Chapter 90. To amend the Army Appropriation Act for 1920, and for the purchase of land and to provide for construction work at certain military posts, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 90.— An Act To amend the Army Appropriation Act for 1920, and for the purchase of land and to provide for construction work at certain military posts, and for other purposes. February 28, 1920. [[H. R. 8819](/us/bill/66/hr/8819).] [[Public, No. 151](/us/pl/66/151).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the paragraph under theArmy.Infantry School removed from Fort Sill, Okla., to Camp Benning, Ga.*Ante*, p. 106, amended. subheading “United States Service Schools” under the heading “General Staff Corps” of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1919, be, and the same is hereby, amended by substituting the words “the Infantry School, Camp Benning, Georgia,” for the words “the Infantry School of Arms at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,” and the “Infantry School of Arms, Fort Sill, Oklahoma,” where the same appear therein.
Sec. 2. That the third paragraph under the heading “ReserveUse of appropriations and unexpended balances.*Ante*, p. 128, amended. Corps” and subheading “Ordnance Supplies for Military Equipment of Schools and Colleges” of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1919, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “That no part of any of the appropriations made herein nor any ofRestriction on real estate purchases and camp construction.*Ante*, p. 278.*Post*, p. 456. the unexpended balances of appropriations heretoforemade for the support and maintenance of the Army or the Military Establishment shall be expended for the purchase of real estate or for the construction of Army camps or cantonments, except in such cases at National Army or National Guard camps or cantonments which were in use prior to November 11, 1918, where it has been or may be found more economical to the Government, for the purpose of salvaging such camps or cantonments, to buy real estate than to continue to pay rentals or claims for damages thereon, and except where industrial plants have been constructed or taken over by the Government for war purposes, and the purchase of land is necessary in order to protect the interest of the Government: *Provided*, That there may be expended for the*Proviso*.Specified expenditures authorized. purposes hereinafter specified, from the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support and maintenance of the Army or the Military Establishment which are available for such purposes, and, when any such balances are exhausted, from the appropriations made for such purposes under this Act, the several sums as follows:
“infantry.Infantry. To complete the Infantry school at Camp Benning, Georgia: ForCamp Benning, Ga., school.Completion, etc. the purchase of real estate, $515,252; for the construction and completion of buildings and the sixty centimeter engineer railroad, now in process of construction, $320,000; total for Infantry school, $835,250: *Provided*, That no part of the unexpended balances of appropriations*Provisos*.Camp Gordon, Ga.Buildings, etc., to be sold. heretofore made for the support of the Army shall be expended for construction at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to sell the real estate and buildings of 454said camp to the best advantage of the Government, the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous Limit.receipts: *Provided further*, That said sale shall not be made prior to June 30, 1921.
“motor transport corps.Motor Transport Corps. School completion.“To complete motor transport schools as follows: Camp Holabird, Md.“At Camp Holabird, Maryland: For the purchase of real estate, $140,000. Camp Normoyle, Tex.“At Camp Normoyle, Texas: For the construction and completion of main shops, $30,000; for the purchase of real estate, $2,500; for the construction and erection of steel storage buildings, $161,000; in all, $193,500. “coast artillery.Coast Artillery. Camp Eustis, Va.Real estate purchase.“For the purchase of real estate at Camp Eustis, Virginia, $42,198.23.
“field artillery.Field Artillery. Training centers.“To complete Field Artillery training centers: Camp Knox, Ky.Purchase of land.*Provisos*.Restriction.Construction, etc.“At Camp Knox, Kentucky: For the purchase of real estate, $811,338: *Provided*, That no land shall be purchased west of the Illinois Central Railroad tracks and north of the Tip Top-Grayhampton Road; for general construction work, $50,000; for completion of the Dixie Highway, $100,000; for plumbing, heating, and refrigeration, Camp Taylor, Ky.Discontinuance, etc., of.$25,000; total for Camp Knox, $986,338: *Provided*, That no part of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support of the Army shall be expended for construction at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to sell the real estate and buildings of said camp to the best advantage of the Government, whenever conditions are such that Camp Knox is prepared to take over the Field Artillery School now being conducted at Camp Time designated.Taylor, Kentucky, and in no event later than June 30, 1921, the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
Camp Bragg, N. C.Purchase of land, construction, etc.“At Camp Bragg, North Carolina: For the purchase of real estate, $1,128,000; for construction as follows: For hospital, painting, and carpentry, $5,000; for glazing one hangar, $1,000; for siding on the administration building, $1,500; for gravel roads in reservation, $10,000; for gravel road to Fayetteville, North Carolina, $25,000; for incidental work and miscellaneous, $2,500; total for Camp Bragg, *Provisos*.Camp Eustis, Va.Sale, etc., authorized.$1,173,000: *Provided*, That no part of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support of the Army shall be expended for construction at Camp Eustis, Virginia, and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to sell the real estate and buildings of said camp to the best advantage of the Government, the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous Time designated.receipts: *Provided further*, That said sale shall not be made prior to June 30, 1921.
“engineer corps.Engineer Corps. Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va.Land purchase.“To complete the engineer training camp at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Virginia: For the purchase of real estate, $20,455. “signal corps.Signal Corps. Camp Alfred Vail, N. J.Land purchase.“To complete the Signal Corps camp at Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey: For the purchase of real estate, $110,000. 455 “regular army posts.Army posts. “To complete the purchase of real estate:Land purchases. “For Watervliet Arsenal extension, New York, $236,000.Watervliet Arsenal, N.
Y. “For Kalena tract, Hawaii, $20,000.Kalena, Hawaii. “For Fort Revere, Massachusetts, $975.Fort Revere, Mass. “chemical warfare service.Chemical Warfare Service. “To complete the purchase of real estate at Salt Well site, Midland,Midland, Mich. Michigan, $3,072. “Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, for reservoir and pipe lines, $7,500.Edgewood Arsenal, Md. “Total for Chemical Warfare Service, $10,572. “air service.Air Service. “To complete Air Service fields, as follows:Construction at depots, fields, etc.
“For hangars for storage at Aviation General Supply Depot at Fairfield, Ohio, $5,500. “For hangars for storage at Aviation General Supply Depot at San Antonio, Texas, $23,000. “For completion of barracks and quarters at Fords Island, Hawaii, $35,000. “For construction of sewer system at Arcadia Balloon school, Los Angeles, California, $1,500. “For general construction at Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Michigan, $35,000. “For the purchase of real estate as follows:Real estate purchases at depots and fields.
“For Aviation General Supply Depot, Richmond, Virginia, $5,100. “For Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, $40,642. “For Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, $208,000. “For Park Field, Memphis, Tennessee, $88,400. “For Mather Field, Sacramento, California, $78,673. “For Chapman Field, Miami, Florida, $71,500. “For March Field, Riverside, California, $64,000. “For Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, $140,446. “For Kelly Field No. 2, San Antonio, Texas, $349,686.33. “For purchase of real estate and acquisition of oyster rights at Langley Field, Virginia, $12,000.
“For Scott Field right of way, Belleville, Illinois, $100. “For Aviation General Supply Depot, Middletown, Pennsylvania, $50,000. “For Aviation General Supply Depot, Little Rock, Arkansas, $55,000. “For Arcadia Balloon School, Los Angeles, California, $55,655. “Curtiss-Elmwood plant at Buffalo, New York: The Secretary ofCurtis-Elmwood plant, Buffalo, N. Y.Payment in settlement of all claims, etc., under contracts. War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation of New York, a sum not to exceed $1,804,300.49, in full and complete settlement and satisfaction of all charges and claims for depreciation, wear and tear, obsolescence and amortization, provided for, growing out of, or in any manner arising from, or by virtue of Bureau of Aircraft Production contracts numberedPurchase of plant. 2673, 2673–1, 2673–A, 2673–1–A, and 2814–A; and for the purchase and acquisition by the United States, free and clear of all incumbrance, of the plant of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, known as the Curtiss-Elmwood plant, situated on North Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York; said plant consisting of seventy-nine and one-tenth (79.1) acres of land, more or less, together with all structures, buildings, factories, warehouses, machinery, tools, equipment, and all improvements, facilities, and appurtenances belonging thereto, and which make up, constitute, and form the said Curtiss-Elmwood plant. 456 “nitrate plants.Nitrate plants.
Ancor, Ohio.“To complete the purchase of or to settle the obligation of the Land purchase.Government for real estate contracted for in connection with the erection of the nitrate plant at Ancor, Hamilton County, Ohio, $180,000.” " Sec. 3. Construction contracts on cost-plus, etc. plans forbidden. That no contract for construction covered by the appropriations contained in this Act, or any of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support of the Military Establishment, except repair work, the cost of which can not be clearly estimated, shall be let to any contractor under what is known as the “cost-plus,” “cost-plus percentage,” or “cost-plus a fixed fee *Proviso*.Completion of pending works allowed.for compensation” system or form of contract: *Provided, however*, That work or construction let under such system or form of contract and now under process of completion may be concluded. raritan arsenal.Raritan Arsenal, N.
J. Sec. 4. Payment for real estate requisitioned for.Vol. 40, p. 353. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to expend such portion of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made by the second urgent deficiency Act, approved October 6, 1917, for terminal storage and shipping buildings as may be necessary for the payment of awards to cover the acquisition of the following-describedVol. 40, p. 279. real estate which has been requisitioned under the provisions of section 10 of the Act approved August 10, 1917 (Fortieth Description.Statutes at Large, page 276), to wit:
Two thousand and eighty-nine acres of land, more or less, and appurtenances thereto belonging, situated near Metuchen, in townships of Woodbridge and Raritan, county of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, and now occupied as an *Proviso*.Completion of title.ordnance depot and known as Raritan Arsenal: *Provided*, That where the title to the above-described real estate sought to be acquired by such requisitions, already served, proves to be defective by reason of the fact that all necessary parties in interest were not served with requisitions or for any other reason, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase or to acquire by condemnation or otherwise such outstanding titles as are necessary to completely vest the fee simple title to such real estate in the United States of America. walter reed general hospital.Walter Reed General Hospital.
Restriction on purchase of real estate not applicable to addition to.*Ante*, p. 128.That no provision contained in the Army Appropriation Act approved July 11, 1919 (Public Numbered 7, Sixty-sixth Congress), shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the expenditure of the appropriation of $350,000 made therem for the purchase of land contiguous to the Walter Reed General Hospital, twenty-six and nine-tenths acres more or less, and the acquisition of so much of said acreage for the amount appropriated as the Secretary of War, in his discretion, may deem to be in the public interest.
Approved, February 28, 1920.