Change No. 4, Joint Action of the Army and the Navy, 1935

J.B. No. 301 (Serial 671).
J.B. No. 319 (Serial 664).

THE JOINT BOARD,
WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS,
Washington, July 25, 1941.

The following changes in Joint Action of the Army and the Navy, 1935, have been approved by order of the Secretary of War and by the Acting Secretary of the Navy and should be made in all copies of this publication.

Add the following new pages:

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If-Ig Promulgation of Change No.4.

Remove and destroy the pages listed below and substitute the reprinted pages containing changes as indicated:

Old page Nos. Changes on reprinted pages
II-IIa C.J.A. 4--List of effective pages (revised January 25, 1941).
129-130 Paragraph 128, sentences added.
137-140 Chapter IX, Section I revised.

The office of The Adjutant General, War Department, and the Registered Publications Section, Navy Department, require no report of this change.

WILLIAM P. SCOBEY,
Lieutenant Colonel, G.S.C.
United States Army, Secretary.

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List of Effective Pages

(Revised January 25, 1941)

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Subject matter Change in
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Title page Original No number
Navy letter of promulgation of November 15, 1935 (Navy copies only) " 0-00*
Promulgation of Change No. 1, July 22, 1936 1*** I-Ia
Promulgation of Change No. 2, November 30, 1938 2 Ib-Ic
Promulgation of Change No. 3, June 28, 1940 3 Id-Ie
Promulgation of Change No. 4, January 25, 1941 4 If-Ig
List of effective pages 4 II-IIa
Joint letter of promulgation of September 11, 1935 Original III-IV**
Contents 2 V-VI
Contents, Part I 2 VII
Contents, Part I, continued Original VIII
Chapter I " 1-2
Chapter I, continued 1 3-4**
Chapter II 2 5-6
Chapter III 2 II
Chapter III, continued Original 12 to 16**
Chapter IV " 17
Chapter IV, continued 2 18
Chapter IV, continued Original 19-20**
Contents, Part II " 21-22**
Contents, Chapter V " 23-26
Chapter V 2 27
Chapter V, continued Original 28 to 41
Chapter V, continued 2 42 to 44
Chapter V, continued Original 45 to 47
Chapter V, continued 2 48
Chapter V, continued Original 49 to 64
Chapter V, continued 2 65-66
Chapter V, continued Original 67
Chapter V, continued 2 68
Contents, Chapter VI 2 69
Contents, Chapter VI, continued Original 70 to 72
Chapter VI " 73 to 76
Chapter VI, continued 2 77 to 80
Chapter VI, continued Original 81-82

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** Original blank pages IV, 4, 16, 20, and 22 should be so numbered in ink.
*** Navy copies "2."

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Chapter VI, continued 2 83-84
Chapter VI, continued Original 85-86
Chapter VI, continued 2 87
Chapter VI, continued Original 88 to 90
Chapter VI, continued 2 91
Chapter VI, continued Original 92 to 97
Chapter VI, continued 2 98
Chapter VI, continued Original 99-100
Chapter VI, continued 2 101
Chapter VI, continued Original 102
Chapter VI, continued 2 103-104
Chapter VI, continued Original 105
Chapter VI, continued 2 106-107
Chapter VI, continued Original 108 to 110
Chapter VI, continued 2 111
Chapter VI, continued Original 112
Contents, Chapter VII Original 113-114**
Chapter VII Original 115 to 126**
Contents, Chapter VIII Original 127-128**
Chapter VIII 4 129-130
Chapter VIII, continued 1 131-132
Chapter VIII, continued Original 133
Chapter VIII, continued 2 134
Chapter VIII, continued Original 135-136**
Chapter IX 4 137-140d
Chapter IX, continued 3 141-164
Chart of Organization for Coastal Frontier Defense Original No number
Diagram No. I, Coastal Frontier. Joint Radio and Wire Communications 3 No number
Diagram No. II, Joint Overseas Expedition--Landing Phase. Typical Communication Circuits for One Beach 3 No number

** Original blank pages 114, 126, 128 and 136 should be so numbered in ink.

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Chapter VIII
Agencies for Effecting Coordination

Section I
Sanction of Joint Agencies

  1. The existing joint agencies for coordination between the Army and the Navy no legislative nor executive basis for existence. These agencies exist as a result of agreement between the Secretaries of the War and Navy Departments. Except as noted in paragraph 135, below, the recommendations of these joint agencies are advisory only and become effective upon approval by both Secretaries, and in some cases upon further approval by the President.

Section II
The Joint Board

  1. The authority for The Joint Board is contained in War Department G.O. No. 94, 1919, as amended by G.O. No. 29, 1923, and G.O. No. 10, 1936, and Navy Department G.O. No. 7, 1935, as amended by G.O. No. 73, 1935, and G.O. No. 82, 1936. The board consists, on the part of the Army, of the Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff, and the Assistant Chief of Staff, War Plans Division, War Department General Staff; and on the part of the Navy, of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, and the Director, War Plans Division, Office of Naval Operations. The board is provided with a secretary detailed alternately from officers of the Army and the Navy.

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  1. Any matter which, to either the War or the Navy Department, seems to call for consideration as to cooperation between the two services may be referred by that department to The Joint Board. The Joint Board may also originate consideration of such subjects as in its judgment are necessary. The board confers upon, discusses, and reaches such common conclusions as may be practicable regarding such matters. Proceedings and reports of the board are confidential. Each department receives a copy of the report of the board.

  2. [»] The authority for the Joint Planning Committee is contained in War Department G.O. No. 94, 1919 (as amended by G.O. No. 29, 1923, and G.O. No. 10, 1936), and in Navy Department G.O. No. 7, 1935 (as amended by G.O. No. 73, 1935, and G.O. No. 82, 1936). The Committee consists of three or more members of the War Plans Division, War Department General Staff, and three or more members of the War Plans Division of the Office of Naval Operations; and, in addition thereto, in cases involving procurement and the allocation of industry, one officer of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War and one officer from the Office of Naval Operations. In the case of technical matters involving cooperation between the two services, the Joint Planning Committee may, upon approval of the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Naval Operations, set up committees of experts to advise upon appropriate action. Each committee of experts shall be composed of such officers of the Army and Navy as may be designated by the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Naval Operations, respectively.

  3. The committee is an agency of The Joint Board for the detailed investigation, study, and development of policies, projects, and plans relative to the national defense and involving joint action of the Army and the Navy. The committee may also originate consideration of such subjects as, in its judgment, are necessary. The members are authorized to consult and confer freely on all matters of defense and military policy in which the Army and the Navy are jointly concerned, and to consider this joint work as their most important duty. Its procedure is informal; its reports and recommendations are confidential; its reports and recommendations go to The Joint Board.

Section III
The Aeronautical Board

  1. The authority for the Aeronautical Board is contained in War Department G.O. No. 6, 1936, and Navy Department G.O.

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Chapter IX
Communications

Section I
Policy for the Coordination of Communication Activities of the Army and the Navy

  1. General.

    1. The policy and the proposed actions set forth in this chapter are based on the fact that the Army and the Navy together constitute the Nation's military power of which, under the Constitution, the President is Commander in Chief; therefore their acts derive authority from the direction of the President either expressed or implied.

    2. The policy for the coordination of communication activities of the Army and the Navy, approved by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, is set forth herein for information and guidance.

    3. Censorship is not considered to be a communication activity.

  2. Purpose of communication policy.--The purpose of this statement of policy is to establish an authoritative basis for the coordination of the Army and the Navy in the development of communication matériel, the establishment of communication stations, and in the conduct of communication activities, in order to insure adequate and efficient intercommunication between the Army and the Navy especially in joint operations, to prevent interference and conflict between the communication services of the Army and the Navy, to provide for the effective physical control of their communications in time of war or other national emergency, or when the United States is likely to become a belligerent, and to indicate the views of the War and Navy Departments as to the extent communications control is to be exercised by other Government agencies under the situations mentioned.

  3. Basic policy.

    1. The Army and the Navy shall provide, control, and operate such transmitting and receiving stations, together with the necessary

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      interconnecting as, augmented by nonmilitary communication facilities and services, will insure the existence and availability upon the outbreak of war or other national emergency of military controlled, thoroughly indoctrinated communication systems adequate to meet the requirements of national defense, having in view the prevention of undesirable duplication and the practical and definite limitation of expenditure imposed by economy.

    1. While the communication requirements of the Army and the Navy for purposes of national defense must be considered paramount, adequate provision also must be made for the needs of other governmental agencies, of industry, and of other civilian activities.

  1. Military and naval communications.

    1. The Army and the Navy shall have full authority respectively over all military and naval communications, and over all other communication facilities allocated in while or in part to the Army and the Navy.

    2. For operations in time of war as may be necessary, it is contemplated that the allocation of additional nonmilitary communication facilities to the Army and the Navy will be recommended by the Defense Communications Board created by Executive Order on September 24, 1940, or by a similar board subsequently created, and that changes in the initial allocation will be similarly recommended. It is further contemplated that all allocations will be made by Executive Order.

    3. In order that the Army and the Navy may plan for essential acquisitions of nonmilitary communication facilities and services for wartime or other emergency use, it is assumed that allocations will be based generally upon the following:

      1. The Army assumes prior right to utilize, in whole or in part, nonmilitary communication stations within the United States, Alaska, and foreign territory occupied by the Army, except the stations over which the Navy is assigned prior right to utilize in the following subparagraph.

      2. The Navy assumes prior right to utilize, in whole or in part, nonmilitary communication stations wherever located that are permitted to communicate overseas, with ships, or with aircraft flying over the sea, and nonmilitary communication stations in Panama, the insular possessions, and in foreign territory exclusively occupied by the Navy.

  2. Wartime jurisdiction over nonmilitary communications.

    1. The civil authorities, including the established courts, will continue their control of the civil communication agencies in the

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