Enlisted military family housing includes 626 authorized units. The authorized and planned barracks plus authorized and planned family housing is only 81.5 percent of the total enlisted population. Housing, 800, fiscal year 1959: 194 officers, 626 enlisted men. BRANCH MESSHALL A branch messhall is required for the personnel assigned to the operation area. This item is necessary because of the distance the operations area is from the main messhall which is located approximately 51⁄2 miles to the south, in the administration area. The transportation problem of transporting these men back and forth to the main messhall for one meal would require a fleet of vehicles if this branch subsistence buidling were not constructed. It is estimated that 2,000 officers and enlisted men will use this building. This figure is based on the number of men that would be entitled to eat in the messhall and not those on a subsistence allowance. OFFICERS' MESS (CLOSED) The base loading for officers permanently stationed at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, is 796 officers. This item is required to subsist the officers who will be assigned to quarters in the bachelors officers' quarters. If this item is not provided, there will be no facility for subsisting these officers. STRUCTURAL FIRE STATION A fire station is required to house the structural firefighting equipment and fire department personnel who are on 24-hour duty for station security. No existing facilities are available to fulfill this requirement. If not provided, firefighting equipment cannot be housed and personnel must be quartered elsewhere, adversely affecting the security of the station. This station will house two pieces of equipment. COMMUNITY BUILDINGS The requirements for recreation facilities for the base loading of 812 officers and 5,951 enlisted men are as follows: UTILITIES AND SERVICES (THIRD INCREMENT) Utilities are required to serve the buildings and facilities to be constructed in the incremental development of this station. There are no existing utilities at the site of this station. If this item is not provided there will be no utilities to support the completion of this station. ROADS, WALKS, AND PARKING (THIRD INCREMENT) A system of primary and secondary roads, vehicle parking, and walks is nec essary to provide access to various areas of the station. This item provides for the construction of the third increment of secondary roads, vehicle parking. and sidewalks to allow for ingress and egress to the buildings to be constructed in the administration area. Captain CHEW. This consists of 21 line items in a total amount of $26,897,000. Authorization was granted in three previous increments in the total amount of $53,447,000. When completed this station will carry on the master jet field functions now assigned to the station at Moffett. The mission, as we mentioned this morning, the master jet field, will be to maintain and operate facilities and provide services and materiel to support aviation activities of units of the operating forces and other assigned activities in units. The line items are for the third increment of the aircraft parking apron for $2,400,000, storage tanks for 27,000 barrels of jet aircraft fuel for $159,000. It is the third increment, by the way, of the fuel storage. The third item is for a radar air traffic control center. I might elaborate on this, since this is similar to a lot of other line items that have been approved for various stations by this committee in previous years. A large number of firstline jet aircraft will operate from this field and other high-speed military and commercial aircraft traffic will be encountered in the general area. Because of the large number and fast-closing rate of these modern aircraft, it is essential that the proposed radar air traffic control center be constructed at this station. It provides surveillance and permits proper control of the aircraft.. The next item is to provide navigation aids at an estimated cost of $59,000. These are electronic devices and they have a dual purpose. They are required for familiarization and practice in clear weather and are mandatory for safe operations under instrument conditions.. The fifth line item at Lemoore will provide two training buildings at an estimated cost of $991,000. The sixth line item is for the first increment of construction of a maintenance hangar for $1,379,000. This hangar will be used by the fleet air service squadron personnel servicing the carrier type, the air group aircraft assigned to the station. It provides a hangar, shop, office space, and so on. The next line item will provide three squadron hangars at an estimated cost of $7,789,000. The eighth item is for a jet engine maintenance shop for $1,316,000. This item again is similar to shops previously authorized for each of the master jet fields on the east coast, that is Cecil Field and Oceana. The ninth line item is for turbojet engine test facilities at an estimated cost of $923,000. The 10th item is for a parachute shop at an estimated cost of $188,000. The 11th is for a public works shop at an estimated cost of $300,000. I would like to elaborate on this because the building will contain the usual shops that are necessary for station maintenance and personnel. The total estimated cost of this station will be close to $90 million, and the structures and utilities of this large plant will require day-to-day maintenance from the date the first completed building is accepted. To do this essential job efficiently and economically shops and office space are obviously very much needed. Item No. 12 is an aviation parts warehouse at a cost of $1,257,000. Mr. Chairman, the next item is for a hospital and a dental clinic, an estimated cost of $2,343,000. Senator STENNIS. Stop right there just a minute, if you will. Captain CHEW. Yes, sir. Senator STENNIS. Where is Lemoore, Calif? Captain CHEW. About 60 miles from Bakersfield and I think 17 miles from Hanford, Calif. There are no military hospitals within a reasonable distance of the station, and we think that a 67-bed hospital and dental clinic will take care of that loading because there will be about 6,800 military personnel and outpatient care for dependents numbering approximately 3,800, and naturally emergency civilian outpatient care. Senator STENNIS. How many beds did you say in this hospital? Senator STENNIS. Sixty-seven? You mean just 2 more than 65? Senator STENNIS. Isn't that very, very small for this many people? Captain CHEW. It is just a station hospital. It is not a general hospital in the commonly accepted term. Senator STENNIS. And what is the cost of this hospital now with 67 beds, two million what? Captain CHEW. That also includes the dental clinic, sir, $2,343,000. Senator BEALL. Does that include the equipment and everything else? Captain CHEW. Yes, sir. That includes the collateral equipment which is built into the hospital. Senator BEALL. Mr. Chairman, it is the equipment that raises the cost, in my observation. Captain CHEW. A lot of it is equipment, sir. Senator STENNIS. How much is that though per bed, just in round numbers? Captain CHEW. I can get a more accurate breakdown. Almost $37,000 per bed alone. But there is a dental clinic in it too, sir. Senator STENNIS. I know. Captain CHEW. That is a lot of money for a bed. Senator STENNIS. How many rooms for the dental clinic? Captain CHEW. I would say there must be at least 10 or 12 dental chairs. They are divided into stalls. I could not answer exactly, sir, maybe Captain Stone can answer that. Captain STONE. I believe it is 16 dental operating rooms, sir. Senator STENNIS. I just can't see, gentlemen, spending $34,000 per bed for a hospital. Captain CHEW. The gross area in square feet is 58,010, and the unit cost would be 67 beds, approximately $28,000 per bed. Of course that includes air conditioning. Senator BEALL. How many square feet did you say? Captain CHEW. 58,010, sir. Senator STENNIS. You say the reason you make it so small, that you really expect to take care of patients for any duration as I understand it in some other hospital, is that right? Captain CHEW. No, sir. I suppose anyone with a lingering illness would be moved to a larger hospital. Perhaps the doctor could answer that question better than I. Captain STONE. This is designed as a station hospital where you take care of the short-term patients. Those that require long-term complicated care are sent to a general hospital. Senator: STENNIS. We certainly want these people that are filling this important mission to have the utmost in hospital care, but I just put a rule of thumb on these matters and think about how far superior certain facilities would be to the average taxpayer who is paying the bill, far beyond what he is able to have. After all, we have a certain partnership here.ova i late, wound Senator BEALL. Mr. Chairman, your observation is well taken. Figuring roughly, most anything at $4 a square foot would be high. Captain CHEW. No, sir; I don't think so, sir. or to i Senator STENNIS. We will get back into this if you want to be heard further. We won't hold this up now. That is a good point you bring up there, the cost per square foot. Then I would like to know how much of this is equipment. beCaptain CHEW. Yes, sir. à quos miter to Senator STENNIS. Then we can tell more about the cost. But this is an enormous sum of money, gentlemen, it seems to me, $34,000 per bed; $37,000 I believe you said. Captain CHEW. But it includes the dental clinic and the dental chairs and the dental equipment. I can furnish you with the breakdown sir. eum to bo 50 50 5 1976 to 1, 750 Zi ני ! The hospital part of the building contains 47,000 square feet. The cost attributable to this part is $28 per square foot, or $19,500 per bed, excluding the built-in hospital equipment at $254,000 and the air conditioning and special foundations. The remainder of the cost of the project is for the dental clinic, dental equipment, garage, and the usual supporting features which include utilities and site improvement. The area cost factor is 1.05. Senator STENNIS. I think people notice these matters. They go in and see these installations and they make comparisons, you see, and those comparisons don't create much good will for the services either. - All right, proceed, Captain. ་་་ mad, el qu'), to% Captain CHEW. The next line item is for labor and security buildings, an estimated cost of $229,000. That includes industrial relations offices, securities offices, gatehouse, and it will be provided for new employees, contractors, and so on, all who enter the station. 9.1 The next item is for three 504-man barracks at an estimated cost of $3,171,000. In answer to Senator Beall, that would be a cost per man, the unit cost per man on the barracks, sir, is $1,745, and I think the law allows $1,850 as the maximum."}. U Senator STENNIS. Pardon me, as I understood it the law just does not permit a ceiling above that much. Captain CHEW. That is correct, sir.. Senator STENNIS. That is no suggestion that it should cost that much, of course. 1 Captain CHEW. I realize that. 『* ཟ་་ Captain CHEW. The next item is also for an essential combination of personnel, the branch messhall to be constructed in the operations area for an estimated cost of $454,000... That is the messhall, sir. TO B The next item is for a commissioned officers' mess, closed, to cost $183,000 This will provide messing facilities for the officers assigned to the station, and the building is to be located in the administrative area consisting of galley and dining room with a 169 seating capacity. 38060-59-11 The last four items for this master jet station, Mr. Chairman, include a fire station, a community building, utilities and services, roads, walks, and parking. I can give you the individual costs. The fire station is $98,000, the community buildings $1,326,000 and they include the necessary cafeteria, post office, education center, theater, library, Navy exchange, and a warehouse. The item on the utilities is for $561,000. The final item on this station is, as I mentioned, for completion of construction of roads, walks, and so on. That is for $790,000. The final two projects in the fleet support air stations Senator STENNIS. Pardon me, that will about finish it up, won't it? Captain CHEW. Almost, sir. I can give you the exact figure. For your information, sir, the proposed amount to complete LemooreSenator STENNIS. Pardon me just a minute, gentlemen, these blue books before you represent your copy of the sheet that gives a detailed breakdown on every one of these installations. If you will open it up there, the pages are not numbered consecutively but turn there to Captain CHEW. We are on page 18 now, sir. Senator STENNIS. Fleet support air stations, you see. This sheet has been worked out over a period of years. A little is added to it every year by the services and by the committee. You will notice there it gives you a history of the installation. The personnel now, the one I am looking at here, personnel on a certain base July 1, 1958, and then the plan at the end of fiscal 1959, ultimately at the end of 1960. It gives you that all across the board. Then you go down to the inventory, the land costs, improvements present and future, and then the grand total. So you can really analyze at what stage of development this installation is and what the ultimate goal is as to cost, as to civilian employees, and enlisted men, officers, students. Excuse me for interrupting you, Captain, but this is the first time we have had the line items since these gentlemen have been here. Proceed, Captain. Captain CHEW. The final two projects in the fleet support air stations are for construction of a medium range radar facilities at Naval Air Station, Miramar, and the Naval Air Station, Oceana. (The project sheets are as follow:) NAVAL AIR STATION, MIRAMAR, CALIF. Location.-Nearest city, San Diego, 20 miles south. PERMANENT STATION Mission.-Provide facilities to support regular operations of fleet carrier reconnaissance aircraft (including field carrier landing practice operations), assigned guided missile programs, the Bureau of Aeronautics vehicle pool, and one Marine barracks. Line item.-Medium range, radar facilities, $305,000. Modern radar air traffic control facilities have been programed for several years to replace obsolescent radar facilities. These improved facilities are necessary to provide flight safety control for the increasing numbers of high speed aircraft in the relatively crowded airspace. Improved, dual, medium range radar equipment, and an improved antenna are being procured with delivery expected in September 1959. This item is required to provide the structure to house the new radar equipment, a new antenna tower and radome, and connecting power and roads. The new antenna is 42 feet wide, requiring a |