Extend dependent school (Patrick Henry Village): Expand building 1498H by adding 20 basic classroom, 3 special classrooms, library, arts and crafts room, storage, music room, supply room, and toilet space. Further, auditorium (multi-purpose room) including stage and dressing room, lobby and toilet room, nurses office, kitchen and storage as well as toilets and washroom. Interior utilities consist of plumbing, electricity, and heat to 70° F. Existing boilers, except for one, will be replaced by two larger ones. Parking space will be provided for 148 vehicles.

Extend high schools (Ben Franklin Village, Mannheim): Construction of a masonry two-story annex to building 286M providing seven basic classrooms, library, study hall, two special classrooms (remedial reading and band room), audiovisual aids storeroom, teachers lounge and toilet space. Furthermore, a one-story masonry annex to existing auditorium providing storage space including dressing room and sanitary facilities. Interior utilities consist of plumbing, electricity, and heat to 70° F. for classrooms, 65° F. for toilets, and 50° F. for storeroom.

Extend elementary school (Mannheim-Kaefertal Ben Franklin): Extension to each of two existing two-story wings of elementary school (building T-697-M) to provide eight additional classrooms. Utilities connected beyond 5-foot line. The elementary school presently has 43 classrooms with a capacity of 1,290 student (based on 30 students/classroom), whereas 1,628 students are already enrolled. This enrollment has increased at the rate of approximately 250 students/year for the past 4 years. Extension of school by eight additional classrooms is a vital necessity to meet minimum of requirements indicated above.

Extend dependent school: Masonry two-story construction to provide space for basic classrooms, special classrooms, milk bar, teachers' lounge, locker and shower rooms, and toilet facilities for each sex, office, storage, combined auditorium-gymnasium, hallways 8 feet 6 inches wide. Alteration and extension of exterior utility lines, construction of bituminous-surfaced access road, hardstand, concrete sidewalks, and site improvements to include clearing of area, grading, improvement of soil condition, and seeding.

Hangar with shop (RW): Masonry construction, reinforced concrete framing, steel trusses with corrugated asbestos roofing, including 5,041 square feet helicopter space, 140 square feet office space, 126 square feet storage space, 84 square feet space for sanitary facilities. Interior utilities consist of plumbing, electricity, and heat to 50° F. for hangar and storage, 70° F. for office and toilets. For heat source existing plant in building S-47 will be utilized. Two boilers will be enlarged from 8 to 12 sections each for helicopters.

Airfield lighting and drainage: This project is located in ordnance installation at Illesheim. Airfield lighting. Install runway lights: tetrahedron lights, approach direction lights, sill lights, and taxiway lights with distribution and control board including connection to main lines, 20,$00 linear feet. Install obstruction lights on existing high-tension line and poles approximately one-quarter mile from east end of runway and three obstruction lights on dependent housing buildings adjacent to runway with automatic twilight switches. Rehabilitate drainage on the south side and a portion of the north side

of resurfaced runway. Existing french drains are to be removed and about 40 new ones installed. Excavate drain ditches, clean existing drainpipes and stone material and replace drainpipes to new french drains. Fill the drain ditches with graded stones and layer fine gravel on top.

Alter existing buildings to motor maintenance shops (Ferris Barracks Erlanger 2804): Alter buildings Nos. 4008, 4012, 4015 to provide maintenance space with eight grease pits. Enlarge existing door openings and install new 30-foot doors. Remove existing walls and radiators. Install normal lighting and electric outlets, heat plant 1,282,000 B.t.u, in one of the buildings and heat channels to the other two buildings, electric cable with connection, water line 211⁄2-inch diameter and sewer line 8-inch diameter with connection. For use by armored tank battalion.

Extend tank crossing and turnouts (Training Area Grafenwoehr): Extend concrete tank crossings and 10 turnouts, 14-inch gravel base, 2-inch sand layer, 10-inch concrete slab (B400) iron reinforcement, with longitudinal and transversal joints filled with sand and sealing compound. Project includes shoulders and connecting side ditches. Hardstands (Ferris Barracks) : Construct concrete and bituminous hardstands for maintenance and parking for combat loaded vehicles. For use by armored infantry battalion.

Hardstand (Pond Barracks): Construct concrete and bituminous hardstand for combat-loaded vehicles. Earthwork for leveling approximately 50,000 cubic feet.

Dependent school extension: Masonry two-story construction based upon previously approved design providing space for seven basic classrooms, each 900 square feet, teachers room, storage and supply rooms and toilet facilities for each sex, hallways 8 feet 6 inches wide; building complete to the 5-foot outside line including electrical, water, sanitary, and heating facilities. Exterior utilities complete installed including earthwork, accessories, and connections; construction of bituminous surfaced hardstand, bituminous surfaced access road, concrete sidewalks, and site improvement.

Dependent school extension (2 Zweibruecken): Light masonry onestory annex to the existing school building No. 4209, to provide space for two basic classrooms of 900 square feet each, one 260 square feet storage room, toilet facilities for boys and girls, and hallway 6 feet 6 inches wide; building complete to the 5-foot outside line including electric, water, sanitary, and heating facilities. Project includes minor alterations to the existing school building, alteration and extension of the existing heating plant to provide the additional required load; alteration and extension of the exterior utilities; construction of bituminous surfaced hardstand, and site improvement. Improve public highway: Widen, improve, and surface with heavy bituminous asphalt 1.7 miles of road to provide a two-way traffic, allweather road to the U.S. Army Ordnance Depot, Fischbach. Work to be performed in accordance with U.S. Army regulations and specifications. Project includes drainage facilities and site preparation.

POL tank storage, Huttenheim: Construction of two semiburied earth and concrete covered steel 30,000 barrel tanks, including pumps, manifolds, pipelines, and accessories; administration and operation building; storage facilities for packaged products; rail car and truck

loading facilities; rail spur and marshaling yard; power and water supply; utilities; fire protection system; roads; and hardstands.

Extend elementary school: Construction of an addition to existing elementary school to include seven basic classrooms, 6,400 square feet; toilet facilities for boys and girls; and hallways. Total gross area, 10,800 square feet. Connect addition to utility systems, water, sewer lines, electric power, and central heating plant.

Fire protection facilities for POL storage (Supply Point Zell, Wurzburg): Foam extinguishing system, 1,200 linear feet ditches around can storage stacks, two catch basins and eight grates over ditches, pump station buildings, two electric-driven pumps, 600 linear feet pipeline, utilities connection beyond 5-foot line.

Tank maintenance shop, (Harveg Barracks Kitzingen): Masonry maintenance building with wooden roof trusses, concrete flooring to include 17 bays, motor and dispatch office, storage and supply room, spare parts and tool room, sanitary room, total three grease pits and one inspection pit.

Two ammunition bunkers, type II: Two reinforced concrete ammunition bunkers to include drainage, access road, security fence, fence lighting, and lighting arrestors for storage of ordnance equipment.

Annex to high school: Annex to high school includes seven basic classrooms, science laboratory, addition to library, supply room, restrooms for students and teachers. Connection of the new structure to the existing utilities system, water, sewer, electric power, and heating. General SEEMAN. The next item, beginning on page 277 is for Germany. The total authorization requested for Germany is $10,338,000.

Senator STENNIS. Ten million what?

General SEEMAN. $10,338,000. It shows on page 6 of the bill, and starting on page 278 of the justification book the first item is trainfire range facilities.

A brief description is 22-25 meter ranges, 816 point directed firing

ranges.

Senator STENNIS. That is all right. That is one of your regular firing ranges, isn't it?

Wait a minute. Why does it cost so much?

General SEEMAN. These are a number of ranges. This is for the trainfire program throughout the 7th Army and as indicated in the center of the page there, there is 228 and 75 different elements.

Senator STENNIS. What page?

General SEEMAN. Page 278, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Oh, yes; 22-25 meter ranges, 816 point record ranges, 75 target protection ranges. Is that what you are talking

about?

General SEEMAN. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. And that is what totals the $1,113,000?

General SEAMAN. That is correct.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

General SEEMAN. The next page is the Bad Kreuznach area where in addition to the motor maintenance shop, a laundry extension, and a central heat plant for two of the barracks areas are involved for a total of $97,000, at that location.

I might, in general, discuss several items of heat plants throughout

here.

This is the continental system of all small heating units of smoky and expensive to maintain and very dirty and inefficient plants.

There are a number of these items where an improved heating system is being requested for the barracks.

Senator STENNIS. Did we build this with dollars-this $61 million installation here?

General SEEMAN. It includes 51,127,000-odd dollars of lease facili. ties or facilities furnished by foreign governments.

Senator STENNIS. I was over there in 1953 and went to some of these places in Germany. They were spick and span. One of them was brand new and never occupied.

As I understand it the Germans paid for it. That was my understanding.

General SEEMAN. The defeated country, of course, that is part of the occupation terms.

Senator STENNIS. Are some of these that you referred to of that type?

General SEEMAN. Yes.

Senator STENNIS. You say this $51 million is what?

General SEEMAN. This $51 million is partly furnished by foreign governments. Of course, with the phasedown in strength and the repositioning there probably has been some which have to be vacated and turned back to the governments.

Senator STENNIS All right. You say that you must have this new heating system and so forth.

General SEEMAN. Yes, sir; this German program has been the subject of current concern.

The next item is 294, a hardstand for combat loaded vehicles.
Senator STENNIS. Page 284?

General SEEMAN. 284. As you know, the readiness position over there requires that many of the vehicles and things like that be ready to go and reasonably close to their quarters.

This is to provide a hardstand in that vicinity.

The next page, 286, is the Baumholder subarea. It has eight igloos for one line item; an electric distribution system and three of these small heat plants.

The total for this area is $1,432,000 authorization.

The next item is the Darmstadt post on page 291.

It is to service their small airstrip for Army aviation there, $112,000. The next item is the Garmisch subitem, the elementary school, for six additional classrooms. That is $219,000.

The next item on page 297 is the Giessen post, a tank maintenance shop for $171,000.

On that page, Mr. Chairman, also is a good example of the total value of the inventory there which is $69 million of which $671⁄2 million is leased or furnished by foreign governments.

Senator STENNIS. Where is that Giessen? Where is that with reference to Bonn or Nurenberg?

General SEEMAN. Might I ask Mr. Harrington if he is personally acquainted with that?

Mr. HARRINGTON. No, I am not personally.

Senator STENNIS. I want to say some thing here, very briefly.

I was in Munich last September and went out and spent a half a day there with the commanding general of the Army in that area, a General

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Moses and I was exceptionally well impressed with him as a military officer and commanding officer.

It was his deepest concern about the way that he was spending money and getting absolutely full value of every dollar that he spent.

He had one of the finest senses of responsibility that I have ever seen in anyone.

Apparently, he had a very sincere and very frank attitude about his work, his assignment, and his profession.

I wonder if he is still there? Does anyone know?

General SEEMAN. I am not aware, sir. Of course, in that area as the Secretary mentioned this morning the morale is high. They make use of their troop resources and their own supplies and available equipment to the maximum.

Senator STENNIS. I have had a string of people ask me to intervene in the Pentagon to get them assigned to Berlin, Germany.

Now that wasn't with reference to Berlin situation. It just developed that it was the finest assignment in the world.

General SEEMAN. That is the impression throughout the Army, sir. Senator STENNIS Why is that, General? Why do they seek it so? General SEEMAN. Well, the German area, the Continental area is a long-established area. It is historically attractive.

The families can go reasonably close to the time that the serviceman leaves and the time he serves there. The morale is very high. Most of the families that go there stay the full time and are not adverse to going back when their turn next comes up.

Now, there are certain advantages to living there. The domestic service and living facilities are quite attractive.

Senator STENNIS. Well, I heard of one officer who said he was just staying in the service until he could go to Germany and then he was going to retire and he looked upon that as one of his prerogativesto be assigned to Germany.

I couldn't understand what the rush is, although it is a mighty nice place.

General SEEMAN. Once they adapt themselves to the differences of let's say domestic utility, electricity, cooking and heating facilities and make such improvements as they can, then the living is most attractive.

Senator STENNIS. Well, I had a little suspicion that the duties weren't as hard as they were for you in the Pentagon. [Laughter.] General SEEMAN. The next station is on page 299, the Hanau post. I was furnished the information on Giessen which is 13 miles north of Frankfurt. This Hanau post is near the City of Hanau and there are three line items there-a surface heliport for the rotory wing helicopters; the two motor maintenance shops, and a high school, for a total of $1,485,000.

I might mention here with regard to these schools that the population explosion is hitting the Army just like it is the whole United States. Large numbers are just getting into the upper grade schools and starting into the high schools and you will see a number of dependent schools throughout our program.

Senator STENNIS. I was taken by one of those schools and I was very much pleased with what I saw and I met a number of the teachers and talked to them also.