7.
Commissary:
a.
Mission: The mission of the Commissary Section was
to requisition, receive,
store, safeguard, issue and account for
Class I supplies required by Joint Task Force SEVEN personnel messing on ENIWETOK and JAF’TANIslands.
b.
General:
Commissary planning for the transition from interim to
operatimal period
encoqassed increased requisitioning objectives
as well as additional storage space needed for the increase h
Class
I supplies.19 Old reefer tanks were demolished and a new reefer
kank constructed in the vicinity cf the Commissary. Refrigerated
trailers were used to augment the permanent type cold storage facilities.
1,183,050 rations were issued from 1 June 1954 through
31 July 1956 representing a money value of $1,480,833.0620.
$67,224.09 of subsistence items were transferee to ships and ~.ir
Weather Stations. In Decenber of 1954 the first shipment of perishable subsistence was purchased locally from vendors in Honolulu,
Hawaii. Since that time $30,379.95 of perishables were received
from &waii.
During the interim, build-up and operational periods
covered by this report, $603608.49 of subsistence supplies were sold
to authorized organizations located on ENIWETOK Island. $27,868.82
of subsistence items were issued to the Mess Officer tG be used for
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