Chapter 237. Authorizing appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 237.— An Act Authorizing appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.May 4, 1926.[[H. R. 10275](/us/bill/69/hr/10275).][[Public, No. 177](/us/pl/69/177).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army.Construction of designated posts from Military Post Construction Fund. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $5,770,000 from the net proceeds derived from the sales of surplus War Department real property, including the sale of surplus buildings, deposited in the Treasury, as authorized by the Act approved March 12, 1926*Ante*, p. 206.
(Public, Numbered 45, Sixty-ninth Congress), said sum to be expended for the construction and installation at military posts of such buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as, in the judgment of tile Secretary of War, may be necessary, as follows: Fort Benning, Georgia, continuing of barracks construction,Locations specified. $725,000; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, barracks for enlisted personnel, $555,000: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, hospital, $100,000; Camp Lewis, Washington, beginning construction of post hospital, $125,000;
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, barracks, $500,000; Selfridge 396 Field, Michigan, barracks, $570,000; Selfridge Field, Michigan, non-commissioned officers’ quarters, $180,000; Camp Meade, Maryland, barracks, $410,000; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, barracks, $360,000; Fort Humphreys, Virginia, barracks, $500,000; Camp Devens, Massachusetts, barracks, $500,000; Erie Proving Ground, Ohio, barracks, $47,000; Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, officers’ quarters, $90,000; United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, hospital, $125,000;
Mitchel Field, New York, barracks, $287,000; France Field, Panama, officers’ quarters and noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $139,000; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $72,000; Fort Wadsworth, New York, barracks, $285,000; Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, barracks, $130,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $70,000: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Interchangeable balances. any unexpended balances or combined unexpended balances of any of the above amounts shall be available interchangeably for appropriation on any of the hospitals or barracks herein authorized.
Approved, May 4, 1926.