro p riatio
n T itles.
Special F u n d Account:
P rep aratio n for 2,735 5,290 _______ 5,290 ___________ 8,025 Mon 308 426 419 514 549 820
Sale/Salvage of C um 308 734 1,153 1,667 2,216 3,036 4,989 528
M ilitary P ro p erty
 
M anagem ent F u n d - 115,226 ____________________________ - 2 T 115,224 M o n -42,777 28,488 -2 ,8 0 8 24,873 22,020 11,753
Business E n terp rise C um -42,777 -14,289 -17,097 7,776 29,796 41,549 73,675 60,094
Accounts:
Stock F u n d ______ 328,491 _____________________________ -50,000 R 278,491 M o n 11,469 9,617 4,340 - 6,959 - 4,782 - 2,239
C um 11,469 21,086 25.426 18,467 13,685 11,446 267,044 291,791
In d u strial F u n d .. 7,105____________________________ * -6 1 6 T 6,489 M o n -5 3 -1 7 11 -2 0 4 -7 5 30
Consolidated Work- C um -5 3 - 70 - 59 - 263 -3 3 8 -3 0 8 6,797 _________
ing F u n d . 2 3 ____________________________ 25 T 48 M on -3 5 0 - 5 0 33 4 - 1 _________
C um -3 5 0 400 -3 6 7 -3 6 3 -3 6 4 -3 6 4 412 8
S u b to tal_________ 15,768. 533 16,454, 815 2, 200 16,457,015 - 50,000 R 32,180, 873 M on 905. 390 1, 395,805 1, 264,965 1, 519,879 1, 494,819 1,469,824
5,326 T C um 905,390 2,301,195 3,566,160 5,086,039 6,580,858 8.050,682 24,130,191 13,242,398
M ilitary Construe- 1,320,897 1,228,000 _______ 1,228,000 ___________ 2,548,897 M on 73,849 118,097 141,038 145.003 92,087 86,607
tion, N av y . C um 73,849 191,946 332,984 477,987 570,074 656,681 1,892,217 779,465
T o ta l-S ta n d a rd 17,089,430 17,682, 815 2,200 17, 685,015 -50,000 R 34, 729,771 M on 979, 238 1, 513,903 1, 406,003 1,664, 882 1.586,906 1, 556,431
F orm 133 Basis. 5, 326 T C um 979, 238 2,493,141 3,899,144 5, 564,026 7,150,932 8, 707,363 26, 022,408 14,021,863
S ee fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f ta b le .
62 APPENDIX
MILITARY FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
T able 2. MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY, BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY-DECEMBER 1956—Continued
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for expenditure fiscal y ear 1957 E xpenditures
Unex- N ew obligational Unex- U npaid
D ep artm en t an d pended a v a ila b ility » O ther pended obligaap
p ro p riatio n balance _____________________________ transfers T o tal balance tions
carried an d fiscal Ju ly Aug Sept Oct N ov Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec
in to Congres- recis- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
fiscal sional T rans- T o tal sions 1957
year appro- fers
1957 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
D E PA R TM E N T O F
T H E AIR FO R C E
—C ontinued
Non-Classified ________________________________________________________________ M on 7,584 -12,380 4,723 417 - 790 335
Item s. C um 7,584 -4 ,7 9 6 - 73 344 -4 4 6 -1 1 1 111 111
T O T A L—D ep art- 17,089,430 17,682,815 2,200 17,685,015 -50,000 R 34, 729,771 M o n 986,822 1, 501, 523 1,410, 726 1,665,299 1, 586,116 1, 556, 766
m en t of th e A ir 5,326 T C um 986,822 2,488,345 3,899,071 5,564,370 7,150,486 8,707,252 26,022,519 14,021,974
Force (T reasu ry
B asis).
Source: S tan d ard F orm 133.
N o te— A m o u n ts w ill n o t necessarily ad d to to tals due to rounding.
* Less th a n $500.
» Realized th ro u g h 31 Decem ber 1956.
b Includes th e appropriation “ Research.”
« Excludes $28,100,000 appropriated to th e account “ M ilitary Personnel, A ir Force, 1956” b y w a rra n t action retroactive to 30 Ju n e 1956.
d R epresents transfers to “Miscellaneous R eceipts.”
APPENDIX 63
CIVIL FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 3. OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BY
APPROPRIATION TITLE
(Excluding working, revolving and special funds, and expired general appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957 Obligations incurred
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unobll-
Unobli- N ew obligational availability -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gated
A ppropriation gated _____________________________ T o tal balance
balance Reim- fiscal Ju l Aug S ept Oct N o v Dec as of
brought Congres- Congres- burse- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 Dec. 31,
forward sional sional T o tal m ents 1957 1956
Ju ly 1, appro- transfers
1956 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N S E—T O T A L . 101,311 646,666 _________ 646,666 9,479 757,456 M on 109,495 78,726 82,810 88,605 41,323 45,769
C um 109,495 188,221 271,031 359,636 400,959 446,728 310,728
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A RM Y : 75,578
T otal, Corps of E ngineers__________ _______ 637,551 _________ 637,551 9,476 722,605 M on 106,332 73,877 79,790 84,996 39,704 44,517
C um 106,332 180,209 259,999 344,995 384,699 429,216 293,389
F lood Control, Mississippi R iver an d 1,181 62,791 62,791 100 64,072 M on 11,083 7,628 4,092 13,996 3,096 7,333
T rib u taries. C um 11,083 18,711 22,803 36,799 39,895 47,228 16,844
General Investigations______ 709 9,322 9,322 1 10,032 M on 517 845 846 820 775 479
C um 517 1,362 2,208 3,028 3,803 4,282 5,750
C onstruction, G eneral__________ 60,698 458,470 458,470 7,765 526,932 M o n 83,339 54,677 63,552 55,690 26,245 28,253
C um 83,339 138,016 201,568 257,258 283,503 311,756 215,175
Operation an d M aintenance, G eneral-- 10,573 95,900 95,900 1,500 107,973 M on 10,441 9,776 10,521 12,033 8,566 7,418
C um 10,441 20,217 30,738 42,771 51,337 58,755 49,219
General Expenses________________________________ 10,400 _________ 10,400 50 10,450 M on 810 885 749 902 835 824
C um 810 1,695 2,444 3,346 4,181 5,005 5,445
64 APPENDIX
CIVIL FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL FUNCTIONS OBLIGATIONS
T able 3. OBLIGATIONS AND OBLIGATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BY
APPROPRIATION TITLE—Continued
(Excluding working, revolving and special funds, and expired general appropriations)
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
A m ounts available for obligation fiscal year 1957 Obligations incurred
Unobli_
Unobli- New obligational av ailab ility gated
A ppropriation g a t e d _____________________________ T o tal balance
balance Reim- fiscal Ju l Aug Sept Oct N ov Dec, as of
brought Congres- Congres- burse- year 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 Dec. 31,
forward sional sional T otal m ents 1957 1956
July 1, appro- transfers
1956 priations
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (10) (12) (13) (14)
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A RM Y—Con.
T otal, Corps of Engineers—Con.
H y d rau lic M ining in California, 3 1 8 _________ 18 (*) 21 M on 2 1 -------------------------------------- 4
D ebris F u n d . C um 2 3 3 3 3 7 14
N iagara Remedial W orks_____________ 789 500 _________ 500 60 1,349 M on 134 58 20 77 177 112
C um 134 192 212 289 466 578 771
M aintenance an d Operation of D am s 152 --------------------------------------------------------- 152 Mon ----------------------------------------------------------------- 86
an d O ther Im provem ents of Navi- C um ----------------------------------------------------------------- 86 66
gable W aters.
U n ited States Section, St. Lawrence _________ 150 -------------- 150 ----------- 150 M on 6 7 8 8 10 6
R iver Jo in t Board of Engineers. Cum 6 13 21 29 39 45 105
P aym en ts to S tate Flood Control Act, 1,472 -------------- ------------------------------------------- 1,472 M on -------------------------------------- 1,472 -------------------------
Ju n e 28,1938, as am ended. C um -------------------------------------- 1,472 1,472 1,472 --------------
Cem eterial Expenses_________________________________ 6,765 _________ 6,765 3 6,769 M on 458 511 494 540 558 508
C um 458 969 1,463 2,003 2,561 3,069 3,699
G overnm ent an d Relief in Occupied A reas___________ 2,350 2,350 2,350 M on 90 116 8 856 418 101
C um 90 206 214 1,070 1,488 1,589 761
APPENDIX 65
P aym en ts to C laim ants, D isaster a t Texas 25,733 ________ ____________________________ 25,733 M on 2,614 4,223 2,518 2,213 643 643
C ity , Texas. C um 2,614 6,837 9,355 11,568 12,211 12,854 12,879
T o tal—D ep artm en t of th e A rm y ............ 101,311 646,666 _________ 646,666 9,479 757,456 Mon 109,495 78,726 82,810 88,605 41,323 45,769
C um 109,495 188,221 271,031 359,636 400,959 446,728 310,728
D E P A R T M E N T OF T H E N A V Y _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A IR F O R C E ...........
Note. Am ounts will n o t necessarily ad d to totals due to rounding.
Source: S tan d ard F o rm 133.
66 APPENDIX
U npaid
obligations
Dee. 31,
1956
(15)
236, 848
234, 704
15, 535
832
187,237
16,235
614
Unexpended
balance
Dec. 31,
1956
(14)
580,548
541,871
32, 318
6,581
394,977
64, 239
6,096
E xpenditures
Dec
1956
(13)
48, 206
357,405
47,433
_34_1_, 8_4_1
5,457
39,088
531
4,003
33, 738
244, 679
8,415
55,139
790
5,018
N ov
1956
(12)
83, 371
309,199
82, 375
294, 408
7, 591
33, 631
731
3,472
64,832
210, 941
9,769
46,724
812
4,228
Oct
1956
(ID
63,185
225,828
59, 705
212,033
8, 461
26,040
868
2,741
38, 721
146,109
10,007
36, 955
890
3, 416
Sept
1956
(10)
58, 979
162,643
55,237
152,328
7,097
17, 579
752
1,873
41,177
107, 388
9,874
26,948
729
2,526
Aug
1956
(9)
55,928
103,664
52, 423
97,091
5,948
10,482
680
1,121
36, 228
66,211
9,008
17,074
959
1,797
(8)
9961 in f
47, 736
47, 736
44, 668
44, 668
4, 534
4,534
441
441
29, 983
29, 983;
8,066
8,066
838
838
Mon
C um
M on
Cum
g s gggsgsgs
So SoSoSoSo
T otal
available
for exp
en d itu re
fiscal
year 1957
(7)
937, 953
883, 712
71,406
10,548
639, 657
119, 377
11,115
O ther
tran sfers
(6)
N ew expenditure av ailab
ility
T o tal
(5)
646, 686
637, 551
62, 791
9,322
458, 470
95,900
10,400
Congressional
transfers
(4)
1 Illi
1 Illi
1 Illi
Congressional
ap p ro p riations
(3)
646, 686
637, 551
62, 791
9,322
458,470
95,900
10,400
Unexpended
balance
carried
in to
fiscal
year 1957
(2)
291,176
246,161
8,615
1,262
181,187
23, 477
715
A ppropriation
(1)
D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F
E N S E -T O T A L .
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E
A RM Y :
T o tal, Corps of E ngineers______
F lood C ontrol, Mississippi
R iv er an d T rib u taries.
General In v estig atio n s___
C onstruction, G eneral____
Operation an d M ain tenance,
General.
General E xpenses________
CIVIL FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL FUNCTIONS EXPENDITURES
T able 4. EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY-DECEMBER 1956
[T housands of dollars]
APPENDIX 67
H ydraulic M ining in Cali- 3 1 8 _________ 1 8 _______ 21 M on (*) 3 -------------------------------------- 3
fornia, Debris F u n d . C um (*) 3 3 6 6 6 15 1
N iagara R em edial W o rk s. 866 500 _________ 500 _______ 1,366 M o n 63 53 34 75 104 132
C um 63 116 150 225 329 461 905 174
M aintenance an d Opera- 152_____________________________________ 152 M o n ----------------------------------------------------------------- 53
tio n of D am s and O ther C um ----------------------------------------------------------------- 53 100 34
Im p ro v em en t of N av igable
W aters.
U n ited S tates Section, St. 113 150_________ 150 ----------- 263 M on 7 8 10 8 6 8
Lawrence R iv er Jo in t C um 7 15 25 33 39 47 215 4
B oard of Engineers.
P aym en ts to S tate Flood 1,472 _____________________________________ 1,472 M on -------------- ------- ---------------- 1,472 -------------------------
C ontrol Act, Ju n e 28, C um -------------------------------------- 1,472 1,472 1,472
1938, as amended.
Revolving F u n d _________ 28,295 _____________________________________ 28,295 M on 736 —464 —4,436 —801 —1,470 —1,693
Cum 736 272 -4 ,1 6 4 -4 ,9 6 5 - 6,435 -8 ,1 2 8 36,423 14,040
C o n so lid a te d W o rk in g 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 M on ----------- (*) ----------- 3 -------- ----------------
F u n d s. C um ----------- (*) (*) 3 3 3 1 --------------
Cemeterial Expenses_________ 1,391 6,765 _________ 6,765 (*) 8,156 M on 343 533 496 531 570 453
C um 343 876 1,372 1,903 2,473 2,926 5,230 1,442
G overnm ent an d Relief in 447 2,350 _________ 2,350 89 2,886 M on 18 261 122 961 133 134
Occupied Areas. C um 18 279 401 1,362 1,495 1,629 1,258 360
C ivilian Relief in K orea_______________________________________________ 2 2 M o n -------------------------------------- 2 —3 10
C um _________________________ 2 —1 9 —7 ----------------
P aym en ts to C laim ants, Dis- 26,256 __________ __________________________ 26,256 M on 2,964 3,144 3,175 2,506 946 308
aster a t Texas C ity , Texas. C um 2,964 6,108 9,283 11,789 12,735 13,043 13,213 334
Defense P roduction G uaran- 2,540 _____________________________________ 2,540 M on —36 52 —30 —74 —32 —28
tees. C um -3 6 16 -1 4 -8 8 -1 2 0 -1 4 8 2,688 --------------
T o tal—D ep artm en t of th e 276,796 646,666 _________ 646,666 92 923,553 M on 47,957 56,412 59,002 63,630 83,988 48,311
A rm y. C um 47,957 104,369 163,371 227,001 310,989 359,300 564,253 236,840
68 APPENDIX
CIVIL FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
T able 4. EXPENDITURES AND EXPENDITURE AVAILABILITY BY APPROPRIATION TITLE
JULY-DECEMBER 1956—Continued
[Thousands of dollars]
U npaid
obligations
Dec. 31,
1956
(15)
1 00 00
M. T<5D
Pg.
balance
Dec. 31,
1956
(14)
0004
co
8,637
31
8,668
E xpenditures
Dec.
1956
(13)
-4 6
-7 5 0
04
CO
1
-1 ,1 5 2
2
7
-6 0
-1 ,1 4 5
Nov.
1956
(12)
-4 7
-7 0 4
o
1
-1 ,0 9 0
1
5
-5 6 9
-1 ,0 8 5
Oct.
1956
(H)
-1 7 7
-6 5 7
o
R1
I8O
1
-2 6 8
-5 1 6
Sept.
1956
(10)
-4 3
-4 8 0
20
-2 5 0
1
3
20'
-2 4 8
Aug.
1956
(9)
-8 0
-4 3 7
c
1
O H (N
04
1
-4 0 4
-2 6 8
Jul.
1956
(8)
-3 5 7
-3 5 7
135
135
1
1
136
136
Mon
C um
as a3 g5 s§
3 o S o
M on
Cum
T otal
available
• s—.
•2g«l
a >•
6,878
7,485
38
7,523
Other tran sfers
(6)
N ew expenditure availab
ility
T o tal
(5)
8 8
Congressional
transfers
(4)
Congressional
ap p ro p riations
(3)
8 8
■ "O S’O _ Jg
a,a « £
6,878
7,485
18
7, 503
A ppropriation
(1)
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E
N A V Y :
Defense P ro d u ctio n G uaran tees.
D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A IR
F O R C E :
Defense P ro d u ctio n G u aran tees.
Wildlife C onservation, etc.,
E glin F ield Reservation.
T o tal—D ep artm en t of the
A ir Force.
Note. A m ounts will n o t necessarily ad d to totals due to rounding.
♦Less th an $500.
APPENDIX 69
Table 5. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS
STATUS OF OBLIGATIONS/RESERVATIONS BY BUDGET ACTIVITY*
July 1, 1949-December 31, 1956
[Millions of dollars]
Note. ’Excludes comparative transfer from ICA of $69.1 million.
( ) Indicate negative amount.
Reimbursements included.
Totals are sums of unrounded amounts.
Major Classification
Obligations/Reservations
Fiscal years
1950-56
First half of
fiscal year
1957
Total obligations
as of
Dec. 31, 1956
Grand Total___________ ___ ___ _ ___ __ $20, 206. 7 $686.0 $20,892. 7
Department of Defense______ _. . - ________ ____________ 19,184. 5 682.8 19,873.3
Materiel Program. ______ . _ _ _____ 16, 940.7
74.9
534.7 17,475. 5
Facilities Assistance _____ _ _ __ _ _____ ... (3.0) 72.0
Supply Operations... ____ _____ __________________ ______ 921.8 53.6 975.4
Training_______ ________ _____________________ 366.3 27.6 393.9
Administration____________ ____ ___ _____ _____ 122.5 8. 5 131.0
Contributions ______ ... . . ____ _ . _____ ______ 23.5 0.3 23.8
Construction___ _______ _ . __ __ ___ __ ___ 545.6 47.5 593.1
Research and Development.. _ ....____ _________ 79.5 12.3 91.7
Special Projects ____ __ ________ _ _____________________ 93.8 0.8 94.6
Undistributed______ _ ___ .. _______ ________ _____ 15.8 0.4 16.2
Other Agencies________ _______ . ... ______ 1,022. 2 3.1 1,025.3
Table 6. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS
STATUS OF EXPENDITURES BY BUDGET ACTIVITY*
July 1, 1949—December 31, 1956
Note. ’Excludes comparative transfer from ICA of $69.1 million.
( ) Indicate negative amount.
Reimbursements included.
Totals are sums of unrounded amounts.
[Millions of dollars]
Major Classification
Expenditures
Fiscal years
1950-56
First half of
fiscal year
1957
Total expenditures
as of Dec.
31, 1956
Grand Total__ _______________________________________ $15,812.8 $912. 0 $16, 724.8
Department of Defense___ ___ _______ _______________ ____ 14,871.2 877.0 15, 748.2
Materiel Program._________________ .. ______________ 13,041.7
1.7
877.2
320.5
117.6
19.9
378.7
14.6
93.5
5.8
737.9
1.8
68.8
26.0
9.0
1.6
25.0
6.8
0.4
(0. 2)
13, 779. 6
3.5
946.0
346.4
126.6
21.5
403.7
21.4
93.9
5.6
Facilities Assistance_____________ _ . _______ ___
Supply Operations—. __________________________________
Training .. ________ . . . . . __ _ ___________
Administration _____ __________ _______
Contributions . ______ _____ ___ ____
Construction _ ____ ____ _ . . ___ __ ___
Research and Development______________________________
Special Projects___________________________ . .. _____
Undistributed______________ ______________ .. ... .. .
Other Agencies. _______ .. . _____ ... __ 941.6 35.1 976.6
70 APPENDIX
Table 7. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS
OBLIGATIONS/RESERVATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
BY OPERATING AGENCY*
July 1, 1949-December 31, 1956
[Millions of dollars]
Obligations/Reservations Expenditures
Fiscal
years
1950-56
First half
fiscal year
1957
Total as
of Dec. 31,
1956
Fiscal
years
1950-56
First half
fiscal year
1957
Total as
of Dec. 31,
1956
Total____________ _____ $20,206.7 $686.0 $20,892. 7 $15,812.8 $912.0 $16,724.8
Department of Defense............. 19,184.5 682.8 19,867.3 14,871.2 877.0 15,748.2
Army____ _______________ 10,148.2 400.3 10, 548.5 8,969.3 280.9 9,250.2
Navy____________________ 2,197.4 112.9 2,310.3 1, 758. 5 90.4 1,848.9
Air Force________________ 6,161. 9 109.7 6, 271.6 3,672.1 474.7 4,146.8
OSD_____________________ 677.0 59.9 736.9 471.3 31.0 502.3
Other Agencies______________ 1,022.2 3.1 1,025.3 941.6 35.1 976.6
ICA_____________________ 962.8 (.2) 962.6 892.7 28.7 921.5
State____________________ 44.4 3.3 47.7 42.1 3.2 45.2
Export Import Bank------- 15.0 15.0 6.8 3.2 9.9
Note. Totals are sums of unrounded amounts.
Reimbursements included.
( ) Indicate negative amount.
‘Excludes a comparative transfer from ICA of $69.1 million.
APPENDIX
Table 8. ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL
JUNE-DECEMBER 1956
Month
Total, Department
of Defense
Army Navy
Marine
Corps Air Force
TOTAL
June 30________ _________________________ 2,806,441 1,025,778 669,925 200, 780 909,958
July 31___________________________________ 2,810,364 1,027,311 673,584 200,474 908,995
Aug. 31— ________________________________ 2,798,410 1,013, 508 675,060 200,854 908,988
Sep. 30___________________________________ 2,795,460 1,005,558 676,928 201,459 911,515
Oct. 31___________________________________ 2,800,524 1,004,056 677,737 202, 777 915,954
Nov. 30___________________________________ 2,797, 754 1.002,367 674,967 202,148 918,272
Dec. 31______________________________ ____ 2,780,723 992,290 673,065 200,770 914, 598
OFFICERS
June 30___________________ ____________ 350,036 118,364 71,770 17,809 142,093
July 31___________________________________ 350,136 118,489 72,311 17,622 141, 714
Aug. 31._________________________________ 350,970 119,249 72, 817 17,303 141, 601
Sep. 30___________________________________ 349,750 119,095 72,076 17,229 141,350
Oct. 31___________________________________ 349,186 118,336 72,484 17,129 141, 237
Nov. 30__________________________________ 349,085 118,740 72,102 17,086 141,157
Dec. 31__________ ______________________ 349,318 117,823 72, 827 17,372 141,296
ENLISTED
June 30___________________________________ 2,445,219 905, 711 591,996 182,971 764,541
July 31___________________________________ 2,446,205 906,362 593,353 182,852 763,638
Aug. 31________________________ __________ 2,432, 906 891, 783 593,859 183,551 763,713
Sep.30___________________________________ 2,431,288 884,016 596,466 184,230 766, 576
Oct. 31___________________________________ 2,436,974 883,287 596, 741 185,648 771,298
Nov. 30__________________________________ 2,434,351 881,207 594,348 185,062 773, 734
Dec. 31___________________________________ 2,418,272 872,051 592, 764 183,398 770,059
OFFICER CANDIDATES •
June 30___________________________________ 11,186 1,703 6,159 3,324
July 31___________________________________ 14,023 2,460 7,920 3, 643
Aug. 31______________ ____________________ 14,534 2,476 8,384 3, 674
Sep. 30 .. - ___________________________ 14,422 2. 447 8,386 3,589
Oct. 31___________________________________ 14,364 2,433 8,512 3,419
Nov. 30- - ____ ___________________________ 14,318 2,420 8, 517 3,381
Dec. 31___________________________________ 13,133 2,416 7,474 3,243
• Consists of cadets, U. S. Military Academy (Army); midshipmen, U. 8. Naval Academy, aviation
cadets, and, beginning July 31,1956, enlisted officer candidates (Navy); and cadets, U. 8. Air Force Academy,
aviation cadets, and enlisted aviation students (Air Force).
72 APPENDIX
Table 9. RESERVE COMPONENTS PERSONNEL
JUNE AND DECEMBER 1956
[Excludes personnel on extended active duty]
June 30, 1956 December 31, 1956
Total
enrollment
In drill
pay status
Total
enrollment
In drill
pay status
TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE_______ 3, 581,173 912,837 3, 585,868 937,187
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY________________ 2,396,094 601,743 2,306, 718 628,890
National Guard __ _____ a 420, 535 404,403 » 418, 790 403, 545
Officers _________________ ___ _______ ________ 40,010
380,525
34, 899
369,504
41,232
377, 558
36,091
Enlisted __ . ____ ........ 367,454
Army Reserve. _______ ________________________ 1,975, 559 197,340 1,887, 928 225,345
Officers - - ________ ____________________ ____ 196,545
1,779,014
68, 588
128,752
206,674
1,681,254
72,239
Enlisted - _____ _______________ - - 153,106
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY_________________ 777,281 193,349 824,453 187,104
Naval Reserve________ _ ___ _______________ __ 547,640 150,193 574,879 143,471
O fficers .. _______ _________ ____________ _ - 197,074
b 350, 566
26,607
123,586
182,385
b 392.494
27,467
Enlisted -- _________________ _______________ 116,004
Marine Corps Reserve __________________________ 229,641 43,156 249, 574 43,633
Officers __ _____________________ _________ 27, 904
201,737
3,984
39,172
28,843
220, 731
4,039
Enlisted _ _ ________ ____________ ___________ 39, 594
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE__________ 407, 798 117, 745 454,697 121,193
Air National Guard. . _ _______ _ . .__ _____ 63, 534 63, 534 64,880 64,880
Officers ________ _ __________ ___ ________ - 7,300
56,234
7,300
56, 234
7, 777
57,103
7, 777
Enlisted . ____ ________________ -___ ____ 57,103
Air Force Reserve________________________________ 344,264 54,211 389, 817 56,313
Officers ________ _ ___ _ _ _______ 147, 733
196, 531
30,438
23, 773
146,211
243,606
29,511
Enlisted _ -____ ________ _ --_______ _____ 26,802
a Includes “Inactive” National Guard.
b Includes Regular NROTC and Merchant Marine midshipmen.
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Table 10. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JUNE-DECEMBER 1956
Month
Total,
Department
of Defense
Office of
Secretary
of Defense
Department
of the Army
Department
of the Navy
Department
of the Au-
Force
A. DIRECT HIRE EMPLOYEES a
June 30_________________________ 1,179,489 1,899 434,691 394, 669 348, 230
July 31___ ___________________ 1,184,130 1,685 435,870 395, 202 351,373
Aug. 31-______________ _______ 1,187,055 1,665 436, 557 395,488 353,345
Sep. 30________ - _____________ 1,180,130 1,663 432,953 393,161 352,353
Oct. 31_________________________ 1,183, 266 1,684 433,381 393, 643 354, 558
Nov. 30________ . . ________ 1,179,354 1,671 432,021 393,177 352,485
Dec. 31_________________________ 1,175,915 1,690 430,212 393,332 350,681
B. OVERSEAS SUPPORT PERSONNEL {CONTRACT HIRE} b
June 30 - - - _________ 291,062 185,392 21, 241 84, 429
July 31 _ _____________________ 287,153 181,099 21,402 84,652
Aug. 31________________________ 286,813 179,428 21, 533 85,852
Sep. 30__ - ______ -- 278,780 177,692 21, 561 79, 527
Oct. 31___ - _______________ 275, 667 174,972 21, 593 79,102
Nov. 30_______ _____________ - 276,481 175,563 21,662 79,256
Dec. 31_________________________ 273, 528— 172,818 21,654 79,056
a Total paid employees (full-time, part-time, and intermittent) as reported offi cially to the Civil Service
Commission. Includes employment charged to the Military Assistance Program and to Civil Functions.
b Foreign nationals supporting the armed forces in certain overseas areas under contracts or agreements
with foreign governments.
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Dec. 31
M ilita
ry
55
3
71
53
74
1
17
1
67
9
312
19
3
685
72
22
Civilian
73
137
219
92
166
75
259
50
148
12
45
181
14
15
1,486
37
41
Nov. 30
M ilitary
56
3
72
52
73
1
17
1
68
9
313
19
3
687
72
22
Civilian
71
138
219
90
169
73
255
49
148
13
48
182
13
12
1.480
37
44
Oct. 31
M ilita
ry
58
3
73
53
72
1
17
1
66
10
311
19
3
687
71
22
Civilian
71
139
225
90
168
75
258
51
148
12
46
180
12
13
1,488
36
46
Sep. 30
M ilitary
57
3
70
53
69
19
1
67
10
315
20
3
687
72
22
Civilian
70
134
224
90
163
77
265
49
150
13
44
180
14
9
1,482
36
48
Aug. 31
M ilita
ry
56
4
70
53
63
19
1
69
9
319
21
3
687
72
24
Civilian
70
132
238
89
159
74
267
50
149
13
47
178
14
10
1,490
37
50
Ju ly 31
M ilitary
56
4
72
55
63
*20
2
59
9
314
21
3
678
74
33
Civilian
74
132
252
90
160
73
*269
50
143
11
47
180
14
10
1,505
35
55
Ju n e 30
M ilita
ry
60
6
71
52
61
25
2
61
9
312
19
3
681
71
27
C ivilian
Rws o3* § r-t r-4 r-H s
1,724
36
42
Secretary of Defense Activities:
Office of th e Secretary an d D e p u ty S ecretary __
A ssistant Secretary (C om ptroller)_________________
A ssistant Secretary (M anpow er, Personnel an d
R eserve)______________________________________
A ssistant Secretary (Legislative an d P u b lic Affairs)__________________________________________
A ssistan t Secretary (In tern atio n al S ecurity Affairs)______________________
____ _______________
A ssistant Secretary (P roperties and Installations) „
A ssistant Secretary (S upply and L ogistics)------------
A ssistant S ecretary (E ngineering)--------------------------
A ssistant Secretary (Research an d D ev elo pm en t)..
A ssistant Secretary (H ealth and M edical)--------------
Jo in t Chiefs of Staff------------------------------------------------
A ssistant to th e Secretary (Atomic E nergy) and
C h airm an , M ilitary Liaison C om m ittee----------
Special P ro g ram s--------------------------------------------------
T O T A L , S E C R E T A R Y O F D E F E N S E A C T
IV IT IE S ___ ______________________________
O ther Activities:
U n ited S tates P o rtio n of th e S tanding Group,
N A T O ....____ __________________________
Defense Advisor, U SRO (P aris)----------------------------
T able 11. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND ASSIGNED MILITARY PERSONNEL, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE, JUNE-DECBMBER 1956
1956
APPENDIX 75
U n ited S tates C o u rt of M ilitary Appeals---------------- 37 ----------- 39 ----------- 39 ----------- 39 ----------- 41 ----------- 42 ----------- 42 ............. -
In terd ep artm en tal A ctivities______________________ 2 ------------ 7 ----------- 12 4 15 8 17 8 16 7 17 7
T O T A L , F U L L -T IM E E M P L O Y E E S _______ 1,841 779 1,641 785 1,628 787 1,620 789 1,628 788 1,619 788 1,623 786
In te rm itte n t Em ployees__________________________ 58 _______ 44 ------------ 37 ----------- 43 ----------- 56 ----------- 52 ----------- 67 -----------
T O T A L E M P L O Y E E S _______________________ 1,899 779 1,685 785 1,665 787 1,663 789 1,684 788 1,671 788 1,690 786
'T h e Cataloging Division w as transferred to th e D ep artm en t of th e A ir Force effective Ju ly 30,1956.
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