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B-177516 1 (1974-06-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafpr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GEINERAL OF THE UNITED TAA , ^sH1NGT C. OUR 137177516 ju W74 0 The HJonorable Williami Proxmire Sici Chairman, Joint Economic Committee LM095844 Dear Mr. Vice Chairman: This is our repl to your letters of September 18, 1973, and November 1-1, 1973, and a supplemented by discussions with your staff. These letters and r,.cquf.sts asked that we obtain answers to questions concerning (1) the u:-c of mil itary enliste-d aides- in. the personal ,ervice of the .Ircsid, nd- the Vic -,Presdent, (2) the military officers assigrLed to the White Hous-e, and (3) the use of steward's assighid to comnnandandflight messes in the pers-o-nfaT service of flag rank officers and high-level civilian officials. Naval personnel have been assigned to White House support duties continuouslv since the first Presidential yacht was assigned to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880. In 1942, President Roosevelt established Shangri-La as a Presidential retreat and directed that messing facili- ties le provided by Navy stewards from his yacht, the Williarnsbur. The White House St,.ff Mess was established in 1U51 and again manned by stewards detailed from the Williamsburg. Concurrent with -Lhe deaz..tior of t.e Williamsburg in 1953, the Naval Administrative Cnit was formed to provide personnel required to operate and maintain the two remaining Presidential yachts and also to serve as an administ-ative base for the stewards detailed to the WVhite House Staff Mess. The Naval Administrative Unit currently has 2 officers and 91 enlisted men (53 stewards and 38 other enlisted personnel). Their only mission is the operation of the White House Staff Mess and the Presidential yacht, Senuoia° The Department of Navy staffs the Unit as it would any instailation but has no control over its operation. Operational contrul comi-! from the Office of the Military Assistant to the Presidcnt. BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE Your specific quu.ti, s and the information we obtained is summar- ized below: (1) \'. .: - _r'rn ., - i'rned ,- The ()fficc of U; 'Id;tary Assistant to the Pr,.sident ().MAP) and the NanvY stater that tioe ste',vards were assigned and performed the following duti:.. --Operation and maintenance of the White House Staff Mess, in- c'ludir food !trw:ration and service; providing similar services

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