organizations, mainly the Allgemeine SS, SS-Totenkopfverbände and the Waffen-SS, which until July 1940 was officially known as the SS-VT. When the war first began, the vast majority of SS members belonged to the Allgemeine SS, but this statistic changed during the later stages of the war when the Waffen-SS opened up membership for non-Germans. Further, with Himmler as Chief of the German Police, the SS also controlled the uniformed Ordnungspolizei (Order Police). Hierarchy and structure The term Allgemeine-SS referred to the "General SS," meaning those units of the SS considered "main, regular, or standard." By 1938, the Allgemeine SS was administratively divided into several main sections: Full-time officers and members of the main SS departments Part-time volunteer members of SS regional units SS security forces, e.g., the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo – Gestapo & Kripo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Concentration Camp staffs of the Totenkopfverbände Reserve, honorary or otherwise inactive SS members After World War II began, the lines between the Allgemeine SS and the Waffen-SS became increasingly blurred, due largely to the Allgemeine SS headquarters offices having administrative and supply command over the Waffen-SS. By 1940, all of the Allgemeine SS had been issued grey war-time uniforms. Himmler ordered that the all-black uniforms be turned in for use by others. They were sent east where they were used by auxiliary police units and west to be used by Germanic-SS units such as the ones in the Netherlands and Denmark. Full time SS personnel Approximately one third of the Allgemeine SS were considered "full time" meaning that they received a salary as government employees, were employed full-time in an SS office, and performed SS duties as their primary occupation. The vast majority of such full-time SS personnel were assigned to the main SS offices that were considered part of the Allgemeine SS. By 1942, these main offices managed all activities of the SS and were divided as follows: Hauptamt Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS (Main Office Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS; HaPerStab) SS-Hauptamt (SS Main Office; SS-HA) SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Leadership Main Office; SS-FHA) Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office; RSHA) SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office; SS-WVHA) Ordnungspolizei Hauptamt (Order Police Main Office) Hauptamt SS-Gericht (SS Court Main Office; HA SS-Gericht) SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (SS Race and Settlement Main Office; RuSHA) SS Personalhauptamt|SS-Personalhauptamt (SS Personnel Main Office; SS PHA) Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Coordination Center for Ethnic Germans; VoMi) SS-Schulungsamt (SS Education Office) Reichskommissar für die Festigung