f d. Considerablemete motion ensued when squad instead of pyramidal tents were received. When the substitutionwaa discovered constructionwas too far along to permit replacing the pyramidal by aquad even had it been desired to do ao. The net result was that 375 squad tents umapletewith all their poles, pins, etc., were ato~d. On 2Z February they were being loaded out for return to Hawaii. e. It waa eatlmated that 20% of the total e?fort at Kwajalein waa spent in unloading,warehousing, inventorying,and loading of supplies for use by constructionpersonnel. 7. Work w Contractor a. It would be wrong and Unjust if this report ignored the major contributionsmade by the Navy contractor,the Byrnes Organization. The operations of this contractorwere essential to the aucoeasful completion of the taak. b. The contractor asaieted our program in two major ways$ (1) He furnished conorete, built showers and heada, and supplied carpenters and plunbera. This he waa required to do by extension to his contract. This exteneionwas given by Navy ●t Taak Force request. Navy obtained the neoesaary funds and handled contract supervisionand administration. (2) The oontract already protided for a waterborne eewage system, improvementsto the bruckish water supply, and n- eleotric tmnsmiaaion lines. The contractor achoduled this work eo that it would first be done in . 8ection XVX-A 16