as the Adjutant Oeneral in the rear echelon. 23. The period beginning 15Feb~am 19hB ad ending lb ~rch 1948 was an extremely active period for this Section. Initially, at Fort Shafter, there was some confusion in establishinfiindividual job assign- I % ments, since the Section was moved by tiditiduals rather than as a group and arrived over a period of more than a month. Also at Fort Shafter, it was necessary to begin the consolidati~nof the files brought fromWashing1 ton with those that had been established at Oahu. This task required a considerablepefiod of time and effort. The OdU I : Echelon had established a suspense system which was used on practically all incom~ radios, This system involved a great deal of time and its value was rather dubious. 2~. As had been the custcm In Washington, the Adjutant General drafted ‘ all orders and sutmitted them to the Adjutant General, Headquarters, USARPAC, whose problem consisted of merely cutting the stencils and productig the necessa~ number of copies. It was necessary to have orders < published for all officers and enlisted personnel at Fort Shafter$ schedtied to move to Enlwetok on the USS Mt. McKinley or by air. sary to have orders issued on q It was also neces- civilians under contract to the Ataaic Energy Commission. 25. Upon reporting aboard the USS Mt. McKinley on 8 hrch, the Adjutant Generalls Office assumed the additional duties of Flag Secretary and the Section functioned accordingly. ~ this tinw the Adjutant Generalts Section was divided as follows: Lieutenant Colonel Taylor and two [2) enliete@men remaimd in the rear echelon in Washington; . U Section XIII 1