pilations. Thought had to be given to possible field office requirements, such as drafti~g equipmentand reproductionfacilities. For the latter, an Ozalid machine was obtained and shipped with the engineer units. Sufficient drafting supplies and survey instrumentswere obtained. in air lift of 15’60pounds was required for the field eq~P~nt of the ba8t & Geodetic party. Air lift was also required for som of the maps and chsrts used. The preliminary fieldwork, held below normal by the fact that two engineers formerlywith the original Navy survey of the islands were in charge of field work, was increased by two cmditions; the field party and the construction gang for the towers arrived at the site simultane- ously. This required immediate orientationof the tower bases and the setting of grading stakes for the clearing crews. The presence of natives on two of the islands msde it necessary to run random lines so that the village would not be disturbed. Clearing and staking the final lines at this etage would have obliterated the village. Moving the field ~rty between islar,dsto obtain these prelidnary lines added to the time. Thnxgh the uee of the LSTS and rapid transfer by the smaller boats, this time 1066 was kept to a Umum. In addition to the triangulationend traverses required for the orighsl strictures,the section was called upon for other types of nrvey work. This consisted of furnishingazimuths and distances for seismograph stations, locations of buoys, requesting aerial photography, 61 Section XVI I