This project is required to provide adequate water supply for Fort Lewis, Mount Rainier Army Depot, and Madigan Army Hospital. Present water production and storage facilities do not meet the current domestic and irrigation water requirements. Minimum needs are met by curtailing irrigation of grounds, lawns, and planted area. If this project is not provided, minimum water requirements will not be met even if irrigation and sprinkling of planted areas is curtailed. Completion of 500 Capehart family quarters in October 1963 will increase water requirements, resulting in inadequate water supply for fire protection as well as possible loss of planted and grassed areas.

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, CALIF.

The Presidio of Monterey is the location of the Department of Defense Language School. We have one project here, an academic building with an area of 39,888 square feet at a cost of $983,000. We have a total requirement for 116,664 square feet of academic building space against which we presently have 36,888 square feet of permanent space. This project will replace existing temporary classrooms and faculty offices being used by the Language School.

Physical plant inadequacies are numerous in all areas which are normal to the operation of a highly specialized language training facility. They suffer from poor acoustics, high noise level, lack of assembly space and cannot provide suitable integration of classrooms, faculty offices, and language laboratories required for proper teaching of diverse language groups. Five buildings containing 45,850 square feet of floor area will be demolished upon completion of the proposed building.

FORT ORD, CALIF.

For Fort Ord, the major Army recruit training center on the west coast, we request approval of two items totaling $1,300,000.

Our first project, listed on page 197, is for aircraft parking facilities for 23 skid-mounted helicopters, $152,000.

These aircraft are presently landing and parking on fixed-wing taxiways and access and parking aprons, and are causing interference with and endangering operations in fixed-wing areas. A lighted hover point for skid-mounted helicopter flight operations is also included. If these facilities are not provided, the existing hazardous conditions will continue.

The other Ord item is for a permanent-type noncommissioned officers club to replace the old club which was destroyed by fire January 31, 1962. This project will cost $1,148,000.

Restoration following the fire was not economically feasible and the building was demolished. This facility is urgently required to provide suitable club type facilities for the noncommissioned officers. The junior NCO open mess and the soldiers' club currently are used as the NCO open mess. Preemption of the soldiers' club deprives the enlisted men of their facility and its continued use as an NCO open mess will cause morale problems with the lower enlisted ranks. The construction of a permanent facility will provide adequate open mess facilities and permit return of the soldiers' club to the use of enlisted personnel.

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PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

The one remaining item in the 6th Army area is at the Presidio of San Francisco which is the location of the 6th Army Headquarters and Letterman General Hospital. This item is for a refrigerated warehouse at a cost of $278,000.

This item is required to provide refrigerated warehouse facilities, for preserving fresh and frozen perishable subsistence items. It will replace the former facility, building T-605, which was completely destroyed by fire on April 27, 1962. Interim temporary facilities are being provided to meet approximately 20 percent of the requirement. Continued use of the interim facilities is impractical and the use of two buildings, separated by 11⁄2 miles, imposes an inefficient and expensive operation.

This completes the Continental Army Command with the exception of the Military District of Washington.

MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

CAMERON STATION, VA.

Cameron Station, Va., is responsible for operating the transportation depot and providing administrative and logistical support for the Defense Supply Agency Headquarters.

The program includes one item at this station, to enclose shed No. 9 for warehouse and motor pool at a cost of $250,000. This project is required to provide storage and operational space for Department of Defense and Army activities of the Military District of Washington. Specifically, buildings Nos. 3, 4, and 5 and bay No. 1 of 7 are programed for conversion to office and operational space for Department of Defense agencies. Approximately 10,000 square feet of additional storage area will be required to provide the logistic support requested. The need is currently being met through the use of existing warehouse buildings. Space currently used by the Army is programed for use by Defense Supply Agency and Armed Forces Technical Information Agency.

FORT MYER, VA.

Fort Myer, Va., houses and supports general staff officers, and other military personnel in the Military District of Washington. The program includes two items for this station, the first being a dispensary and dental clinic at a cost of $2,275,000. The need for a new and modern Army outpatient health facility has been brought on by a change in medical practice of caring for patients more and more on an ambulatory and outpatient basis. The present dispensary is caring for aproximately 1,000 patients per day. During fiscal year 1962, a daily average of 540 patients were seen by doctors; over 2,131 ancillary services are given daily and the patient load has increased over 12 percent during the last 5 years. The present facility consists of five outmoded buildings connected by ramps, and built between 1896 and 1944. Present facilities will be demolished to make room for other facilities scheduled for relocation from South Post.

The second item is for a barracks complex at a cost of $6,855,000. This item is required to provide the first increment of the post enlisted personnel troop housing program. The total requirement has been determined by a triservice study of the area requirements and includes provisions of Navy, Air Force, and Army, enlisted personnel, both male and female. Most of these troops are currently housed in unimproved World War II temporary barracks on South Post, Fort Myer. These barracks have outlived their usefulness, provide inadequate accommodations, and entail high fire risk and uneconomical maintenance costs. These temporary barracks are scheduled for demolition to make way for the expansion of Arlington Cemetery. Chairman RUSSELL. Is there anything further with respect to book One and the Continental Army Command that any member of the committee desires to inquire into?

You may proceed, General.

General SHULER. There are projects for Army Materiel Command at 16 installations totaling $19,880,000.

ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND

NATICK LABORATORIES, MASS.

Natick Laboratories, Mass., are responsible for research and development in such areas as textiles, clothing, organic material POL equipment, et cetera, and for human environmental research by the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. The program includes one item here, an environmental medicine laboratory, at a cost of $3,408,000. The close association of the quarter master and medical research personnel working in the fields of environmental medicine. and quartermaster equipment will provide for a fuller and more efficient utilization of specialized research personnel and valuable scientific equipment; and, will eliminate duplication of research efforts. The present borrowed laboratory space will be returned to the Pioneering Research Division and the inadequate temporary animal facilities will be demolished upon completion of the new facility.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALA.

Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the headquarters of the U.S. Army Missile Command, responsible for research, development, and production of missiles and rockets. The program includes three items for this installation, the first of which is for a guidance, control, and aeroballistics facility, at a cost of $3,390,000.

The Guidance and Control Laboratory's mission is basically threefold: in-house exploratory research and feasibility experimentation in support of long-range missile and rocket programs; technical guidance and assistance of system development contractors; and, quality analysis of components and assemblies for weapons systems throughout the development process. These functions are to technically supervise, monitor, or conduct research, design, development, and evaluation programs on guidance, control, electrical networks, missile-borne tracking measuring, telemetering, and range safety devices and related electrical ground support and test equipment.

The total area is not sufficient to set up available equipment and to provide working space for operating personnel. Limited space requires teardown and reset of equipment for certain operations. This causes a loss of 2 or more hours per setup, that is, shortage of inertial test facilities requires constant teardown and setup for systems and components checkout and tests; wear and tear on equipment is occasioned due to repeated tearing down and setting up tests.

In developing the criteria for this project, the proposed location as an addition to the existing R. & D. facility was considered the most economical due to the presence of cafeteria facilities, high- and lowpressure air, other special features common to all laboratories. Another factor in connecting this proposed facility to the existing R. & D. facility was to improve the interchange of information between laboratories and to correct deficiencies in control and supervision. The criteria for the proposed facility is prepared to provide the minimum space and special features required to adequately perform the functions required of the Guidance and Control Laboratory.

The function for which this new construction is proposed is currently being met to a limited degree by utilization of two modified warehouses separated by approximately 71⁄2 miles, Building 4722 (34.214 square feet) and Building 7421 (13,770 square feet).

Upon completion of this project, Building 4722 will be utilized by the research laboratory adjacent to its present area and Building 7421 will revert to industrial storage functions.

The second item is for a propellant mixing facility at a cost of $261,000. This consists of two mixer buildings, two control bunkers, and two utilities and storage buildings. This is required to meet safety limitations on quantities involved in mixing operations. A pressure burst at the Thiokol Longhorn, Tex., plant demolished the mixer and caused considerable damage to surrounding structures. As a result the Redstone facility has been shut down and these new facilities are required at Redstone to preclude similar explosions.

The third item is for utilities expansion, at a cost of $560,000. This project is required for (1) expansion of electrical facilities, and (2) improvements to an existing road. The existing primary electrical sources are fully loaded. MCA projects authorized, funded, and under construction will create an additional burden on the existing system. The growth of Army and NASA activities at this installation since construction of the basic road network has resulted in abnormal wear and in extreme traffic congestion during peak hours.

ARMY CHEMICAL CENTER, MD.

Army Chemical Center, Md., is responsible for manufacture, storage and renovation of chemical materiel. This installation is also responsible for research and development of chemical, smoke, and flame weapons and R. & D. in nuclear defense and radiological operations. The program includes two items here, the first of which is for an explosive processing plant at a cost of $90,000. This facility is required for processing explosive bursters and boosters of experimental and unusual configurations, to be placed in chemical munitions of unconventional design. Expansion of experimental explosives operations within chemical research and development laboratories is required in order that desirable methods of disseminating chemical

agents may be developed. This operation constitutes a vital link in development of munitions for tactical delivery of incapacitating chemical agents. This function is not currently being performed since there is no existing facility in which explosive processing can be done. The second item is for an animal breeding building at a cost of $320,000. This facility is required to provide disease-free experimental and test animals to support the chemical research and development program. Approved research and development projects require a continuous supply of disease-free animals. Repeated attempts to develop commercial sources of pathogen-free animals have been unsuccessful. Existing facilities, operating at maximum production, can supply approximately 70 percent of the requirement. Space now used for animal breeding will be used for animal holding areas upon completion of this project.

FORT DETRICK, MD.

The Signal Corps East Coast Relay Station, a vital link in the U.S. Army's worldwide comunication system, is located at Fort Detrick, Md. The program includes one item for the extension of a road from the main post to the East Coast Relay Station at a cost of $91,000. This project is required to provide 24-hour all-weather direct access between the main post and the ECRS which receives emergency and utility services as well as routine maintenance service from Fort Detrick, the host installation. At present the only access to the relay station is by a county road and city streets which pass through a residential area and school zone. The proposed route is entirely within the military reservation.

ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT, GA.

Atlanta Army Depot, Ga., has responsibility for supply and distribution of Quartermaster and Engineer items and performs 4th echelon maintenance of Army aircraft. The program includes one item at this installation; installation of an elevator in the headquarters building, at a cost of $49,000. The modification and conversion of the present outmoded freight elevator for passenger use is necessary in the interest of safety, health, economy, and public relations and overall efficiency of depot personnel. The freight elevator, installed in 1940-41 was designed and suitable only for freight, and does not serve the offices on the fourth floor. About 15 percent of the 596 employees working on the second, third, and fourth floors are physically handicapped or over 60 years of age, making an elevator a necessity.

AERONAUTICAL MAINTENANCE CENTER, TEX.

The Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, Tex., performs fifth echelon maintenance on Army aeronautical equipment. The program includes one item at this installation, alteration and improvement of Aradmac facilities, at a cost of $1,754,000. The work consists of alterations to the heat treatment and transmission shops, the helicopter transmission test stand shop, fire protection, air conditioning and humidity control, and electrical improvements. These alterations and improvements are needed for efficient performance of mission.