Describes how the War Department and private industry manufactured huge quantities of munitions and how the Field Service stored, catalogued, maintained, and distributed those munitions to the ports of embarkation.

Procurement planning -- Launching the defense program, 1940-41 -- The problem of requirements -- Artillery -- Artillery ammunition : preparation -- Artillery ammunition : production -- Small arms -- Small arms ammunition -- Preparation for tanks and other fighting vehicles -- Production of tanks -- Motor transport vehicles -- Spare parts for vehicles -- Inspection and statistical quality control -- Contract termination and settlement -- Field service : Legacy of World War I -- The new depot system -- Revision in the depot system -- The language of supply -- Stock control -- Ammunition supply -- Maintenance -- Conclusion.