United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. Motor Transport Service (1942)

found: Organization of the Motor Transport Service, 1942:p. 2 (established Apr. 18, 1918 as the Motor Transport Service as a part of the Quartermaster Corps; named changed by General Order (GO) No. 75 dated Aug. 15, 1918 to the Motor Transport Corps; GO No. 42 dated July 14, 1920 transferred the Motor Transport Corps into the Quartermaster Corps where it became a branch of the Transportation Service; Office Order No. 49 dated July 26, 1940 separated the Motor Transportation Branch from the Transportation Section and its establishment as a separate Division of the Quartermaster Corp; Admin. Order No. 29 dated April 18, 1942 changed the name of the Motor Transport Division to the Motor Transport Service, O.Q.M.G. [Office of the Quartermaster General]; letter from the Services of Supply dated July 17, 1942 to transfer the Motor Transport Service to the Ordnance Dept. no later than Sept. 1, 1942)