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Mr. Kelleher said there was a correction on this page here, and I can't find the figure he mentioned, 326-man

Mr. KELLEHER (aside.)

Mr. KELLEHER. It should be 263.

Mr. BECKER. Thank you.

Mr. KELLEHER. Yes, sir.

[Reading:]

Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Research, development, and test facilities, $250,000.

General SHULER. Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Chemical installation located 86 miles southwest of Salt Lake City; initially occupied in 1942; designated "permanent."

Mission: Large scale field testing and evaluation of items developed by Chemical Corps in the fields of chemical, biological, and radiological warfare; research and development in micrometeorology for the United States Army.

Total cost (based on price when acquired), $33,860,485.

Cost of improvements (permanent and other), $33,737,888.

Cost of land (456,176 acres), $122,597.

Present strength: Military, 770; civilian employees, 707.

Line items requested for fiscal year 1959 authorization ($250,000

total):

Photo-Optometric Instrumentation Laboratory.
Fifty family quarters (Capehart).

Detailed justification follows:

Photo-Optometric Instrumentation Laboratory ($250,000): Proposed facilities required to house, maintain, and service costly and highly sensitive equipment used in photogrammetric field tests. This technique will be used more extensively in the future to develop doctrine for employment of bacterial warfare and chemical warfare munitions. Proposed facility is required to meet incremental workload and to speed development of new muntions at reduced cost. Two temporary World War II buildings now used to house this activity are unsatisfactory due to lack of adequate work space and absence of temperature and dust control. Lack of facilities seriously hampers production and quality of data obtained by photo-optometric means required for development of bacterial warfare and chemical warfare weapons. Present temporary structures will be used for storage. This facility will permit 12 ballistics tests/year, now done elsewhere at cost of $60,000, to be conducted at Dugway simultaneously with agent testing. In addition, consolidation of activities scheduled for this facility will result in approximately 20 percent savings in man-hours for referenced activities, resulting in an annual savings of $70,000. Failure to provide this project will result in restriction of the program. Fifty family quarters (Capehart) ($0): This project is required to provide an increment of the permanent family housing for officer, enlisted and key civilian personnel assigned to this station. This is the only installation available to the Department of Defense where large scale CBR testing can be conducted under field conditions. The accomplishment of this mission requires a staff of scientific and technical personnel highly qualified in diverse professional areas which are difficult to attract and retain at this remote location, especially in the categories for which the demand greatly exceeds available personnel.

Number of units:

Requested by Army: 70.

Approved by OSD: 50.

Estimated cost: $825,000.

Authorization: Public Law 1020, 84th Congress.

Current assets:

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The construction of this project will enable the Department of the Army to provide 85 percent of the maximum gross housing requirement based on the long-range troop forecast.

General SHULER. Incidentally, I might point out at this time in connection with Mr. Bates' question of coordination among the services, last year a small item-a dayroom for enlisted men for $54,000 was not built because of a change in troop deployment. I think it is an indication that there is a coordination of these programs.

Mr. BATES. Well, now, did Mr. McNeil make that decision? Did he determine that?

General SHULER. No, sir; we did.

Mr. BATES. Very good.

The CHAIRMAN. All right, without objection, the item is approved. Read the next one. Signal Corps.

Mr. HARDY. Mr. Chairman. May I inquire?

I notice the Capehart family quarters in this particular item here. Having approved Capeharts in this manner, it will not be necessary for them to come back to the Real Estate Subcommittee?

The CHAIRMAN. That is correct. This winds it up.

Mr. HARDY. I just want to be sure my subcommittee chairman understood that.

Mr. RIVERS. We are being liquidated every day.

The CHAIRMAN. He thoroughly understands it.

What is your next one?

Mr. SMART. Fort Huachuca.

Mr. KELLEHER (reading):

Signal Corps. Fort Huachuca, Arizona : Maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing, operational and training facilities, and utilities, $3,598,000.

The CHAIRMAN. Read the items.

Mr. KELLEHER. Battalion

Mr. GAVIN. What page, Mr. Chairman?

The CHAIRMAN. Page 27.

Mr. KELLEHER. Battalion headquarters and classroom building, $159,000.

Three motor repair shops and facilities, $385,000.
A hardstand for the motor park area, $272,000.
Three enlisted men's barracks, each 326 men, $1,884,000.
A battalion mess building, $448,000.

Battalion administration and supply building, $307,000.
And a heating plant, $143,000.

General SHUBER. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: Signal installation located 43 miles northwest of Bisbee; initially occupied in 1881; designated "permanent."

Mission: Fields of electronic warfare, battlefield surveillance, Signal Corps aviation, meteorology and related activities; performs necessary technical and engineering tests and evaluation of communication and electronic systems and equipment; conducts operational research, experiments, and field tests; formulates doctrine, techniques, and new concepts of Signal organizational elements required; and provides specialized individual and unit training.

Total cost (based on price when acquired), $27,505,079.

Cost of improvements (permanent and other), $27,505,079.
Cost of land (49,510 acres), 0.

Present strength: Military, 5,778; civilian employees, 1,833. Line items requested for fiscal year 1959 authorization ($3,598,000 total):

Battalion headquarters and classroom building.
Three motor-repair shops and facilities.

Hardstand-motor park area.

Three enlisted men's barracks (326-man).

Battalion mess building.

Battalion administration and supply building.
Heating plant.

Detailed justification follows:

Battalion headquarters and classroom building ($159,000): This project is required to provide administrative and classroom facilities necessary for the supervision, control, and training of troops that will be housed in the new barracks. There are no adjacent facilities which can be used for this purpose. Efficiency of command supervision, administration, and training will suffer unless these facilities are provided. Existing buildings are mobilization type, constructed in 1942 and will be maintained to support the mobilization requirements. Three motor repair shops and facilities ($385,000): These shops are required to properly maintain 375 of the 1,256 TOE vehicles. There are no permanent troop motor maintenance shops at this installation. Ordinary wear and tear on motor transport equipment in the desert area in increased on account of dust and sand particles lodging in engine assemblies, fuel and oil pumps and other moving mechanical parts during extreme dry, dusty, and windy periods, thereby necessitating greater maintenance than would be required in those regions where normal climatic conditions prevail. Many of the vehicles used by this post are of a special purpose type peculiar to the requirements of the mission of USAEPĜ and are presently maintained in open areas or in temporary structures that are inadequate. Equipment breakdowns due to lack of adequate maintenance facilities occur frequently far from the center of post activities and not only incur loss of time by personnel required to return the equipment to the

post but the installation is also deprived of the use thereof while increased maintenance costs are accruing. Existing facilities will be retained for mobilization purposes.

Hardstand, motor park area ($272,000): This facility is required for parking 375 TOE vehicles in support of proposed motor park. At present vehicles are parked in unpaved graded areas adjacent to existing mobilization type motor-repair shops which are distributed throughout the troop area. This condition results in inefficient and disorganized operations. Existing facilities will be retained for mobilization purposes.

Three enlisted men's barracks (326-man) ($1,884,000): This is the second increment of permanent barracks required to house the permanent peacetime strength. There is now one permanent barracks on the installation. The other barracks are modified emergency type constructed in 1942. They are in poor condition due to lack of proper maintenance while the post was inactive from 1945 to 1951. Upon completion of this project the existing barracks will be utilized for National Guard and mobilization purposes.

Battalion mess building ($448,000): This facility is essential to support the barracks in this program.

Battalion administration and supply building ($307,000): This facility is essential to support the barracks in this program.

Heating plant ($143,000): This item is required to supply heat and hot water for barracks, battalion mess and battalion administration and supply buildings in this program.

The CHAIRMAN. What about the funding on the item last year? Mr. KELLEHER. Nothing, sir.

There is an interesting building being constructed there that will cost $9 million ultimately. The first increment was granted last year, about $3.8 million. And there is nothing I see in the bill this year for a second increment.

The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the item is approved.

Now, the Corps of Engineers.

Mr. KELLEHER (reading):

Corps of Engineers. Army Map Service, Maryland: Operation and training facilities, $1,913,000.

Mr. HARDY. Have we approved all of this Signal Corps business?

Mr. KELLEHER. Monmouth is in between, but just family housing. Mr. HARDY. Did we approve that?

Mr. PRICE. Why did we leave that page 27 so fast?

Colonel SYMBOL. 130 units.

Mr. KELLEHER. 130 units, and it is a new project. There are 600 Wherry there that have not been acquired.

The CHAIRMAN. What page is that in the book?

Mr. KELLEHER. Page 28, Mr. Chairman; 130 family quarters, Capehart. It is new. There are 600 Wherry projects.

The CHAIRMAN. All right, without objection, the item is approved. Next is Transportation Service.

Mr. RIVERS. Mr. Chairman, in view of Mr. Hardy's inquiry about our committee being relieved of housing responsibilities, does it follow-and I want an answer to this question-that we are going to be likewise relieved of the responsibility for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Wherry projects?

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The CHAIRMAN. Well, that item is in the bill, which will be debated and determined by the full committee when we reach that section. Mr. RIVERS. Have you an opinion on it?

The CHAIRMAN. I will express my opinion when we come to that item in the bill.

Go ahead with the next item.

Mr. KELLEHER. The next item in the bill, Mr. Chairman, is the Army Map Service in Maryland: Operational and training facilities, $1,913,000.

It is a cartographic engineering building.

General SHULER. Army Map Service, Maryland: installation located 1 mile northwest of Washington, D. C.; engineers initially occupied in 1942; designated "permanent.'

Mission: Produce, procure, store, and maintain stocks of maps, relief maps, and related reproduction materials; maintain records of all ground data of permanent nature. Distribute to authorized agencies, upon request, maps and map reproduction material, aerial photo prints and ground control data and publish and circulate necessary catalogs. Operate as designated by Joint Chief of Staff, central catalog and file of maps and map information for DOD. Assist in development and improvement of production methods of maps, relief maps, allied materials. Collect, circulate, and produce Engineer intelligence required by Department of the Army and OCE.

Total cost (based on price when acquired), $7,395,449.

Cost of improvements (permanent and other), $7,313,278.
Cost of land (57 acres), $82,221.

Present strength: Military, 201; civilian employees, 2,704.

Line item requested for fiscal year 1959 authorization ($1,913,000 total): Cartographic engineering building.

Detailed justification follows:

Cartographic engineering building ($1,913,000): This building is required to supplement existing Army Map Service base plant facilities to provide adequate physical space for technical operations currently carried on within the Army Map Service, and does not reflect any initiation or expansion of inplant production capacity. This building will be utilized for housing portions of the basic Department of Defense collection of topographic maps, geodetic data, engineer intelligence data and related materials, and for production of three-dimensional plastic relief maps for military planning.

The requirement for additional physical space in the Army Map Service base plant derives principally from the fact that as the Army Map Service continues to carry out its mission for worldwide surveying and mapping and as it continues to gather source data, the libraries are growing rapidly despite careful and continuous screening for elimination of obsolete or unnecessary materials. This is, of course, a reflection of the success of the operation of the Army Map Service and is expected. The original plan for the current Army Map Service base plant facility prepared at the end of World War II anticipated this development and included this additional building to provide for the libraries of these materials. Funds curtailment following World War II, resulted in deferment of this building at the time other buildings were approved. Since that time there has been a continuing increase in the requirement for space for libraries. Dur

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