Evening star., 1946-08-29
.5,075Civi|ians
Jobs
.Here0ctober1 |
War Department Cut
In D. G. and Field
To TotoI 5000

An estimated 5,075 War De-
partment civilian employees in
the Washington area will lose
their jobs October l as the result
of President Truman's economy
directive, it was learned today.
In all the War Department has
ordered its civilian personnel staff
reduced by 53.079, according to fig
ures released by Maj Gen. C. H.
Bonesteel president of the War
Department Manpower Board.
The dismiSSals were ordered to
balance raises granted to a civilian
force OF 672,579 on the pay rolls
July 81. The new ceiling after
economy cuts was placed at 5l9.500
workers, including those in the field.
Ground Forces Hardest Hit.
A total of 1887 civilian employees
in departmental Offices in Washing
ton and an additional l,138 en-
pioyed by the Military District of
Washington are slated to lose their
jobs.
The Washington Military District,
one of the separate Army areas, had
4,304 civilian employees on its rolls
July 81. The reduction of l,138 will
leave it 3,166 civilian employees.
/ Hardest hit of all branches of the
War Department is the Army Ground
Forces which will suffer reduc-
ton in the field OF 34,527 by October
| /. AT AGF headquarters, however.
civilians will be increased from .297
to 1,498, which means that 2OI en-
ployes are being added to the pay
roll.
Second Army Cut $500.
A decrease of $500 civilians has
been ordered on the payrolls of the
I'd Army which has it's headauar-
ters in Baltimore and includes
Maryland and Virginia in its area.
| Reductions in other components
of the Army Ground Forces are as
follows: 1st Army, New York, 8,174;
Sd Army, Atlanta, 1876; 4th Army,
San Antonio, 1899; 5th Army, Chi
cago, 4,361; 9Th Army, San Fran
cisco, 5,l40.
Departmental decreases in the va
rious agencies headquartered in
Washington include the following:
Army Air Forces, 464; Adjutant
Generals Office, 1000: Ordnance.
239; Transportation, 121; Finance.
8; Chemical Warfare Service. 1872;
Engineers 553 Quartermaster
Corps, 80; Signal Corps, 30; Judge
Advocate Generals Department. "a:
Provost Marshal General, 8, and
Chaplains Corps, 6.
Smaller Air Forces Drop.
Reductions ordered for the Army
Air Forces, recently announced as
$4,000 by the end of this year,
actually will total only 26. .166. which
includes the 464 severances in
| Washington.
Field services of practically all Of
| the Army branches except the
Quartermaster Corps are slashed in
varying degrees.
The Quartermaster Corps. due
| principally to the work of the Amer
lcan Graves Registration Services,
will increase its field force by 6.349.
That means a rise from 80, SAG to
1895 in the field.
The adjutant generals depart
ment, although cutting its WASH
lington staff severely, will increase
its field force from 5595 to 1852, an
increase of 2,055.
Field force cuts. in other Army
branches include Chemical Warfare
Service from 6,772 to 6,626: Engi-
neer Corps from 23,859 to % ,O83, and
the surgeon generals Office from
20,679 to 15,415.
Signal Corps Increase.
The Signal Corps will make an
unexplained increase in the field
from 10000 to 14172, although it
made very slight drop in the de-
Ipartmental staff.
The Ordnance Corps will decrease
its field staff from 1922 to 76,3O5.
The Transportation Corps will lose
1914 field employees, the drop being
from 49, to 1882.
| Another increase of 2,057 has been
authorized for the Finance Depart
ment in the field. This will increase
its staff from 10,545 to 1862. This
Is accountable chiefly for the work
of the ST. Louis headquarters in
connection with terminal leave pay
ments.
! In other miscellaneous branches
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