MilColl_WWII_27_U_S_Army_Asheville_Redistribution_Station_Booklet

THE FOURTH SERVICE COMMAND WELCOMES YOU TO THE

AG & SF REDISTRIBUTION STATION ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA

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Name Pfc. Girleona Mortind

I Arrived 1 P. M. Sat. Nov. 4, 1944

I Stayed at the George Vanderbilt Hotel

G. A. M. FOREWORD [crossed out phrase]

On behalf of the Fourth Service Command and of the Redistribution Station Command and Staff, I extend to you a welcome to your new station. It is our intent to make your stay in Asheville a pleasant one.

The redistribution station has been established to study your records and your experience so that you can be assigned where you can be most useful to the Army.

A certain routine for the study of your experience and records will be necessary. You can expect this processing to be thorough. However, it has been simplified as much as possible in order to give you the maximum amount of comfort, relaxation, and leisure time.

Except for your processing you will find that you are completely free.

But you are reminded that as soldiers you shall be expected to conduct yourselves as gentlemen. As overseas veterans, your appearance and your conduct will be under yet closer scrutiny, and the impressions you create on others will be strong and lasting ones. This fact constitutes a responsibility which you should shoulder with pride--pride in yourself, and pride in the army of which you are a part. Accordingly, the very highest standards of military courtesy and bearing will be expected of you at all times.

Have a good time. Enjoy your liberties. But meet your schedules promptly, and be considerate of the comfort and convenience of others.

F. E. UHL, Major General, U.S. Army, Commanding.

[Map with numbered key:]

HOTELS 1. ASHEVILLE BILTMORE 2. BATTERY PARK 3. GEORGE VANDERBILT

THEATRES 4. IMPERIAL 5. PLAZA 6. PARAMOUNT 7. STATE

PUBLIC BUILDINGS 8. LIBRARY 9. POST OFFICE 10. AUDITORIUM 11. Y. M. C. A.

FACTS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATION

You have been checked in and assigned to your room in one of the hotels used by the Redistribution Station in Asheville: the Battery Park, the Vanderbilt, the Biltmore, or the Grove Park Inn.

The small card which was given you when you arrived is important. Keep it. It is your meal ticket. It tells you to which processing group you belong. When you are ready to leave it will serve as your clearance.

You are now a member of the Casual Company at your hotel. Your Company Officers are here to help you. Questions or gripes should be addressed to them.

In addition to being in a Casual Company, you are also a member of a numbered group of 10 men who will be processed as a unit. Its number is on your small card. The schedule for your group will be published on the bulletin board of your casual company in your hotel. It is your responsibility to know when and where you are to appear and to be there on time.

You will be given an orientation talk during your first day here by the Commanding Officer of your company.

[drawing: young soldier carrying his kitbags into a living room. A man and woman are sat in armchairs]