Classes of supplies
Army training chart in black and brown on buff: a top row of five panels (daily telegram, requisition, daily status report, requisition diagram, call against credits) above five illustrated panels for supply Classes I to V, each with a short rule beneath. It is an instructional sheet with no persuasive technique of note; card-stacking is the nearest label, since it lists only the official procedure.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department (Army training aid)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. War Department (Army training aid). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-580 (NAID 514060).
Text on the object
CLASSES OF SUPPLIES FM 100-10, Field Service Regulations Administration, 15 Nov. 43 Daily Telegram [telegram, coded:] HEIQI KAVEO HDP / JOPWC HUKSO MAXQI WECAK HLIM / IOWBS NIOWX HDNOI LOCED OGEK / KBDC ... NMY ... JKYC ... TRED [telegram, decoded:] 1 JUNE 43 / RAILHEAD WEIRGATE FIRST DIVISION / THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED / FIFTEEN COMMA GS THREE DASH THIR- / TEEN THOUSAND COMMA OE THIRTY / FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE STOP / SMITHERS Requisition Daily Status Report (BELOW ARMY) Requisition [diagram:] TROOPS; SP; Rhd; R.Sta; legend: REQUISITION OR CALL, DELIVERIES; ALTERNATIVE Call Against Credits Class I Obtained by daily telegram based upon consolidated unit strength reports. Include rations, forage and water. Items consumed at a daily uniform rate. Class II "All items of organization equipment, such as clothing, arms, vehicles, tools and other equipment in which T/E allowances have been established, should be requisitioned by organization as the need arises." Class III Fuels and lubricants. Proper quantities based upon daily status reports of using units. They are submitted to Army for replenishment. Division, corps and Army troops obtain Class III on demand at Army Supply points. An empty tank is a requisition. Class IV Miscellaneous Supplies . . . Items not ordinarily classified and not covered by tables of equipment. Includes machinery, construction, camouflage and fortification materials. Requisitions are based upon operations contemplated or in progress. Any item may be placed in Class IV by Theater Commander, i.e., motor vehicles and engineering materials. Requisition as in Class II. Class V Include ammunition, anti-tank mines and chemicals and based upon reports of consumption. Made available in the form of credits set up at designated supply points. Reference: FM 100-10, 15 Nov. 43 [on crates in images:] RATION 10 in 1; FLOUR; 1500 CARTRIDGES CAL. 30 IN CARTON; BALL M2 [signature:] Army Training Approved War Department Graphic Training Aid 10-1 CLASSES OF SUPPLIES Ref. FM 100-10 and TM 38-505 WAR DEPARTMENT • 9 May 1944 Reproduction without permission prohibited [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—[illegible]
