Even before the department was formally established, Howe's representatives were surveying the country for essential war needs, with the department soon accumulating huge reserves of strategic materials.
この部門が正式に造られる以前であっても、ハウの代理人が基本的戦争需要について国内を調査しており、その部門は間もなく巨大な戦略物資の保有量を築き上げていた。