morale of the troops and civilian personnel in the area. Much of hia time was spent in verifying hme conditions to determine whether r or not emergency or morale leaves were warranted. He also afforded a rapid means for furnishing information concerning births, deaths, ‘ and similar personal messages. Participation in tne 1956 Red Cross fund drive was excellent and a total of $1068.50 was raised. 5. . Fersonnel &ocedures: Personnel requisitions were sulmitted to Headquarters, JTF SEV~ kased on apprcnredTables of Distribution and in accordance with DA POliCyO lieadquarters,Joint TaslsForce SEWN sutadtted consolidated requisitions to Zhe Adjutant General, Department of The Army. ~on receipt of personnel allocations fron The Adjutant General, the task force then notified this headquarters. Initial classificaticm and assignment was routine since all personnel were requisitioned for specific positions according to a primry MOS. Reclassifications and reassignments were ac- complished in those cases where individuals were not qulified. In March 1955 the tour of duty for Army personnel was cknged from 12 to 13 months. Rotation to the ZI was authorized immediately after arrival of replacements in most crises. There were few instances in which personnel were held after completion of 13 months. Allocations for promotions were received from Headquarter, Joint Task Force SEV~, in bulk ~ pay grade on a monthly basis. T~se allocations were suballoted to detachments on the basis of -$A..- L .,