European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Munich Munich military commissions Tost Munich military Post is the largest single military establishment under control of the its Square equals that of the state of Maryland its american population is about that of and its German population matches that of capital of was Cap tured april by men of the 3d and 45th units of the 7th the 38th arty Brig and later the 9th inf div arty occupied the area until the 2d con Stab Brig took Over in the Munich military fore runner present was established in september 1946 As first administrative organization to operate independently of the tactical units in the first commander was Brig Gen Hobart 2d who held a double experience quickly proved the tactical and administrative commands were too Large and too different in nature to be tied together under a single a map spokesman pointed so the Mur Nich military Post was As a separate March Brig Gen Josiah Dalbey became first Post in August col Sevier Tupper assumed and on june he was in turn relieved by the present Brig Gen Edmund the first Post organization was a com pact Little command charged Only with the logistical of units in the City of Munich and a few neighbouring coun matters of importance were referred to the the Superior the 1st Mil in january the setup was radically altered when the Berchtesgaden and bad Tolz posts became sub posts of in july of the same Turnau also became a sub the Little housekeeper in Munich had suddenly become responsible for approximately Square Miles of Large As these increases the face of the Post was due for an even More startling uplift on the Munich area was extended to include most of what had been the Regensburg military this addition brought the area up to Square and the Post Public information officer promptly let the world know the army had formed the largest Post in its designated As a major command Fol lowing the phasing out of the 1st Mil for administrative has divided itself into a Headquarters area and seven sub posts Landshut and because a military Post is in Many ways analogous to the administration of a it is interesting to note that map operates a City transportation system equal in size to that in Post vehicles travel an average Miles Post bus routes and Hico vehicles serviced by the Post motor Pool add an additional Miles a perhaps the Best picture of map operations can be gained by a detailed account of the activities of the Post who Are allotted More than 50 per cent of the total map under the direction of it col Sam Post Engineer 14 two warrant officers and a handful of enlisted men oversee the activities of More than German they Are responsible for maintaining an instal lation which consumes kilowatt hours of tons of Coal and Gallons of water an in their capacity As landlords of the american the engineers maintain dependent a Large number of Bachelor plus other requisitioned property totalling approximately individual parcels of real the Post is charged with maintaining such varied undertakings As the huge Munich pm the 98th Hico do red Cross instal schools and certain housekeeping functions Are also provided to four Large air bases within the Post although air Force units Are some what Independent of the army Post in which they Are through the the Post pro Vides everything from a daily cake of ice for the family ice Box to Community fire operating under an annual budget of Between and 000 the engineers make a sub Stantial contribution to the local Economy from which an estimated 99 per cent of their supplies Are Munich military Post he is fairly Well centralized in the modern Mcgraw a originally built by the More and More units Are being drawn into the Kaseane area As the army policy of centralization is carried Forward by Sebree and his the reduction in the staff of the land commissioner for Bavaria has permitted an expansion of Post functions into the Large main Headquarters building now shared by army and state depart ment relations Between land commis senior government representative in and the according to acting commissioner Clarence been remarkably the maintenance of commission property and personnel is one of the major responsibilities of the Post House keeping this is no mean task in largest state in the zone of men of the double pfc Harry Cpl Carrous we Alexander Carter and Cpl Frank at units or mature Section