Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 10 | Bergesch Named to Inventory Supplies

BERGESCH HIED 10 IEI0MPLIES Will List Engineer Property Prop-erty in Thirteenth Zone; Includes Six States. Lit-uL?nant j. - Mei K:.-i.:r,, comma ruling or tiifi 40,lriJ eiiKlnr:f;r supply de-i-r.t. at. KorL roui;la, h:is be"-n appointed ''iiiinoi'p c-jrrm inventory officer for th: I hlri r pnUi zone, and ns mich will have harK'j of dm t;tkniff of an Invoiitrv tf .'I 'he pliv':;i':;i ! propTty of tlii engineer ' :irpa in thin zon:. 'I'hfi t hirl'-ciit h zonrt romprioa th; MntfH nf I 'I ah. Washington. in'nn, ' 'iilirorniii, Montana. Idaho and An.na, ;iirl Hkj ii.vt-iiinr' work ui. all the psr.s, iTJinps, ratttoniTH-nts and depots in those (ai.-H will iiaiidl'.d under the Hiiper-MMinii Hiiper-MMinii iinr! d i rcet inn of Jj. ulonanL ;er-K'-Hfli and LhruuMi lu oft'k-e aL fort I '..nph.H. This work la binR- dtinc in r-onnent ion v, uh i ho ock.i ii i.atiun of the new dupart-i dupart-i of puirha.s.,-, st..r.ih'e and tratipor- ' -ilon, an. Ih a lltanic ta.sk in vk-w of i h 1 tact that it rail for the I inline; of 'rry arlt.-l.- l supply on hand under i i :' nkf (jiiart'-'miayl cr i'parlm'-nt. and which ii'. U' passes under the trout rol of l In- itw i Ifpailiiient . '1 lie tj'.si; nf L i. -u tenant Be.rfrcfrh in to h.-ui.; a. fietadt'd h.sl of all fiiineer :Jipplie;i in Hit: thirl. '.-nth zone. This in-eludi-rt ri"l only land, hut ho;i, equipment, equip-ment, and Hupplk-s of the enKineer or-i-u n i zat ion. I 'I'he lieulenant. operates directly tinder ih.: y.ono inventory officer at San I-'ran-rjHi-.., whu in in t:hartfrt of the Inventory of all cni"p equipment, and the lieulen-aai, lieulen-aai, in turn, t.s the officer In charge of ihe It, v etil r y of all property of the ui-K.iirrr ui-K.iirrr coii..-- f"" tin1 entire zone. 'I';,'- li. 1 1 f t t i L is anihorized to appoint l-.e:ii in . miU.jv ol fic-rs at ear), j.nst, . tniji, . ;i ,; ooinent and depot, in the zonr, ; and tin. a- W'l'ii-rs will take eh a rue of i tie deta-lod work nf taKintr invcntoi'y ' ' 'iie'r r.'-p'.'irl I : stations. The exports of ihfs- on'i, will he compiled ai.d for-wauled for-wauled In LioMt. mailt H'tk-'S'-m at 1-V.rt !'oii(:las. and he and his ;i.s.M.st;i nLs' in I the of free, her' will .-onsoliciate the.e re-portn re-portn and emhotly the in in a zone report, which in turn will he went to t lio 7,0110 lnentnry officer at San Franci.seo for I'orwardinK to t h c officer in charge of 1 era ire and mipr lies of the a rmy. Taking Inventory of supplies of the a rmy is a hip; la.ik and it will require the timo of a good many officers and ten for several month a to complete it. ''lie work at the. pout haa already bee! tiarted. Thla ia an engineer supply depot de-pot for the entire western depart men t and the task of taking inventory here in no small one.