Admiral TAYLOR. The total for all the Naval Reserve, surface, is $2,716,000. Commander Miller is here representing the sponsoring bureau, the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Commander MILLER. I am G. W. Miller. Mr. BROOKS. How many stations do you cover here in your Naval Reserve, surface? Commander MILLER. We propose, Mr. Chairman, to replace 4 training centers, 11 electronics facilities, and to take care of 3 berthing facilities for ships assigned to the selective reserve. We also propose to acquire the real estate upon which two of our existing training centers are presently located." Mr. BROOKS. That is Alameda, Calif.? Commander MILLER. That is a berthing facility, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BROOKS. Do you have that in your book? Mr. DUCANDER. Page 42, Mr. Chairman. Commander MILLER. We have a pier existing there now which is in extremely poor shape. We propose to rehabilitate that pier and strengthen it in order that we may accommodate the reserve training, submarine, which is presently there and a destroyer escort which will be a part of the selected reserve forces. Mr. BROOKS. That is a small base. I say your total estimated requirements are $928,000. Commander MILLER. That, sir, when this is completed, will be our total plant account. Mr. BROOKS. 37 men, a total estimated 40 men there, and 3 officers. Commander MILLER. That is correct, sir. That is the permanent party aboard the two vessels. Now, we have on board at Alameda capable of participating in this program 804 Naval reservists. Mr. BROOKS. I see up here reference to the National Guard armory. Is that facility being used by you in this program? Commander MILLER. No, sir; it is not. It is in the area. Our form requires that we show any other Reserve facilities in the area. Mr. BROOKS. This seems to be necessary. If there is no objection to it, we will tentatively approve it. Naval Reserve electronics facility, Bloomington, Inc. Training facilities, $95,000. Commander MILLER. We propose, Mr. Chairman, to erect a training building in Bloomington to accommodate the Naval Reserve electronics divisions which we currently have there who are meeting in the Memorial Auditorium of the university. Due to the usage of the auditorium, it is greatly interferring with our training program. Mr. BROOKS. So these will give you alternate facilities? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. If there is no objection, this item is approved. Naval-Marine Corps Training Center, Boston, Mass., $108,000. Commander MILLER. At this location, Mr. Chairman, we are remodeling and rehabilitating a building in the south Boston annex of the naval shipyard as a permanent Naval Reserve Training Center. This was occasioned and required by the fact that the building we were formerly in had been condemned for occupancy. We were forced to move out. This $108,000 will finish the project off as a permanent training center. Mr. BROOKS. Are there any questions on it? This is just remodeling? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir; remodeling and reinstallation of equipment. Mr. BROOKS. Without objection it stands approved. Naval Reserve electronics facility, Centralia, Wash., training facilities, $81,000. Commander MILLER. We are proposing here to build a training facility in Centralia to replace one which is presently badly deteriorated and is a personnel hazard. Mr. BROOKS. How are you going to make that repair? Mr. BROOKS. How are you going to make the replacement? Commander MILLER. We will make the replacement by a 3,170square-foot building which we are going to build on property leased to us by the city of Centralia. Mr. BROOKS. Have you a lease at this time? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir; we do. We have a 50-year lease at $1 a year. Mr. BROOKS. That is cheap enough. Is there any objection to the item? If not, it will be approved. Naval Reserve electronics facility, Chillicothe, Ohio. Training facilities, $100,000. Commander MILLER. This is also a replacement facility, Mr. Chairman. The same size as Centralia, 3,170 square feet. We are proposing to build it on 1 acre of property leased to us by the city at $1 a year for 50 years. Mr. BROOKS. Will that be large enough, 1 acre? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. And this is $100,000 that we will use for replacement purposes? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. Is there any question? If not, we will aprove this one. Naval Reserve electronics facility, Danville, Ky. Training facilities, $84,000. Commander MILLER. This is also a replacement training facility. We are in a building which presently belongs to Center College. It is in extremely poor structural condition. The college desires to raze it. They have given us a lease on 1 acre of property for 50 years at $1 a year and we propose to build the same type of facility as we had at Chillicothe and Bloomington. Mr. BROOKS. Now, that is right on the Center College campus? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir; it is. It is immediately adjacent to the science building. Mr. BROOKS. For your purposes, it is well located, too, and you certainly could not do better on leasing than you are doing there. Mr. BRAY. Mr. Chairman, I do want to comment. I know the Government has been working toward getting facilities, especially where you need scientists and their scientists are available on the university campus. I think it is a fine idea and shows very forward thinking on personnel problems. Mr. BROOKS. And, of course, you have that ability, being so close to the college, to take advantage of scientific education there? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. If there is no objection, the item is approved. Fort Schuyler, N. Y., waterfront operational facilities, $120,000. We missed Dunkirk. Dunkirk, $79,000. Commander MILLER. Our project for Dunkirk proposes to remodel an existing building to give us a training facility for two electronics divisions. We are presently located in a building in downtown Dunkirk which is much too large for our needs and is not well laid out for having the number of personnel that we have gathered in it. There is nothing in the way of fire exits and it is an old building and it is extremely hazardous. We intend to remodel a building which is the property of the State of New York which they are leasing to us for $1 a year on a 50-year lease. Mr. BROOKS. It sounds all right. If there is no objection, it will be approved. Fort Schuyler, N. Y., $120,000. Commander MILLER. At Fort Schuyler we are proposing to rehabilitate an existing pier which is at the training center in order to accommodate a destroyer escort which will be assigned to the selected Reserve Forces. Mr. BROOKS. For my own information, where is Fort Schuyler? Commander MILLER. It is at the base of the Bronx, Mr. Chairman, right above the Narrows. The New York State Maritime College occupies the outer end of a little peninsula where our training center is located. Mr. BROOKS. You are going to use this money to provide for electricity, steam, and water to supply facilities for destroyer escort type ships? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. Without objection, it is approved. Naval Reserve Electronics Facility, Hayward, Calif., training facilities and land acquisition, $99,000. Commander MILLER. This is a replacement project, Mr. Chairman, of a quonset hut which we presently have on the airfield, the municipal airport at Hayward, and we have been requested to give it up because it is interfering with their traffic pattern. We are not able to erect an antenna farm there, and therefore our training is suffering greatly. We propose to replace it with a standard electronics facility of 3,170 feet. Mr. BROOKS. At a cost of how much? Commander MILLER. $99,000. Mr. BROOKS. What do you mean by the quonset hut being in the traffic pattern? Commander MILLER. It is a quonset hut, sir, that the city airport authority has leased us for a number of years. It sets right on the edge of the runway. They are proposing to expand their airport and therefore we will be in the way. We have no access road to it because of the fact that it is right on the edge of the runway. Mr. BROOKS. So you will tear it down? Mr. BROOKS. And replace it? Mr. BROOKS. And the $99,000 will cover that? Mr. BROOKS. Any questions? If not, we will approve it. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Honolulu, T. H. Training facilities, $515,000. Commander MILLER. This is a replacement project for a training center which we presently have at Bishop's Point which is within the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Our current building was built originally as a net depot and it does not lend itself and has not lent itself to being a proper training center, in addition to the fact that it is a considerable distance out of town and a considerable distance from the main gate at the shipyard. We propose to replace this training center with a standard onedivision training center which will be located on Navy-owned land at Camp Catlin which is at the outskirts of Honolulu. Mr. BROOKS. What will be the total cost? Commander MILLER. The total cost will be $515,000 to the Navy, Mr. Chairman. The Marine Corps Mr. BROOKS. That will be the cost of the entire center, $515,000? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. And to the Marine Corps what will be the cost? Commander MILLER. The Marine Corps project will be in the 1960 program and their final plans have not yet been developed, sir. It would probably run in the neighborhood of $175,000 additional. Mr. BROOKS. Your total cost would run less than $650,000? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. There is a small amount in this project to fund some space for the Coast Guard Reserve which, incidentally, is the first construction that the Coast Guard has undertaken, to my knowledge. They are building their own administrative space at a cost of $4,000. Mr. BROOKS. You do not show how many men you take care of. Commander MILLER. We can take care of-when the entire building is completed, we will have an authorized on-board strength of 768. At the present time we have a total on board, discounting Marines, of 423. Mr. BROOKS. Any objection to this item? That seems very reasonable to me. If not, it is tentatively approved. Naval Reserve electronics facilities, Iowa City, Iowa. Training facilities, $97,000. Commander MILLER. This is a replacement project to replace the present facility which we have under lease from the University of Iowa. It again is a very dangerous, unsatisfactory situation being located in the attic of their engineering school. We propose to replace it with a 3,164 square foot electronics facility at a cost of $97,000. The construction site has been leased to us by the university for 50 years at $1 a year. Mr. BROOKS. You will train ultimately 118 men? Mr. BROOKS. If there is no objection to that item, it is approved. Master control radio station, New Orleans, La. Communications, $210,000. Commander MILLER. This is a replacement project for a presently existing master control station located in City Park in New Orleans. The building was a building which we took over from the Army. It was built as a temporary building during World War II. The building is structurally unsound and is becoming considerable of an eyesore. The levee commission has asked us to vacate the building and has agreed to extend our lease until we can build a replacement facility which will be built on the property presently owned by the Navy immediately adjacent to our training center on the lake shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Mr. BROOKS. Now, as I understand it, this will be simply replacing the facility you already have? Commander MILLER. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. That is in City Park, New Orleans? Mr. BROOKS. And you say the levee board has ordered you to vacate it? Commander MILLER. Well, we leased it from them, sir. I have a letter from them, if you wish to see it. It is city-owned property. They control it. I am not sure why they control it, sir; but they do. Mrs. St. GEORGE. Mr. Chairman may I ask one question? What is the meaning of this 3 acres which is "leased easements" and you have an asterisk which says, "not included in inventory total, to be returned, if sold." It has been improved, I take it, to the tune of $26,909? Commander MILLER. That was the original cost of that building when it was built in 1942. Mrs. St. GEORGE. That is your own building? Commander MILLER. Yes. Mrs. St. GEORGE. And you are going to return the old building and build a new one? Commander MILLER. Yes. Mr. BROOKS. They are going to destroy the building? Commander MILLER. In each district we have a Naval Reserve communications network, Mr. Chairman, and in each of our Naval Reserve training centers and electronics facilities we have an installation for radio communications. The master control statiton controls each of these individual stations at the training centers and electronics facilities throughout that district. In this case, this master control station will control 51 radio stations. Mr. BROOKS. Covering what area? Commander MILLER. That will cover all of the eight naval districts, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BROOKS. Is there any objection to this item? |