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Executive Order 9722—Reassignment of the Functions of the Service of Supply Command and the Commanding General, Services of Supply

May 13, 1946

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The Secretary of War is authorized and directed, within thirty days from the date hereof, to reassign to such agencies and officers of the War Department as he may deem appropriate the functions, duties, and powers heretofore assigned to the service of supply command and to the Commanding General, Services of Supply.

Executive Order No. 9082 of February 28, 1942, entitled "Reorganization of the Army of the United States and Transfer of Functions within the War Department," is amended accordingly.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 13, 1946

Harry S Truman, Executive Order 9722—Reassignment of the Functions of the Service of Supply Command and the Commanding General, Services of Supply Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/278548

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