Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

There is hereby established in the War Department, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, a corps of uniformed civilian employees to be known as the Army Specialist Corps.

Context

Executive Order 9078—Establishing the Army Specialist Corps

02/25/1942

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