Chairman RUSSELL. I think he made a pretty good witness. (Laughter). Senator BEALL. I have no further questions. Chairman RUSSELL. General Ryder, early in your statement you drew some comparison between the tests that were conducted on the pulse reactor and those conducted with actual experiments. General RYDER. Yes, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. Could you carry out those experiments underground? General RYDER. Yes, sir, we can conduct-do I understand your question is can we conduct tests underground. Chairman RUSSELL. My question is, if we enter into this nuclear treaty, and it appears that we will, although I have great doubts about the wisdom of it, could we conduct these tests at all unless we had a reactor? General RYDER. Yes, sir, we can conduct them underground but it will be much more expensive, sir, much more expensive, much more difficult, much more complicated. Chairman RUSSELL. How much money is involved in this item? Chairman RUSSELL. How much money is involved? General RYDER. What is involved here, sir, in the military construction authorization portion is $2.1 million for a building to house the reactor and attendant control building. What will be involved on the other side is approximately $600,000 which we have already set aside in another portion of our budget to build and fabricate the reactor itself. Chairman RUSSELL. The reactor itself then would only cost $600,000? General RYDER. That is right, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. Anything further from General Ryder? General SHULER. The third item at Aberdeen Proving Ground is for a medical enlisted men's barracks, at a cost of $257,000. The current requirement for medical detachment barracks at this installation is for 115 enlisted men. Personnel are presently housed in cantonment type barracks scheduled for demolition upon completion of the new Kirk Army Hospital. There are no permanent or rehabilitated barracks available for use by the detachment. Provision of a medical detachment barracks adjacent to the new station hospital is essential to efficient operation. The The fourth item is for an enlisted men's service club, at a cost of $708,000. The proposed facility is required to provide social and recreational facilities for approximately 5,000 enlisted men. present activity is housed in a temporary World War II mobilization type service club, which has become costly to operate and maintain, and offers only minimum accommodations to the enlisted men of the post due to its size. Upon completion of the requested facility, the existing club will be demolished. DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, performs field and laboratory tests in the chemical, biological, and radiological areas. The program includes two items here, the first of which is for a fire and rescue station at a cost of $130,000. A facility adjacent to the airfield is required to give protection to apparatus during freezing weather while on extended alert status during flights of high performance and other aircraft. Toxics and explosives are loaded and unloaded at the airfield, thereby creating more than the normal fire hazard in airfield operations. At present, apparatus is housed in a fire station approximately 0.7 mile from the airfield, and during extended alert, equipment and manning crews stand by in the open at the airfield. The existing fire station is of frame construction, built in 1943, requiring excessive maintenance to keep it in usable condition. It has no central heating and the inadequate kitchen and shower room facilities are difficult to maintain in a sanitary condition. Upon completion of this project, the existing fire station will be demolished. The second item is for toxic test support area improvements at a cost of $887,000. This item is required as the initial phase of facilities to support the increased field and engineering testing program, and increased proof-test mission by providing safe, adequate, filling and storage for chemical and explosive munitions used in field tests. present test munitions are stored outside, reducing test value, and creating hazards where environmental tests of explosives are conducted too close to other facilities. Five buildings currently being used for storage will be demolished. FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZ. Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is the home of the Army Electronics Proving Grounds which performs tests of communications equipment, surveillance and avionics equipment, meteorological and automatic data processing equipment. The program includes two items for this installation, the first of which is for an electronic equipment facility for the Army Security Agency at a cost of $637,000. This item is required to provide a secure facility for testing sensitive equipment. The 52d USASA Special Operations Command operates a service testing facility and provides capability for limited field engineering testing for the Army Security Agency. The existing facilities are deficient in that sufficient floor space is lacking, arrangement of subactivities as dictated by existing structures is unsatisfactory; they do not afford the degree of security necessary and do not lend themselves to modification; and the requirement for controlling moisture and impurity content, as well as temperature of the air cannot be met. Existing facilities will be demolished. The second item is to modify the water supply system at a cost of $212,000. This consists of replacement of badly deteriorated mains; fire protection for five buildings containing costly equipment; additional mains from booster pump to reservoir; replacement of booster pumps, motors, and controls for increased capacity. The increased requirement results from growth of the installation over a period of years. The existing system is very old, some of the mains having been installed in 1905. Chairman RUSSELL. General Shuler, for the last 2 years the Senators from Arizona, Senators Hayden and Goldwater, have discussed with the committee the need for a replacement hospital at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Last year we put in the report some reference to this need, and suggested that it might be included in the fiscal year 1964 bill. Can you give us any idea of the current status or priority of this hospital at Fort Huachuca ? General SHULER. Mr. Chairman, as you know, we only have one hospital in the bill this year, and that is at Fort Rucker, Ala. We intend to program Fort Huachuca hospital in fiscal year 1965, along with two other Conus hospitals, so it is very high on the priority list, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. You will program them for the construction bill for next year? General SHULER. Yes, sir. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N. MEX. White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex., supports all agencies using the range and performs tests and evaluation of missile and rocket systems. The program includes two items for this installation, the first of which is for water supply addition at a cost of $988,000. This involves drilling three new wells, constructing a 400,000 gallon storage tank, addition to pumping station, new mains, and electric lines and controls. Increases in population and operational requirements have caused a deficit of 1.7 million gallons per day projected to mid-1965. Even with the stringent conservation program in effect pumping is required an average of 22 hours per day which does not permit adequate recovery. Pumping should not exceed 16 hours per day. The second item is for alterations and adjustments to technical facilities for NIKE-ZEUS, costing $260,000. This is a classified item which will be taken up in executive session. YUMA TEST STATION, ARIZ. Yuma Test Station, Ariz., conducts desert testing of general equipment; also testing of serial delivery parachutes and drop equipment and procedures. The program includes one item here, for a chapel center at a cost of $375,000. The proposed structure is required to augment the existing 110-seat chapel. The existing chapel was constructed in 1948 to support a community one-third the size that exists today; and in addition to being outgrown, it lacks Sunday school classrooms. The extreme climatic conditions which prevail at this station, especially during summer months, plus the crowded conditions cause a serious morale problem. The nearest civilian churches are located at Yuma, Ariz., some 36 miles distant. At the present time, Sunday school classes are conducted in widely dispersed locations. The present chapel will be retained for Sunday school classes and other compatible functions. This concludes the program for Army Materiel Command. SIGNAL CORPS EAST COAST RADIO TRANSMITTER STATION, VA. For the Signal Corps at the East Coast Radio Transmitting Station, Woodbridge, Va., we propose to construct a pumping station and a 6-inch sewerline to the existing Occoquan-Woodbridge Sanitary District sewer system at a cost of $88,000. Sewage from the present sanitary sewer system flows into the Potomac River. This project is consistent with the Government policy in the Washington area for cleanup of the Potomac River. Connection to the existing municipal system at Woodbridge is proposed in lieu of a separate sewage treatment plant at the radio station, thereby eliminating operation of a local plant. U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY The U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., instructs and trains the Corps of Cadets for careers in the Regular Army. The program includes two items here, the first of which is for academic facilities modernization at a cost of $2 million. This involves modernizing facilities in Bartlett Hall. The following academic facilities are involved in this project: department of mechanics, department of physics and chemistry, and department of electricity. The original Bartlett Hall was completed in 1915. The standards of buildings for engineering and science instruction have changed radically since 1915. The interior layout, facilities, and equipment of Bartlett Hall are substandard for modern teaching practice in the field of higher education. The second item is for water distribution system improvement, at a cost of $291,000. Since the establishment of the fourth pressure zone in 1952, additional construction in this area has increased the water consumption to such an extent that the present pumps, discharge piping, and storage are not capable of providing sufficient water for domestic use and fire protection at residual pressures specified by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Added construction consists of 156 units of family housing, a laundry, and an NCO club. Furthermore, the fourth-level system was extended to include the forestry and technical service areas. The present demand on the fourth-level water system is approximately 450 gallons per minute, requiring the existing two pumps to operate together 20 hours per day to meet this demand. Under this method of operation, the breakdown of one of the pumps would result in insufficient water to consumers in the fourth-level system. ARMY SECURITY AGENCY TWO ROCK RANCH STATION, CALIF. This year we have projects for two ASA installations inside the United States, Two Rock Ranch Station, Calif., and Vint Hill Farms Station, Va. At Two Rock Ranch Station, Calif., there are two items. The first project is for an operations building addition, at a cost of $99,000, required to provide two additional operating rooms. Approved and programed changes in mission for this installation will increase its capability by more than one-third. Additional special equipment and operating-room personnel will be required. This increase is to be operational in fiscal year 1965, precluding the deferral of this item to a subsequent program. There are no other facilities at this installation which could be used for this purpose. The second item, for emergency power supply, at a cost of $123,000, is required to provide adequate standby power for the operations building and the proposed operations building addition. The power cable between the substation and the operations building is too small to carry the present load. Existing generators are incapable of supplying total emergency power requirement. Continued use of present facilities will necessitate partial suspension of operations in the event of a commercial power failure. VINT HILL FARMS STATION, VA. The next station under the Army Security Agency is Vint Hill Farms Station, Va. The program includes three items. The first item, electronic equipment facility, at a cost of $862,000, is required to provide a permanent type building for fabrication, testing, and evaluation of classified technical equipment for use worldwide by Army Security Agency field units. The buildings in which these functions are now being performed lack sufficient floor loading capacity and efficient layout in the work and administrative areas to properly perform the assigned mission. The second item, operations building addition, at a cost of $75,000, will provide one operating room addition to the existing operations building. Approved and programed changes in mission will increase the installation's capability by more than one-sixth. There are no other facilities which could be used for this purpose. The last item, dispensary and dental clinic, at a cost of $369,000, is to provide an adequate medical facility for the number of patients now being accommodated. The existing dispensary and dental clinic is a World War II mobilization-type structure which is inadequate in size and layout and difficult to heat and maintain to the degree required in this type facility. The existing facility will be used to reduce the 7,000-square-foot deficit currently existing for enclosed storage. ARMY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND The program for CONUS air defense facilities includes 14 line items at a total cost of $8,454,000. The first two air defense items are classified and will be discussed during executive session. The next item is for six ready buildings, at an estimated cost of $298,000 in the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle defense areas. These ready rooms are required to provide sleeping and dayroom facilities in the vicinity of the operations area for launcher crews on 15-minute "alert." Present living facilities: range from more than 10-minute walking time to 2 miles by bus to |