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CHAPTER IV, SECTION 1
2100
1800
—---—— TOTAL CAMP POPULATION
H&N PERSONNEL
vere H&N SUPPORTED PERSONNEL
1500
PEAK POPULATION OF 1,229 ON 10 MAY 1956 INCLUDES FOX AND
TARE PERSONNEL DURING EVACUATION
1200
900
600
300
0
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JUL
AUG
SEP OCT
1956
NOV DEC
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JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN
1955
Chart 4-2.
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FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
1956
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Camp Population - Nan
Three beach clubs and an officers’ club were
operated at Elmer.
For the test events at Bikini Atoll, operational procedure provided for evacuating all
personnel to sea on board TG 7.3 ships. This
involved berthing, messing, and other camp
services for short periods, generally over-
night. Contractor and TG 7.1 personnel were
accommodated mostly on the MSTS Transport
Fred C. Ainsworth. Holmes & Narver personnel
augmented the ship’s services by providing janitors for spaces occupied by TG 7.5 and TG 7.1
personnel, and by operating the troop galley
and mess hall when the total number of passengers exceeded three hundred.
Orders for subsistence, PX, and beverage
items were determined by usage factors and
population estimates. The ordering procedure
was reduced to a formula whereby each order
could be, and was, readily checked by admini-
strative personnel. This ordering procedure also
resulted in an automatic review of stock on
hand based on latest inventory and adjustment
of stock levels to accomodate changes in population. Consumable supplies were ordered on the
basis of maintaining a 45 to 60-day reserve
during the build-up phase, a 30-day reserve for
the operational phase, and a 30 to 45-day reserve during the phase of decreasing population.
A reduction in reserve was necessary during the
peak operating period because of (1) lack of
adequate storage facilities for the great volume
of supplies required, and (2) the possibility of
radical reductions in population as a result of
test operations. Operation REDWING, because
of its magnitude, was a severe test of the order-
ing system. The effectiveness of the system
was manifested by the fact that no serious
shortages or overages occurred.
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