RG 156 - Office of Chief of Ordnance, Assorted Files - Augusta Ordnance Depot

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Assorted Arsenal Files, 1940-1953

National Archives Identifier 6121299
This series consists of assorted files from the Augusta Arsenal 1940-1953. There are several types of files that describe daily operations at the Arsenal: general orders, field service orders, general circulars, standard operating procedure circulars, interoffice memoranda, incoming memoranda, field service bulletins, and physical security surveys.

 

Box 1

General Orders—Outgoing Memorandums

 

Folder 1:

▪ General Orders (1940-1948)

▪ Uniforms, Badges, Holidays, Regulations, Organization

▪ Death of Lt. Hungerpillar (11 November 1943)

- First civilian employee to make the “supreme sacrifice for his country” by sinking a Japanese destroyer

▪ Good Conduct Medal (April-December 1944)

- List of men

▪ Official and only title is “Augusta Arsenal” not “Augusta Ordnance Depot” (3 April 1944)

▪ Organization in detail (8 August 1945)

▪ Announcement of FDR’s death (14 April 1945)

 

Folder 2:

▪ Field Service Orders (1946)

▪ Ammunition Storage Space (11 January 1945)

- Igloos and Magazines

▪ Standard operating procedures, inspection, ammunition storage, materiel

▪ Stock Status Reports on Parts, Supplies, Tools and Equipment (except ammunition) (21 January 1926)

 

Folder 3:

▪ General Circulars (1945)

- Reporting improvements, POWs, Telephone calls

- Position of “Civilian Chief” (27 June 1945)

 

Folder 4:

▪  SOP Circulars (1946)

- Reporting motor vehicle accidents, safety, cost, inventory, veterans, shipments

- Establishment of Vehicle Division (23 April 1946)

Folder 5:

▪ C.P. Circular (1947)  

- Civilian personnel circulars (commendation, disciplinary action, suspension, or removal)

- Personnel Management (12 November 1947)

- Revised salary and wage program of Augusta Arsenal (17 July 1947)

Folder 6:

▪ Augusta Arsenal Memos (1944)

- Establish personnel records on all employees (as well as Veteran Preference) (16 September 1944)

- Leave for Wives of Military Personnel (4 July 1944)

- Orientation, Materiel, Salvage material, Property

- Conservation of Packing Materials (29 July 1944)

- One of the greatest wastes at the Arsenal

- Words of Praise from Detroit (14 July 1944)

- Serious Breach of Security Regulations (30 June 1944)

- Abuse of sick privilege (29 June 1944)

- Western Union Telegraph Company establishes commercial telegraph service at this station (22 June 1944)

 

Folder 7:

▪ Interoffice Memos

- Need for second shift at the IBM section (4 September 1943)

-Female employee becomes supervisor of Local Rationing Board in Augusta, GA (7 October 1943)

- Program of Accident Prevention Memo (18 October 1943)

- Army Ordnance Report (22 December 1943)

- Analysis of ordnance in America

- Great photos of posters about Ordnance

- Inspection of carbines from Fort Benning, GA (15 January 1944)

- List of defects

 

Folder 8:

▪ Interoffice Memos

- Injured employees, visitors, job training for men and women, conservation, discipline, post regulations

- Character Chest Drive (17 October 1942)

- Helps Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, YWCA, YMCA

- Transportation during Christmas, railroad and highways (1 December 1942)

Folder 9:  

▪ Incoming Memorandums for Fiscal Year 1947, Unnumbered

▪ Personnel ceilings, production schedule, reductions in force

▪ Voting in Primary Elections (15 July 1946)

- Encourages employees to vote and get excused absence

▪ War Surplus Property Sale (7 August 1946)

- One week restricted to veterans

▪ Federal Pay Act of 1946 (19 August 1946)

- Passed and granted 14% increase in pay due to increased cost of living and other demands growing out of the war

▪ Shipment to Atlanta Ordnance Depot and Camp Gordon of Vehicles (19 August 1946)

▪ Free chest plate, X-ray, and blood test (4 October 1946)

- In association with Georgia Department of Public Health

▪ Employment Relations Council (11 October 1946)

- Men and one woman

▪ Examination announcement for open positions (November 1946)

- Gives job descriptions

 

Folder 10:

▪ Outgoing Memorandums, Fiscal Year 1947

- Transportation division, post property, storage

 

Box 2

Field Service Bulletins – Semi-Annual Physical Security Survey (1940-1953)

 

Folder 1:

▪ Treasury Division, Field Service Bulletins (1945)

- Domestic air shipments priorities (22 August 1944)

- Increased demand for supplies in the continental US

▪ Storage, Space, and Occupancy

 

Folder 2-5:

▪ Semi-Annual Security Surveys (1954)

▪ Lists security weaknesses and recommendations to eliminate or reduce deficiencies

▪ (Folder 4) Photographs of the Arsenal (23)