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facilities now using the three metal storage buildings and will be supplied with the special 400-cycle power source which is now required for the newer radar equipment. It is not economically feasible to modify the existing metal storage buildings to provide adequate classroom and laboratory space nor to install the special power required. Senator STENNIS. All right.

MARINE CORPS BASE, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF.

General ALLEN. The last two line items of this program, Mr. Chairman, provide for sewage system improvement and an additional water well at Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, Calif., at an estimated cost of $215,000. The mission of this base is to furnish housing, service, and training facilities for Fleet Marine Force units, particularly field artillery, antiaircraft artillery, and guided missile units.

The first of these items is for improvements to the sewage disposal system at an estimated cost of $125,000. Reclaimed sewage water is now used for flushing toilets and urinals in 82 barracks buildings at this base. As a result, an extremely dangerous pollution potential exists. If this sewage water should ever enter the fresh water system, a serious epidemic could develop before the contamination was discovered. This item provides for the conversion of the flushing system in these 82 barracks buildings to fresh water and the installation of area irrigation systems to dispose of the excess sewage water.

The last line item in the program is for an additional water well at this base at an estimated cost of $90,000. During the summer months, consumption of water at the rate of about 4 million gallons per day is required. Our present water wells are capable of supplying approximately 3,300,000 gallons per day. The additional water cannot be supplied without exceeding the limitation on fluoride content prescribed by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. This additional well will supplement the present water supply and in addition provide additional water in the event one of the existing wells is out of service for any length of time or in case of a major fire outbreak. The water supplied will be of high quality and low fluoride content.

We also have a program of 150 Capehart housing units there. Senator STENNIS. Can you get a water well out there for $90,000? General ALLEN. That is what the engineers tell us is the price. The location of the water is well definable. We do not believe there are any problems that exist with respect to drilling a dry hole. The water is well pooled underneath the base and we know where to put it.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

General ALLEN. That concludes the Marine Corps portion of the military construction justification.

Senator STENNIS. I thank you, General, very much. According to my limited observations, I think the Marine Corps puts to good use what construction money you ask for and you do not ask for much. General ALLEN. Well, we use every bit that we get.

Senator STENNIS. I was out at Camp Pendleton once, and by the time I got there, the commanding officer emphasized that; he said not a drop of water had been misused or lost or spilled since he had been commanding officer there. I really did not understand why he em

phasized it so, but after I had been around a few hours, I could fully see. You have to conserve the water in every way.

General ALLEN. Anyone who lives in California for any length of time certainly puts a price tag on water.

Senator STENNIS. Yes.

All right. Thank you very much, General. I am glad we could complete that. With the understanding we will be back at 2:30, gentlemen, we will now take a recess.

(Whereupon, at 12:35 p.m., the hearing recessed, to reconvene at 2:30 p.m.)

AFTERNOON SESSION

(Present: Senators Stennis (presiding) and Engle.)

Senator STENNIS. All right. What page were you on, Admiral?

TESTIMONY OF REAR ADM. JOHN L. CHEW, USN-Resumed

SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES

Admiral CHEW. Mr. Chairman, the sixth class of facilities in the program is service school facilities. In this group there are 17 line items at 7 stations at a cost of $24,362,000. Two of the line items at separate stations, for $1,542,000, are classified, and are included in section 202 of the bill. The Bureau of Naval Personnel is responsible for the entry, indoctrination, training, administration and wellbeing of all naval personnel. The need for the projects in this program is to satisfy the minimum current requirements in the training of personnel in the full gamut of naval operations.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

Admiral CHEW. Mr. Chairman, I might clarify a point, if I may. I provided a letter to the staff on the price changes, so with your permission I will not mention them as they have been covered in written correspondence.

Senator STENNIS. That is all right. Give us the whole picture here on your Bancroft Hall. This is the first increment; give us the whole idea.

NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD.

Admiral CHEW. Yes, sir.

This is the first of three planned increments for the major rehabilitation and modernization of Bancroft Hall at an estimated cost of $6 million.

As you know, Mr. Chairman, the basic structure, including the basement and galley, was built in 1902-6; that is, the center portion of it. Additional wings were built in 1918 and then again in 1941.

The 2 new wings for 1,100 midshipmen are now under construction. In the old wings large areas of the old flooring are worn out and require replacement. Condensation and leaky water pipes and connections have caused the plaster to fall off the walls and ceilings in numerous places.

The water, steam heating, and electrical systems are old and deteriorated, and cannot be made to give adequate service, short of almost complete replacement.

Although the building is structurally sound, considerable areas of the exterior walls, roofing, gutters, and adjoining paved surfaces need repairs.

In summary, Mr. Chairman, the old portions of Bancroft Hall, which is a representative institution of education of the U.S. Government, is deplorably in the need of major overhaul.

Senator STENNIS. Well, this didn't happen in just a day, Admiral. Admiral CHEW. No, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Have you asked for this before, or some of it? Admiral CHEW. Not a project of this magnitude, sir.

It is only made possible, as you probably know, because the dormitories have been used far above their designed capacity.

Consequently-and this is one of the reasons for the advanced state of deterioration at the present time-rooms that were designed for two, have three and four in them.

Showers that were designed for the use of one or two men have six and eight men using them, and only by the completion of the two additional wings will we be able to do a major renovation project.

In other words, because we have the 2 additional wings of 1,100 capacity, we can double up the people in those wings and then do 2 of the 6 remaining wings at a time, and that is the reason for the incrementation of the project, 2 wings each year for 3 years, by doubling up in the other wings.

Then, at the completion of the renovation, all wings will be used to their designed capacity.

As I say, at present they are overcrowded, which, of course, has been a contributory factor to the advanced state of deterioration. I might add, in clarification, that some of the equipment is so old that you cannot even replace it. You have to manufacture a part. The radiators are of archaic design; the elevators are of a design where spare parts are not even available.

Senator STENNIS. Well, the only thing in my mind, Admiral, about this is just how austere you are going to make it; or another way to say it, how plush are you going to make it?

Admiral CHEW. I might say for that amount of money there is no intention of making it plush, sir. That is to make

Senator STENNIS. All right.

volved for Bancroft Hall?

How much is your total amount in

Admiral CHEW. The total last figure

Admiral PELTIER. $17,740,000.

Senator STENNIS. How many men will that $17 million take care of?

Admiral CHEW. Well, this would be for the total designed capacity of 3,600, sir.

Senator STENNIS. I thought your new wing was going to take care of some of that.

Admiral CHEW. The new wings take care of 1,100, sir; but that will be the total designed capacity.

Senator STENNIS. So the part you are going to rehabilitate will be to take care of 2,500?

Admiral CHEW. 2,500, sir.

Senator STENNIS. I am proud that you are going to redo the situation there.

How much will that be per man, $17 million and 2,500 men?
Admiral CHEW. It is about $7,000 per man.

Senator STENNIS. $7,000 per man.

Admiral CHEW. Yes, sir; $7,000.

Senator STENNIS. Well, would this cost you more than to build a new one?

Admiral CHEW. No, sir.

Senator STENNIS. You don't have any more space there to build a new one, as I recall.

Admiral WILSON. The original architecture, the outside shell of the building, would be completely preserved. This is interior work. Admiral PELTIER. It also includes a considerable amount of work in the galley and messhall, which feeds 3,500 people.

Senator STENNIS. All right. I think that the only question here is the unit cost.

How many men are you going to have to the room in this new structure?

Admiral CHEW. Generally speaking, Mr. Chairman, they are designed-let me go back and explain it.

Senator STENNIS. Yes.

Admiral CHEW. In the older sections of Bancroft Hall in the two central wings where the most extensive renovation will have to take place, the rooms are of a unique design; some are larger, some have as many as six people in them now. I would say that those rooms will eventually have three.

The wings that were designed and built in World War I, about 1918, were all designed for two people in a room. They now have three and four. They will go back to two.

The two wings that were built 20 years ago for World War II are essentially designed the same way, with two men to a room. They will go back to the two men per room. They now have three or

more.

Senator STENNIS. As I understand it, you have two new wings in the process of being constructed?

Admiral CHEW. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. And they will have two men to the room?

Admiral CHEW. I think those rooms are designed primarily for two-man rooms, so essentially of the six wings that are now constructed, four of them are designed for two-man rooms, the older parts are designed for multiple use, and the new wings will be designed for two-man rooms, so six of the eight wings will be designed for two-man rooms.

Senator STENNIS. Well, you are going to have I have been in some more modern dormitories that have a closter of rooms, a living room, a central room or something.

Admiral CHEW. There are no facilities, no plans, for such a design, sir. They are functional rooms for a military organization.

We will make every attempt to make them more livable than they

are now.

Senator STENNIS. All right. Unless you have something further, what is your next item?

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NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL, ATHENS, GA.

Admiral CHEW. The second project in this group consists of 2 line items in the amount of $193,000 at the Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga. The mission of this school is to train naval officers in all aspects of disbursing and supply.

The first line item is for construction of a small dispensary at the estimated cost of $133,000. This facility is needed to provide proper medical care for close to 630 military personnel, including 500 students, assigned to the school, plus approximately 1,100 of their dependents and a small number of retired personnel. There is a temporary dispensary at the school, but it is located on the first floor of the bachelor officers' quarters. The space and layout of this dispensary are wholly inadequate for the purpose, and the only access to the upper two floors of the BOQ is through the dispensary. These inadequacies prevent the provision of proper medical care; perpetuate the hazard of cross infection, interference with the proper control and administration of the dispensary and BOQ; and utilize space urgently needed by the BOQ.

The second line item is for acquisition of land at the estimated cost of $60,000. The present site of the Navy school, approximately 40 acres in area, was purchased from the University of Georgia in 1953. The additional land required for school purposes, consists of 18 acres adjacent to the present site. It is also owned by the university. All usable areas of the present site are allocated to various uses under the master plan of the station. No space is available for such current requirements as athletic fields for the intramural sports program and for construction of family housing for the teaching staff and station personnel. Local concerns have expressed interest in acquiring this site for commercial or industrial uses which could well be detrimental to the Navy school's purposes. Officials of the university have acknowledged their appreciation of this situation and, have informally expressed their willingness for the Navy to acquire this land.

Senator STENNIS. All right; that is a small item.

Next item.

FLEET AIR DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER, DAM

NECK, VA.

Admiral CHEW. Page 48 is the Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Dam Neck, Va.

This is a single unclassified line item for this center for the construction of barracks at an estimated cost of $669,000.

We have two of these training centers, Mr. Chairman. This is the east coast one. The other one is in San Diego.

Senator STENNIS. What do you mean by "air defense training center"? What is that?

Admiral CHEW. I think it can best be explained by explaining the mission of the center, which is to provide operational training in all aspects of naval air defense, except in guided missiles and associated control equipment, but including coordinated task group air defense at both ship and staff level and guided missile tactics as

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