CHAPTER XIV The Drive to Uijongbu _Operations of 28 September--Liberation Ceremony at Seoul--Crumbling of NKPA Resistance--RCT-7 and the Battle for Uijongbu--Last Days of Inchon-Seoul Operation--Summaries and Conclusions--MacArthur’s Report to United Nations_ As rapidly as the advance of the troops permitted, preparations were made for the restoration of civil government to Seoul. A group of former city officials had arrived by plane from Pusan; and on 26 September, Mayor Lee opened a temporary office in Yongdungpo. The police chief, construction engineer, and the health and welfare officials also resumed their old duties. Collecting points were set up for handling the civilian wounded. The following statistics, comprising the patients treated for all causes by the 1st Medical Battalion of the 1st Marine Division, show that Korean civilians were second in numbers only to the Marines themselves: U. S. Marine 2,811 Korean civilian 1,908 U. S. Army 358 KMC and ROK 322 U. S. Navy 78 POW [448]39 [448] 1st MarDiv _SAR_, Annex How How. The problem of food for a city with a pre-war population of a million and a half was met during the advance when stores of rice and other supplies were turned over to Seoul officials by the Marines. Medical supplies found in the city were redistributed for use in Seoul and Inchon hospitals as well as the hospital established at Yongdungpo by Captain Hering, the Division Surgeon, expressly for the treatment of civilian wounded. A shipment of some 50 tons of rice through X Corps, plus large amounts located in Seoul by the Marines, enabled the officials to take over without critical food shortages. On the 28th, Mayor Lee moved into the city hall at Seoul and acted immediately to re-establish police authority, clear destroyed areas and provide for the restoration of such public utilities as water and electricity.[449] These prompt measures did much to ease the hardships of thousands of returning refugees. [449] O. P. Smith, _Notes_, 312–313. _Operations of 28 September_ The 5th Marines passed an uneventful day on 28 September, having taken its assigned objectives and been pinched out by the 1st Marines on the right and the 7th Marines on the left, as planned. An assembly area was established in the vicinity of the Women’s University, and though the regiment sent out patrols, no enemy were encountered.[450] [450] 1st MarDiv _SAR_, Annex Queen Queen.