Aircraft : $b its development in war and peace and its commercial futureDavid, Evan John
History
Aircraft : $b its development in war and peace and its commercial future
David, Evan John
Aeronautics; Airplanes
“All unexpended funds of appropriations heretofore made for the
Signal Corps of the Army and already specifically allotted for use in
connection with the functions of the Signal Service as defined and
limited by subparagraph (1) of Paragraph I hereof shall be and remain
under the jurisdiction of the Chief Signal Officer; all such funds
already specifically allotted for use in connection with the functions
of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps as defined and limited by
subparagraph (2) of Paragraph I hereof are hereby transferred to and
placed under the jurisdiction of the Director of Military Aeronautics
for the purpose of meeting the obligations and expenditures authorized
by said section; all such funds already specifically allotted for use
in connection with the functions hereby bestowed upon the Bureau of
Aircraft Production, as defined and limited by subparagraph (3) of
Paragraph I hereof, are hereby transferred to and placed under the
jurisdiction of said Director of Aircraft Production for the purpose
of meeting the obligations and expenditures authorized by said bureau
in carrying out the duties and functions hereby transferred to and
bestowed upon said bureau; and in so far as such funds have not been
already specifically allotted to the different fields of activity of
the Signal Corps as heretofore existing, they shall now be allotted
by the Secretary of War in such proportions as shall to him seem best
intended to meet the requirements of the respective fields of former
activity of the Signal Corps and the intention of Congress when making
said appropriations, and the funds so allotted by the Secretary of War
to meet expenditures in the field of activity of the Aviation Section
of the Signal Corps are hereby transferred to and placed under the
jurisdiction of the Director of Military Aeronautics for the purpose
of meeting the obligations and expenditures authorized by said
section; and the funds so allotted by the Secretary of War to meet
the expenditures in that part of the field of activity of the Signal
Corps, which includes the functions hereby transferred to the Bureau
of Aircraft Production, are hereby transferred to and placed under the
jurisdiction of the Director of Aircraft Production for the purpose of
meeting the obligations and expenditures authorized by said bureau.
III
“This order shall be and remain in full force and effect during the
continuance of the present war and for six months after the termination
thereof by the proclamation of the treaty of peace, or until
theretofore amended, modified, or rescinded.
“Under this order Mr. John D. Ryan continued as Director of Aircraft
Production and Maj. Gen. William L. Kenly became Director of Military
Aeronautics.”
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