The CHAIRMAN. In a matter of this nature we better fix it up as soon as possible.

The next item is "Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii Extension of building No. 9; welding facilities on repair basin quays; extension of fire protection; drydock No. 2, $636,000." The budget makes available what?

Admiral THURBER. It makes available the full amount.

The CHAIRMAN. The justification for it is set out in the book. Mr. VAN ZANDT. Referring to this drydock No. 2, is that one that was partially completed?

STATEMENT OF REAR ADM. G. C. KLEIN-Resumed

Admiral KLEIN. No, sir; it is a complete drydock, sir.
Mr. VAN ZANDT. You are modernizing it?

Admiral KLEIN. This is for fire protection. The present available fire protection is not sufficient to furnish the volume of water, or water at the pressure necessary to protect a battleship, or protect a large carrier.

The CHAIRMAN. Has everything been restored and replaced from December 7, 1941?

Admiral KLEIN. No, sir; I believe not, but I cannot answer that categorically. I believe there is some debris and stuff around there that has not been removed. I know the Arizona has not been removed. Mr. COLE. Is this an extension of fire protection in connection with drydock No. 2?

Admiral KLEIN. Yes, sir.

Mr. COLE. I suggest that you take out the semicolon because it would indicate there are two items there.

The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it is approved for $636,000. Mr. WICKERSHAM. Referring for just a moment to the Naval Communication Station, Philippine Islands, was that approved in the amount of $2,694,000? It has a lot of land in there.

The CHAIRMAN. $2,694,500.

Mr. WICKERSHAM. They are buying a lot of land in there, and I just wondered about it.

Mr. RIVERS. I have one question about Pearl Harbor. What are you equipped to handle at Pearl Harbor. Are you equipped to handle the largest category of ships?

Admiral KLEIN. Yes, sir.

Mr. RIVERS. You can handle anything in the Pacific?

Admiral KLEIN. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. How many drydocks do you have there?
Admiral KLEIN. There are four graving docks.

The CHAIRMAN. One is a floating drydock?

Admiral KLEIN. No, sir; in addition to the four graving docks there are two marine railways, and two floating drydocks.

The CHAIRMAN. Now, the next item is under the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Naval Supply Center, Guam, Marianas Islands: Additional petroleum oil and lubricants facilities; warehouse, $5,487,000. There is no money in the appropriation bill for it. The assumption is, then, that you have adequate facilities there now to meet your present needs, is that correct?

Admiral BAUERNSCHMIDT. I missed that, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. I am calling up now the Naval Supply Center, Guam, additional petroleum oil and lubricants facilities, warehouse, $5,487,000. You are asking for an authorization, but there is no money in the appropriation bill for it. Is it an urgent necessity that it be constructed now?

Admiral BAUERNSCHMIDT. No, sir, we are not asking for the money, but an authorization only.

The CHAIRMAN. I understand you are asking for an authorization. There is no money made available in the 1952 budget for this item, is that correct?

Admiral BAUERNSCHMIDT. That is correct.

The CHAIRMAN. Then we will leave out this item.

Mr. COLE. I am struck by this item in the justification which says in connection with the fuel end of this authorization that "The deterioration of the tanks and pipelines has resulted in an annual expenditure of approximately $1,000,000" to maintain it.

Admiral JELLEY. We have appropriations now on hand, and we are asking an additional appropriation of $8,000,000 against available authorizations, and we would just not be able to spend the money on this item if we got additional money now. Our rate of expenditure on Guam is limited by the number of people we can hire or get out there.

Mr. COLE. You are satisfied with the appropriation?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, we are satisfied with the appropriation. If we could spend the money faster we would ask for more money. Admiral THURBER. We are not satisfied with it, Mr. Cole, but cannot go any faster.

The CHAIRMAN. That is right; strike out this item.

Thank you very much, Admiral.

The next is Medical Facilities. The first item is Naval Hospital, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Auxiliary water line from Fort Gulick; auxiliary power line from Naval Air Station, $161,700. There is nothing in the budget for that item, and we will strike it.

The next item is Naval Operating Base, Guam, Marianas Islands: Dental clinic building, $420,000.

Admiral JELLEY. OS9-4 is the dental clinic item. We already have an authorization for the OS9-3 item.

Mr. RIVERS. $25,000,000, is that it?

Admiral JELLEY. We are only asking an appropriation of $6,750,000, and that comes out of the present authorization.

Mr. RIVERS. I see.

Admiral JELLEY. OS9-4 is the next item for authorization, dental clinic building, Naval Operating Base, Guam.

The CHAIRMAN. What about this item I see in the book, OS9-3? Admiral JELLEY. We already have the authorization for the appropriation we are requesting, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. RIVERS. You can only spend $6,750,000. Let me ask the admiral a question on this, Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. Wait just a minute now. Naval Operating Base, Guam, Marianas Islands, dental clinic building, $420,000.

Mr. RIVERS. I want to ask the admiral a question on that very one. The CHAIRMAN. All right; go ahead.

Mr. RIVERS. A few years ago, Admiral, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery wanted to develop hospital facilities at Guam for the study of tropical diseases. Is this the beginning of that project? It seems to me that would be a worth-while undertaking.

Admiral JELLEY. No, sir, it is not. The funds are just for the naval hospital, and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, I think, is considered a requirement for the future. Is that right, Admiral Brown?

Mr. RIVERS. Is that still in the minds of the Navy to be undertaken at some time?

STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL W. M. BROWN, DIVISION HEAD, YARDS
AND DOCKS

Admiral BROWN. Not at the present time, sir.
Mr. RIVERS. I am talking about the future.

Admiral BROWN. At the moment I would say that we are not considering it.

Mr. RIVERS. You are not considering it?
Admiral BROWN. No, sir.

Mr. VAN ZANDT. What success are you having with your floating hospital out there with which you visit all of these islands and study tropical diseases?

Admiral BROWN. That floating hospital has been doing very excellent work. It has been a very successful undertaking. It is now being used as an epidemiological unit in Korea.

Mr. VAN ZANDT. Where?

Admiral BROWN. In Korean waters.

The CHAIRMAN. Will this dental-clinic building be sufficient to handle all of the armed-services personnel in Guam?

Admiral BROWN. I think so.

The CHAIRMAN. It will be for general use by all of the personnel located in Guam?

Admiral BROWN. No, sir; it will be primarily for fleet support. The CHAIRMAN. You said you thought it was sufficient to meet all armed-services requirements, and certainly you would not be warranted in having a dental clinic for the Air Force, a dental clinic for the Army, and a dental clinic for the Navy on the small island of Guam. So, I am hoping that this clinic can serve all of the Armed Forces personnel out there.

Will it be available for them, or is there an Air Force clinic and an Army clinic also?

Admiral BROWN. It is sufficient to support the military population. The CHAIMAN. That is sufficient for all kinds jointly. Without objection we will approve the item. We will approve it in the amount of $386,000.

Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan: Barracks, $321,800. That is authorized in the amount of $321,800.

Mr. RIVERS What do they have there now?

Admiral BROWN. Area hospital corpsmen now occupy accommodations in barracks, which is a considerable distance from the hospital, and it is very badly overcrowded.

The CHAIRMAN. Your book does not show how much area you have. It merely says it was established by the United States naval

hospital on August 16, 1950, just about a year ago. Now, this is practically a new establishment. How many naval hospitals do you have in Japan?

Admiral BROWN. Only one.

The CHAIRMAN. Is this it?
Admiral BROWN. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. This is the only one?

Admiral BROWN. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. How many does the Army have in Japan?
Admiral BROWN. I could not give you that figure.

The CHAIRMAN. Anyhow, this is all for the Navy and you now have 1,109 people there?

Admiral BROWN. Yes, sir.

Mr. COLE. I understand from the testimony this morning that we anticipated using this Yokosuka Hospital indefinitely in the future. This hospital is being built of temporary construction. It is my recollection that there are ample materials for permanent construction over there, and I wonder why you do not make it of permanent construction.

Admiral BROWN. The hospital is of permanent construction.
Mr. COLE. It is to be of wooden-frame construction.

Admiral BROWN. That is the barracks only. These are the barracks for the hospital corpsmen with about a 15- or 20-year life expectancy. Mr. COLE. I thought it was to be the hospital.

Admiral BROWN. No, we have the hospital already built.

Mr. COLE. This is the barracks in connection with the hospital?
Admiral BROWN. Yes.

Mr. COLE. If it is to be a permanent base the argument would still apply. We built wooden structures in 1940, and now we are replacing them in 1950. We are doing the same thing in Japan.

The CHAIRMAN. Yards and docks facilities, Guam, Marianas Islands: Acquisition of easments for roads and utilities, $385,000. Admiral JELLEY. Under Public Law 519, Eightieth Congress, approved May 10, 1948, $1,600,000 was appropriated to pay for the land that was acquired by the Navy during and after the war for the permanent facilities on Guam. Our estimate was too low. We need $385,000 to complete that original program that was approved in 1948. At the present time we have some property under lease that we will acquire in this project, and in addition, we will get our easements for the military-road system, water, and various utility lines. The CHAIRMAN. We contemplated the purchase of 26,000 acres, did we not?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir, and we have that with the exception of 36 acres at Camp Witek, and about 700 acres of easements, or 105 miles of combined highway and utilities rights-of-way.

The CHAIRMAN. This is to finish the acquisition of the land?
Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir, this is to clean it up.

The CHAIRMAN. After we acquire this land what do we do with it? Admiral JELLEY. We are actually in possession of the land now. All that remains is paying for it.

The CHAIRMAN. We have already put a great many yards-and-dock facilities and piers in.

Admiral JELLEY. This is for Army, Air Force, and Navy facilities; not just around the docks. This law that I mentioned to you referred to all military lands on Guam.

The CHAIRMAN. The military authorities have control over the 26,000 acres plus what you are asking for here?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. All of the military installations are on this 26,000 acres?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. And that has cost up to date how much?
Admiral JELLEY. $1,600,000.

The CHAIRMAN. Did you buy it by negotiation or condemnation? Admiral JELLEY. By a combination of the two. We had difficulty because of the lack of previous history on Guam. The land was infrequently sold. The land was passed down from father to son. However, by negotiation through the naval government they established a fair market value. In some cases we had to call on the Guam courts to settle the value in condemnations, but practically all of it was done by negotiation.

The CHAIRMAN. Do you think you made a pretty good trade with the natives?

Admiral JELLEY. I think we made a good trade on both sides.

The CHAIRMAN. You did fair by the natives and fair by the Government?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes; very fair by the natives.

Mr. HARDY. How much land are you going to buy with this $385,000 which is requested?

Admiral JELLEY. Thirty-six acres at Camp Witek plus easements for the roads and utility rights-of-way which aggregate 700 acres. The easements are about 105 miles in length.

Mr. HARDY. You are buying easements; you are not buying land. You do not get the fee to it?

Admiral JELLEY. You do not get a fee to the easement, but we have a perpetual easement which is about the same thing.

Mr. HARDY. It will cost $385,000 to buy 36 acres of land and get some easements?

Admiral JELLEY. On page OS10-1-2 there is a breakdown, easements, $383,200, and land, $1,800.

Mr. HARDY. Thirty-six acres of land is costing you $1.800. Over on the first page you show 22,610 acres, and on the next page you show 26,000 acres. How much do you have?

Admiral JELLEY. We acquired land for all three services on Guam under the previous appropriations; 22,000 acres is Navy land, and the 26,000 acres of land includes the other services.

Mr. HARDY. So the Navy has 22,000 acres and the others have 4,000 acres together?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir.

Mr. RIVERS. You put an entire road system on Guam?

Admiral JELLEY. Yes, sir.

Mr. RIVERS. What is the condition of that now?

Admiral JELLEY. That last report I had was that it was holding up

very well; in good shape.

Mr. RIVERS. They were superhighways?