Admiral HopwOOD. The cost of the Navy, exclusive of this addition in Marine Corps strength, is estimated to be 7.9 billion dollars in 1952, 7.7 billion dollars in 1953 and 1954. This contemplates present price levels, normal peacetime operations, and the termination of the Korean situation this year. With this additional Marine Corps strength included the projected costs will be increased by 370 million dollars in 1952 to 8.3 billion dollars; in 1953 and 1954 the increase will be 300 million dollars to a total of 8 billion dollars for each of these years. If this additional Marine Corps strength now planned is actually implemented, a supplemental appropriation will be required prior to January 1951. Mr. MAHON. All right, gentlemen, thank you, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1950. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WITNESSES Office, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 BRIG. GEN. W. L. BARRIGER, CHIEF, SERVICE DIVISION LT. COL. W. A. DAVIS, SERVICE DIVISION H. S. HULL, SERVICE DIVISION Office of Chief of Engineers BRIG. GEN. G. J. NOLD, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF ENGINEERS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION COL. G. E. GALLOWAY, CHIEF CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS DIVISION R. B. FOSTER, CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS DIVISION Office of the Comptroller of the Army MAJ. GEN. G. H. DECKER, CHIEF, BUDGET DIVISION LT. COL. J. H. HODGES, LIAISON OFFICER Office of Secretary of Defense COL. R. S. MOORE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER Office of Chief of Ordnance LT. COL. G. F. PARKER, CONSTRUCTION SECTION Office of Chief Chemical Officer F. G. DeANGELIS, CHIEF, FACILITIES SECTION MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Mr. SHEPPARD. We have with us this morning the Comptroller of the Army, Maj. Gen. G. H. Decker. Proceed, General. General DECKER. General Barriger, Chief, Service Division, office of the Assistant Chief of Staff G-4, has a statement for the committee. Mr. SHEPPARD. Proceed with your statement, General Barriger. STATEMENT OF BRIG. GEN. W. L. BARRIGER General BARRIGER. Gentlemen, this morning the Department of the Army is requesting an appropriation in the amount of $84,949,399, under the heading of "Military construction, Army." This request is generated by the Korean incident, the expansion of the Army, and the general speed-up of preparedness measures which are being taken. The Army anticipates that more than three-fourths of this amount will be spent in overseas areas, principally to increase our defense capabilities in Alaska, and for emergency requirements in the Far East. Almost 80 percent of the remainder is scheduled to support the accelerated vital research and development program within the continental United States. The remainder is for urgent training, operational, and support facilities. Housing in this program has been reduced to an absolute minimum and emphasis placed on construction for operational requirements which have superseded in priority the necessity for contributions to morale and comfort. As Army witnesses told this committee during the recent hearing on the regular fiscal year 1951 construction funds, it has not been possible to request funds for many priority projects, due to the ceiling limitations which have been imposed. As a result, our requests have been confined to the immediate requirements of the long-range program. Recent world events have necessitated a review of the construction picture. This has resulted in a higher priority for many projects than had been contemplated in the long-range program and in the creation of emergency requirements, the total of which cannot now be determined. A great number of the projects constituting the back-up of this request for 84.9 million dollars were authorized by Public Law 564, approved on June 17, 1950. Virtually all of the remainder have been selected from the fiscal year 1952-53 program as developed by the Department of the Army. The items listed for Okinawa and Alaska are a part of the long-range development plan for bases there. It is evident, therefore, that this request has a firm basis and constitutes another phase in the program for the development of Army facilities. The Army has carefully considered this request in the light of conditions existing today. The projects proposed, other than those for Japan, are necessary under normal conditions and urgent under the present situation. In view of this fact, it is considered economical at the present time to provide, wherever possible, permanent facilities which are usable over a long period, rather than to rely on temporary construction, which would be expensive to maintain and operate and which would have to be replaced at still additional cost. The funds requested for the Far East fall into two categories. Those for Okinawa will provide permanent facilities needed for the normal garrison and which are part of the long-range plan. In addition, these support facilities are necessary in connection with operations in Korea. The other category is confined to the requirements in Japan and should be considered as emergency funds. General MacArthur has stated that the Japanese economy, just now getting back on its feet, cannot be expected to support the Korean operations to more than a minor extent. The expenditure of these funds in Japan to back up our Korean operations will, of course, further improve the Japanese economy and may permit reduction of other costs to the United States. In order to obtain the maximum flexibility, all funds for the Far East should be considered in the emergency classification. In summary, it can be stated that these funds will play their full part in improving and expediting the defense of the Nation. Detailed justifications for the projects requested are in the books before you, and members of the staff are present to answer any questions you may have. Mr. SHEPPARD. General Barriger, I am wondering if there is any particular high lighting that you would care to add to the statement before we go into the interrogation. General BARRIGER. Mr. Chairman, I do not think so, except to say that the funds that we are requesting are, insofar as Okinawa and Japan are concerned, occasioned by the Korean situation and all the rest of them are occasioned by the present world situation, including Korea. Mr. SHEPPARD. In other words, the presentation is premised on a total military concept of which a proportion is directed to the immediate needs and the rest is to an expansion program for strengthening our defense? General BARRIGER. That is correct. It is a speed-up program which has already been under study and most of which has been presented previously, and authorized. AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION FOR PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION Mr. SHEPPARD. Now, pertaining to the direct request for $84,949,399, it is my understanding that a portion of this request is authorized by law and that there is a portion not authorized by law. Could we have placed in the record at this point the portion of the total request that falls within the category of authorization by law and that portion which is not authorized specifically by law? Colonel MOORE. The projects that are specifically authorized by specific statutes will be put into the record. I wish to point out to the committee, however, there is still on the books Public Law 703 of July 2, 1940, as amended by Public Law 580, June 5, 1942, an act which by its terms is applicable for the duration of the war and 6 months thereafter. This is the act under which the Army constructed its entire World War II construction. That act is still available as a general authorization for the items in this estimate which are not specifically authorized by law. Mr. SHEPPARD. In other words, aside from direct or specific authorization under General Law 703 of July 2, 1940, you feel, and your legal information is to the effect, that the balance of the project would fall within that authorization? Colonel MoORE. Yes. Mr. SHEPPARD. I would like to have those projects segregated and put into the record-those with specific authorization and those that will fall within the category of Public Law 703. General DECKER. Yes. (The following information was submitted for the record:) Specific authorization under Public Law 564, 81st Cong.: Subtotal... Authorization under Public Law 703, 76th Cong.: Subtotal. Total____ $19,955, 759 7,623, 700 I. SPECIFIC Authorization Under Public Law 564, Eighty-First Congress Fort Benning, Ga.: A. WITHIN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Gasoline station and pumphouse Central heating plant and boilerroom Target house, AFF Board No. 3 Administrative building for test-shop area Warehouse Magazines for storage of ammunition Lavatory building for test area Fort Hood, Tex.: Improvements to battalion motor-park facilities Climatic testing facility High-explosive loading and disassembling facility Benicia Arsenal, Calif.: Improvements to water-supply system Black Hills Ordnance Depot, S. Dak.: Improvement to the water-supply system California Institute of Technology, California: Construction, expansion, and relocation of facilities (California Institute of Technology jet propulsion laboratory) Hazardous propellant shops and facilities Lima Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Connection to city water mains Malta Test Station, N. Y.: Oxygen-pump and turbine-test building Extension of engineering and laboratory building Well, pump, and water-distribution system Extension of nitrogen and oxygen gas lines to pits Nos. 1 and 2 and chemical pits Chemical test structure Two prefabricated-steel buildings Fencing, drainage, roads, fire lanes and clearing Addition to test structure No. 6 and modification of existing observation station No. 5 A Addition to electrical distribution system Fuel-storage magazine Vehicle-storage sheds Stockroom addition Fire-alarm system Muroc AFB, Calif.: Improvement to range bombing facilities Navajo Ordnance Depot, Ariz.: Utilities for Indian village Redstone Arsenal, Ala.: Rocket arsenal Chemical laboratory, administration-engineer building and rocket-motor-test stand Rossford Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Fireproofing 13 warehouses BOQ for visitors and technicians Barracks (360 enlisted men) Extension of water supply and distribution system Refrigerating and ice plant Schenectady General Depot, N. Y.: Base maintenance shop building and utilities Sharpe General Depot, Calif.: Equipment-processing building Army Chemical Center, Md.: Protective equipment laboratory High-pressure laboratory Explosion-test chamber Facilities for assembly of clusters, fire bombs Test chamber for aerosols Collective protective and air-filter laboratory Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Dugway proving establishment Camp Detrick, Md.: Civilian dormitory (50 civilians) Meteorological building Maintenance shops (E-1) Munition and surveillance building Chemical and physical laboratory Midwest Chemical Depot, Ark.: Matériel storage sheds, type B Marion Engineer Depot, Ohio: Special warehouse Sprinkler systems Brooklyn Army Base, N. Y.: Fire protection-Piers 1, 2, 3, and 4 St. Louis Medical Depot, Mo.: Relocation of Fifth Army Medical Laboratory B. OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Alaska General: Communications station II. AUTHORIZATION UNDER PUBLIC LAW 703, SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS Bridging components fabrication and assembly facilities Personnel rehabilitation centers Hospital rehabilitation and expansion |