The first two abbreviations were used until about 1936 after a period of transition, CIV became the common code from 1938 onward. To identify the CCC contracts, the Quartermaster Corps inserted the letters ECF (Emergency Conservation Fund), ECW (Emergency Conservation Work), or CIV (Civilian), into the contract code before the lineal contract number. Each contract for CCC clothing was identified in the contract code as a CCC procurement rather than general Army contract. These contract codes are of vital importance for identifying Civilian Conservation Corps garments. Contract codes began with a W (War Department), followed by a number code for the supervising Quartermaster Depot (usually 669, i.e., Philadelphia QMD for textiles), followed by a contract number in lineal sequence. Each such garment had sewn into it a tag in a standardized format identifying the contract under which it was produced, and the specification - i.e., the approved design or pattern - to which it should adhere. More commonly, uniform items were manufactured by civilian firms under contract. Some Army equipment was made in-house: for example, clothing at Philadelphia QMD, shoes at Boston, and web belts and canvas canteen covers at Jeffersonville. Among the most significant of these major depots were Philadelphia, which specialized in the design, manufacture and procurement of clothing and textiles Boston, which specialized in shoes and footwear (New England was the historic center of the US shoe industry) and Jeffersonville, Indiana, which specialized in leather belts, canvas packs, and web gear. Certain of these Depots were more than just distribution warehouses-they also included design studios, contract and procurement offices, and vast workshops. Regional Quartermaster Depots (QMDs) located throughout the country supplied shoes, uniforms and equipment to Army posts and garrisons in their service areas. In the 1930s the QMC was a vast industrial enterprise. Uniforms and clothing for the CCC were provided by the US Army's Quartermaster Corps (QMC).
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