new headquarters commandant, and limited stocks of clean bed linen available for issue due to the large turnover of transient personnel, This latter problem was alleviated by obtaining required additional linen from other detachments of the commands The Consolidated Mess served a daily average of 8712 meals in February and 9357 meals in March, to properly rotate stocks, C-Rations were fed periodically In addition, approximately 3,000 bax lunches were prepared for flight personnel, Personnel lost through rotation were replaced mostly with inexperienced personnel making Regularly assigned personnel were " special instruction necessary, augmented by 100AirForcepersonne} comprising: two mess stewards, clerk, 51 cooke and 32 KP's. LN UW ANa. aota nine bakers, four meat cutters, one general clerk, one stockroom Operations were placed on a 24 hour besis and scheduled meal hours were extended to permit serving the increased unit strengths. Oven capacities continued to hamper operab tions and bakery ovens were utilized to supplement kitchen equipment as necessary. In some instances preparation of food, such as roast turkey, had to be begun two days prior to actual serving. Work on rehabilitating the Consolidated Mess building and equipment continued. An inter-communication system was installed | connecting the separate Food Service, building with the large kitchen area and the three Gining wings of the Consolidated Mess providing a greatly increased efficiency in operations and in personnel control, G. COMPTROLLER: wih The Comptroller Section continued to function in its normal manner with its budget, fiscal, audit and cost accounting activities. Wai 3%

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