andi tndoendncetaleenniainnel enee Rongerik and Kwajalein hold ‘Meade 1946). Perhaps as a result of Juda’s hurried. spur of the moment allocation of dweilings, two housenolds which had been adiacent at Bikim: were assigned dwellings at opposite ends of the willage. Other households which had been adjacent were given dwellings in close proximity to one another. The general composition of ten of the eleven households was preserved. and the eleventh was divided when the widowed brother of alab 4 and his children were given a separate residence. He wasto re- marry shortly thereafter. and his nuclear family came to comprise a twelfth household. The households were no longer located on parcels of land, however, and this remained the situation for the duration of the settlement; land was never divided on Rongerik. As the Bikinians settled into their new surroundings,the officer in charge directed their work. Men were given meals and paid 77 5001246 = we Upon their arr:vai at Roneerik in early March. 1948, the Bikinians round their newvillage was incompiete. although, a rotal of twenty-six tent structures. che same numberot dweilings that had been abandoned at Bikini. had been prepared by the advance party. in contrast to Bikini's dispersed settlement pattern, the Ronger:k village pian. prepared bv Americans. resembled a community :n the United Srates—dweilings were arranged in a compace L-snaped cluster on the main island. Before the community was disembarked. the naval officer in charge hac Juda go ashore co determine which dwellings were to be occupied by each house- = ce Tne Rongerik Resettlement