বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
descriptive, pay and allowances, and pension; general welfare, morale, health, military law, and budget estimates for pay and allowances of all personnel of the Army.
(3) Quartermaster General's Branch. This Branch is responsible for the movements of personnel, stores, equipment; provision, inspection and issue of food stuffs and storage; work policy; accommodation for the Army and connected questions; administration of the military farms, remount and veterinary services, army postal and canteen services fire-fighting services; technical examination of M E S works bills; and administration of civilian 'Q' Services.
(4) Master-General of the ordnance Branch. It deals with the provision, storage, repair, maintenance and issue of all Ordnance stores and equipment including M. T. vehicles, armaments and ammunitions, signal equipment, general stores and clothing for the Army as a whole.
(5) Engineer-in-Chief’s Branch. It is responsible for:
(a) Design, construction and maintenance of all accommodation and works for the three services including dock installations' air fields, military roads, water supply, electricity and lighting services, refrigeration and furniture.
(b) Raising of Engineer Units (including) transportation, bomb disposal and mines clearing units) their technical training, organisation, administration; operational planning and intelligence.
(c) Research, design and development in respect of Engineer equipment, Engineer Plant, demolition explosives, mine detection equipment connected with M. E. S.
(d) Procurement, holding and distribution of Engineer stores (including Transportation Stores).
(e) Administration of personnel of the M. E. S. and Crops of Engineers.
(6) Military Secretary's Branch. It is responsible for the grant of all types of commissions in the Army, postings, transfers, promotions release, retirement, resignation, and invalidment of all non-medical officers of the Army. It maintains the confidential reports and personal records of all non-medical officers of the Army and provides the Secretariat for the Selection Boards which recommend officers for promotion to senior ranks. This Branch also deals with the grant of honors and awards to Army to civilians.
Under the Army Headquarters, the Army is organized into Commands, each under a G. O. C., of the rank of Lt. General. The command is divided into Areas, each under the command of a G. O. C. of the rank of Major General and the Areas in their turn divided into sub-areas, each under the command of Brigadier. These are static formations, the operational mobile formations corresponding to the Command, Area, and Sub-Area being respectively Army, Divisions and Brigade. In so far as the organisation of active formation is concerned, a Corps Headquarters to command and control two or more Divisions.
