Department of The immy, which would pmzit a transfer of vehicles determined to be uneconomically repairable directly to Froperty Disr posal Officer. This would preclude reporting the items for disposition and thereby elimlnate a 45-60 day delay In final action taken. ‘ This authcrity was received 29 June 1956. (2) The initial stages of “rollup” ccxm=ced ti =rly June with the turn-in ci’excesses by the Military Eolice Augmentation unit. The initial turn-ins consisted.of beds, becking and a . small nunber of vehicles. It is anticipated that such item will continue to be turned in as personnel depart fro~ the iacific rl?oving Ground. Preparation and return of items to CONS is progressing P mtisfmtorily. 3. Ordnance: a. Mission: The Ordnance Section is responsible for field maintenance and technical inspections of all Army owned ordnance . mteriel and vehicles, Engineer heavy equipnent, ant.naterials handle ing equipnent in the Facific Froving Ground. b. General: During the first two nonths of 1955 the AEC civilian contractor assumed the maintenance responsibility for w~ Force o~ed and Air em~gency power generators located on ENIWETOK Is&uN5. Spare parts continued to be supplied by Task Group 7.2. During May and June the first shipment of vehicles for Operation REDWING were received. The de-processing and in-storage maintenance of these vehicles created a large additional work load for the ordnance section during the six or seven nonth before they 51