furniture shipped in and distributed. And, as you might guess, in the midst of all this it became clear that we were going to have an influx of VIP's and, of course, British housing would not be adequate for such personnel, so it was necessary to bring in pre-fabricated housing trailers of higher quality to establish VIP quarters. This helped the morale of the island personnel no end. the main camp. were used to. The major difficulty faced was in feeding at Wee ! The British cooking equipment was somewhat than our people There was a great shortage of eating utensils, dishes, cups and, of course, at least for a while, these received comparatively priority on air shipment. It was necessary to feed low in shifts very quickly because the personnel on the island grew faster than the pope tns capability. The mess hall was cafeteria style, unfortunately, the-emsetwas close to the entrance and because of lack of sufficient personnel it was necessary to require that the patrons carry their own, utensils, eating trays to the exit 2 process and dump the garbage there. That made #8 whole sxxkem somewhat unpalatable for those coming in. long hours every day. There were many other problems which Riley Shaw ! should have mentioned that when we moved Christmas, Col. Phil Hooper, the oldest col. again because of his well commander, fought into in the army, was brought in known trouble shooting capabilities as island He along with Riley faced the problems | mentioned above. The feeding problem eventually became so serious as to lead to demonstrations in the mess hall and incipient mutiny. At this point it became necessary for Starboard himself to take a hand not only in arranging for higher priority in the shipping system for material but also to help bolster the morale of the personnel by visiting the mess hal! and eating there most of the time while he was on -the island. iota Perhaps worthy of note here that, in parallel with the build-up of the island. a most adequate officers dining room was set up MAdEK at the suggestion of and under the auspices of the navy deputy who also 2/