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December up to April 8th.
There were not adequate laundry supplies
such as bleach, snow, bluing, and soda ash, needed especially for
the laundering of bed linen and white clothes.
The laundry officer from USARPAC, Major QM arrived the
lith of March to give the benefit of his training and. experience.
The only recommendation he made was to use a water softener, as
the water on this island (according to his test) was of a 7 points
hardening content.
This was immediately done and a noticeable improve-
ment of the quality of laundry occurred.
The boiler on one of the
units was causing a lot of trouble by developing leaks around the
boiler tubes and it caused a shut down of approximately a week from
the period of 29th March 1948 to 4 April 1948.
After the leaks were repaired the boiler was put back in operation and the laundry again went back on a 24 hour per day schedule.
One difficulty in the operation was the lack of spare parts to keep
the units running and also the condition they were received in,
especially the first laundry trailer received.
Due to the secrecy involved in the movement it was difficult to
find out the type of water to be used, which is always an important
factor in the operation of a laundry.
When the unit was formed the
laundry officer was told he would operate with fresh water.
Also due to the fact that the operation was in a forward area it
is recommended that a 50% overage in laundry equipment above normal
needs, be included due to unforeseen breakdowns.
It is further
recommended that only new trailers, or ones that have been completely
reconditioned be shipped on such operations as this,
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