Due to the limited transactions on Japtan, the officer in charge has Post Office Hours agreed to handle these cash transactions, All check cashing transactions on Parry Location “A” will be handled by military establishments on thatsite. -~0945 to 2000 Travelers’ checks, postal money orders, certified checks, etc., in excess Engebi ~ 1200 to 1230 1715 to 1930 Runit — 1130to 1230 Biijiri ~— 1100 to 1200 1700 to 2000 of $100 must be approved by the Jobsite Controller prior to cashing by Holmes & Narver cashiers. [t is emphasized that personal checks will not be cashed under any circumstances by Holmes & Narvercashiers. 1700 to 2000 Teletype Facilities All postoffices are equipped to sell stamps and postal money orders, and are equipped to offer postal registry service; all are also equipped to cash posta! money orders for reasonable amounts. 4 \ Financial Arrangements Teletype facilities are maintained on Party Island, equipped to send official classified or unclassified dispatches by radio to any official agency in the United States. Such teletypes must be released either by an authorized member of the staff of CTF 3 or CTG 3.1, or by the Holmes & Narver Project Manager. It is also possible to utilize this service for personal messages of an emergency nature. This latter service must be carefully controlled, since it is impracticable to overload the communication facilities. This service is permitted only because of the fact that there is no commercial means of Commander Task Group 3.1 has issued the following instructions: “(1) Living expenses in the forward area. The cost of subsistence will be small in the forward area. A charge of $10.50 per week per person will be made for meals, quarters, and Jaundry. Persons travelling via Navy or MSTS vessels will be required to pay a messbill in the amount stipulated by the mess regulations of the particular ship in which travel is performed. Such mess bills will approximate $1.50 to $2.00 per day. “(2) Funds Suflicient fundsto coverliving expenses for a reasonable period should be carried by the individual in the form of travellers’ checks, postal money orders, etc., and attangements should be made to receive additional funds from time to time. Since only small amounts of money will be needed in the forward area It is Suggested that arrangements be made to have pay checks deposited to the individual's bank accountrather than having them sent overseas. Personal checks will not be cashed in the forward area; thus remittances should be in the form of postal money orders, express money orders, cashiers’ checks, or certifred checks.” Negotiable paper as described in the foregoing instructions for moderate amounts will be cashed by the Post Exchanges at Parry, Runit, Rojoa and Engebi. Also, the Accounting Department Cashier on Parry will be authorized to make these cash transactions. 12 transmitting personal messages. These messages will be transmitted to the Signal Center, USARPAC, in Honolulu, which will forward them to a commercial agency for retransmission collect. As a matter of information, personal messages may similarly be sent from any point in the United States to individuals at the jobsite, by addressing them to APO 187 (Fniwetok), c/o Signal Center, USARPAC, Honolulu,T. H., but these also must be limited to emergency messages. Recreation Facilities The principal outdoor recreation facilities available at the jobsite include swimming, fishing, shell hunting, volley ball, baseball, ping pong, and horseshoes. Motion pictures are shown nightly on each of the occupied islands, to which admission is free. There are also beer halls on each of the islands where beer or hard liquor may be purchased by the drink. It is not permissible for hard liquor to be purchased by the bottle, nor is it permitted that intoxicants be carried away from the beer halls. All transactions at the beer hall are on a cash basis. A Post Exchange is provided at each camp, where certain articles of clothing, candy, tobacco, cosmetics and writing material may be purchased on a cash basis. It is not expected that individuals will endeavor to purchase all the clothing required by them from this facility. They should limit their purchases to those needs which have unexpectedly arisen after their arrival. A snack bar is also provided on Parry Island, where sandwiches and soft drinks may be purchased. A barber shop is located at each camp. 13