Quam 3-22 The number of travel orders issued during the operation is as follows: Issuing Office Adjutant General Headquarters Number 543 Task Group 7.1 Los Alamos, N. M. Adjutant General Task Unit 2 230 (UCRL, Livermore, Cal.) Adjutant General Task Unit 3 542 (WETD, Sandia Base) Adjutant Generals Forward Areas 190 (APOs 105 and 437) Total travel orders issued 1,505 (covering 2665 individuals) A new system for MATS "reservations" was initiated durirz HARDTACK which greatly simplified the flow of personnel through the ports of embarkation (Travis and Hickam) and decreased the lost-time element experienced during past operations. Individual reservations were made by telephone to the Liaison Officer at Travis~-or by wire message to the Liaison Officer at Hickam--anc each individual was given the reporting time and departure schec- ule with his travel order brochure. The Task Group 7.1 Administrative Plan No. 1-57 was published on November 1, 1957, and its subsequent distribution to “er ali AEC, Contractor, and DOD agencies who were to participate in HARDTACK provided the necessary administrative procedures requir- Os (OP 2S ed of the individual and the organization for movement into the a‘Forward Area. In addition, a pamphlet titled "Instructions and he Oo: information for Personnel Departing for the EPG" was published and attached to each set of travel orders. —a

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