we win stop at Laysan and Lieionskl for one or two days on the way 
out to Pearl Hermes. We will set up camp on Pearl Hermes and conduct 
our reconnaisance of the area while the Moctobi goes on the Midway 
to refuel and pick up provisions. It will go up to Midway again 
after two weeks at Pearl Hermes to pick up a new supply of provisions. 
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Met with Capt. Gooden after breakfast to go over charts of the 
islands we want to visit, figure out the best landing spots, what 
palid land in each area we want to visit and how we will organize 
for these landings. The ship will procure a set of charts of these 
islands for the project so that we may mark them up as we wish. Then 
I went over to Naval Supply Center to set up our account with NSC. 
I talked first with Mr. Arthur Char who is fir, Kong's assistant and 
then talked with Mr. Torany Young and his assistant Mr. Harry Salto. 
I also met and talked with Capt. Stokes. These men explained to 
me the mechanics of our account here, how it may and may not be used, 
and the proper proceedure for submitting requisitions. The account 
can normally only be used for Navy stock items, requisitions must be 
submitted on proper forms and will take as long to be processed as 
regular purchases at SI. Many stock items ore Sot available here and 
must be procured the mainland which process considerably lengthens 
the procurement time. NSC does not normally make purchases on the open 
market and then usually just by bid or by previous contract arrangement. 
They will be willing to make some exceptions in our case but will have 
to charge us for the clerical help time involved in setting up these 
purchases. Our project account number with NSC is Y 9 S 09 I. I believe 
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