Personnel for operation of all utilities on these base camps would be required throughout the experiment.

Operation of Camp Services.

The operation of camp services will include

furnishing personnel and supplies for maintaining all incidental equipment and
buildings of the proving ground.

This implies operation of shop facilities

such as equipment repair, electric, plumbing, painting, garage and boat repair
throughout this period.
Other camp services include the operation of housing and messing facilities, recreational facilities, laundry, and cold storage or reefer plants with
the maintenance of uninterrupted supplies required by these operations.

Fur-

nishing equipment and personnel for unloading, warehousing, and distributing
these supplies as well as construction materials and equipment is also included.
Freight Handling,

It is recommended that all freight destined for Eni-

wetok Atoll, with the exception of military freight consigned for the use of
the military garrison at Hniwetok Island, be directed to a central assembly
point in the Zone of the Interior.

This point could effectively be a warehouse

in the Los Angeles harbor area, to which procurement items from vendors would
be consigned, as well as scientific equipment.

At this point, such re-packag-

ing as necessary would be accomplished, and the assembly of loads for surface
or air transport would be accomplished in a systematic related manner.

All

such freight would be appropriately marked and insofar as possible, would be
consigned at this point to the individual island in Eniwetok Atoll, in which
it will be ultimately used.

A code mark would accomplish this and would enable

considerable elimination of re-handling at Parry island.

Freight could also be

marked with an identification number for accountability.

It is recommended

that the integration of freight handling and consignment, both in the Zone of

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