Chapter 316. To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes
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Chap. 316: To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes. Chapter 316 45 Stat. 1301 1929-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 316.— An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.
February 25, 1929.[[H. R. 13825](/us/bill/70/hr/13825).][[Public, No. 806](/us/pl/70/806).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Army.Construction authorized of buildings, etc., at military posts. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $17,185,610, to be expended for the construction and installation at military posts of such buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary, as follows:
Albrook Field, Canal Zone: Dispensary, $30,000.Albrook Field, Canal Zone. Corundu, Canal Zone: Barracks, $357,500.Corundu, C anal Zone. France Field, Canal Zone: Barracks, $360,000;France Field, Canal Zone. noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $324,000; officers’ quarters, $427,200; dispensary, $30,000. Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Department: NoncommissionedSchofield Barracks, Hawaii. officers’ quarters, $100,000; officers’ quarters, $300,000. Wheeler Field, Hawaiian Department:
NoncommissionedWheeler Field, Hawaii. officers’ quarters, $111,600; officers’ quarters, $150,000; dispensary, $40,000. Porto Rico: Barracks, $144.000; noncommissioned officersPorto Rico, barracks, quarters, etc.’ quarters, $119,000; officers’ quarters, $396,250; nurses’ quarters, $36,000; headquarters building, $20,000; chapel, $20,000; recreation hall, $10,000; storehouse, $15,000; garage and repair shop, $40,000; stables, $40,000; hay and forage shed, $3,000; wagon shed, $6,000; incinerator, $5,000; flagstaff, $500; hospital, $10,000.
Henry Barracks, Porto Rico: Barracks, $352,000;Henry Barracks, P. R. noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $39,600; officers’ quarters, $192,500; hospital, $35,000; stables, $24,000; hay and forage shed, $3,000; wagon shed, $4,000; guardhouse, $10,000; post exchange, $10,000; chapel, $20,000; headquarters building, $15,000; recreation hall, $10,000; storehouse, $15,000; maintenance building, $7,500; fire house, $7,500; bakery, $12,000. Philippine Department: Signal depot warehouse, $49,000.Philippines, warehouse.
Camp Devens, Massachusetts: Noncommissioned officersCamp Devens, Mass.Former Act amended.Vol. 44, p. 1235, amended.’ quarters, $36,000; officers’ quarters, $164,000: *Provided*, That so much of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes,” approved February 25, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1235), as authorizes an appropriation of $300,000 for hospital, Camp Devens, Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, the construction and installation of buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as follows: 1302 New authorizations.“Hospital, toward completion, $35,000; for officers’ quarters, $180,600; for noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $14,400; for bakery, $15,000; for fire house, $10,000; and for stables, $45,000; in all, *Proviso*.Former appropriation available.*Ante*, p. 35.$300,000: *Provided,* That there is hereby authorized to be made available for the purposes of this Act $300,000 of the amount contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, approved December 22, 1927, for military posts.
” Fort Jay, N. Y.*Proviso*.Construction restriction.Fort Jay, New York: Hospital, $400,000: *Provided,* That no new construction shall be built on that part of Governors Island west of a line running in a northwest and southeasterly direction across the island and paralleling the eastern face of the regimental barracks building at a distance of three hundred feet. Mitchel Field, N. Y.Mitchel Field, New York: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $216,000; officers’ quarters, $660,000; hospital, $150,000.
Fort Monmouth, N.J.Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $100,000; officers’ quarters, $250,000. Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.Plattsburg Barracks, New York: Barracks, $45,000; addition to hospital, $55,000. Raritan Arsenal, N. J.Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $42,000; hospital, $50,000. Fort Slocum, N. Y.Fort Slocum, New York: Barracks, $180,000. Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.Fort Wadsworth, New York: Barracks, $50,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $30,000.
Aberdeen, Md.Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Hospital, $60.000. Carlisle Barracks,Pa.Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania: Mess hall and kitchen, $110,000. Fort Humphreys,Va.Fort Humphreys, Virginia: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $274,000. Langley Field, Va.Langley Field, Virginia: Barracks, $764,160; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $216,000; officers’ quarters, $480,000; hospital, $175,000; construction of a sea wall and for necessary fill, $200,000. Fort Leonard Wood, Md.Name changed to Fort George G.
Meade.Fort Leonard Wood, which shall hereafter be known as Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $50,000; nurses’ quarters, $40,000; officers’ quarters, $210,000. Fort Monroe, Va.Fort Monroe, Virginia: Officers’ quarters, $200,000. Fort Monroe, Va.Fort Bennin, Georgia: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $526,000; officers’ quarters, $114,000; dispensary, $60,000. Fort Benning, Ga.Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $144,000; nurses’ quarters, $60,000; officers’ quarters, $496,000; hospital, $100,000.
Fort Bragg, N. O.Maxwell Field. Alabama: Officer’s quarters, $300,000; barracks, $178,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $188,150; quartermaster warehouse, $45,000; quartermaster maintenance building, $15,000; garage, $40,000; fire station, $15,000; guardhouse. $20,000; post exchange, $25,000; ordnance magazine, $15,000; hospital, $75,000; stables, $20,000; railroad spur, $5,000; telephone and telegraph system, $31,250. Maxwell Field, Ala.Camp McClellan, Alabama: Hospital, $100,000.
Camp McClellan, Ala.Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indiana: Noncommissioned officers quarters, $54,000; service club, $50,000. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.Erie Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Hospital, $75,000. Erie Ordnance Depot, Ohio.Selfridge Field, Michigan: Officers quarters, $465,000; construction of a sea wall, and for necessary fill, $230,400. Selfridge Field, Mich.Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Hospital ward, $75,000. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.Marshall Field. Kansas: Barracks, $125,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $144,000; officers’ quarters, $300,000.
Marshall Field, Kans.Fort Riley, Kansas: Noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $150,000; nurses’ quarters, $50.000. Fort Riley, Kans.Fort Snelling, Minnesota: Officers’ quarters, $54,500. Fort Snelling, Minn.Camp Normoyle, Texas: Barracks, $180,000. 1303 Fort Sam Houston, Texas: Noncommissioned officers’Fort Sam Houston, Tex. quarters, $150,000; officers’ quarters, $250,000. , Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas: Noncommissioned officersRandolph Field,Tex.’ quarters, $61,200; officers’ quarters, $600,000; completion of hospital, Fort D.
A. Russell, Wyoming: Officers’ quarters,Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. $56,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $56,000; barracks, $40.000. Letterman General Hospital, California: Hospital ward,Letterman Hospital, Calif. $150,000. Camp Lewis. Washington: Noncommissioned officers’Camp Lewis, Wash. quarters,$93,000; officers quarters, $215,000. March Field, California: Noncommissioned officers’March Field, Calif. quarters, $100,800; hospital, $150,000. Rockwell Field, California:
Noncommissioned officers’Rockwell Field, Calif. quarters, $108,000; officers’ quarters, $150,000. Army medical center, District of Columbia: Completion of ArmyArmy Medical Center, D. C. Medical School, $840,000; addition to power plant, $50,000. Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia: NursesWalter Reed Hospital, D. C.Chapel, etc.*Ante*, p. 156.’ quarters, $300,000; chapel, $12,000, to be erected as supplementary to or in connection with the nonsectarian chapel, the erection of which was authorized by the Act approved February 2, 1928; observation, tuberculosis, and infectious disease wards and a laboratory and morgue, and the reconstruction of the third floor of the main building into an operating room, and for the necessary corridors, roads, walks, grading, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, $90,000.
Bolling Field, District of Columbia? or at a point on a militaryBolling Field, D. C.Radio center. reservation in the vicinity of the District of Columbia to be selected by the Secretary of War: Radio and communication center, $30,000. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized andAdjacent land for flying field. empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate adjacent to Bolling Field, Washington, District of Columbia, for extension and development of said flying field; and there is authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed $666,000 for that purpose.
Sec. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated notTechnical buildings, etc., for Air Corps. to exceed $5,552,842, to be expended for the construction and installation at military posts and at airports and landing fields of such technical buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary, as follows: Panama Canal Department, Albrook Field: Paved runways,Albrook Field. $51,000. France Field: Gas and oil storage system, $10,000; paint, oil, andFrance Field. dope warehouse and appurtenances to hangar, $13,016; paved runway from hangars, $52,000; six-inch gasoline pipe line from Coco Solo, $20,000; bombing range, $3,555.
Hawaiian Department, new site: Improvement to landing field,Hawaii landing field. $623,000. Hawaiian Department, air bases, $22,000.Hawaii air bases. Wheeler Field: Hangars and field shop, $79,000.Wheeler Field. Boston Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts, moving andBoston Airport, Mass. reerecting technical buildings, $15,000. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York: Hangars, field shops, fieldMitchel Field, N. Y. warehouse, $141,000; armament and parachute buildings, $5,000; central heating plants, $75.000.
Middletown Air Depot, Pennsylvania: Replacing roofs uponMiddletown Air Depot, Pa. warehouses, $6,600; tiling walls and replacing floors and platforms in warehouses, $16,015; hard surfaced apron in front of hangars. $17,376; supply office and stock room, $5,607: ceiling four bays in engineering shop building, $4,402: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the $38,500 here-1304Former authority canceled.*Ante*, pp. 130, 334.tofore appropriated for concrete floors in warehouse at Middletown Air Depot (Public, Numbered 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled.
Bolling Field, D. C.Bolling Field, District of Columbia: Hangars, $90,000; field shop, $60,000; central heating plants, $50,000; parachute and armament building, $15,000; photographic building, $36,000; radio building, $10,000; paved runways and aprons, $53,700. Langley Field, Va.Langley Field, Virginia: Hangars, $524,590; field warehouse, $100,000; headquarters and operations building, $80,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $76,000; central heating plants, $100,000; gas and oil storage system, $10,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field, $85,000; paved run- wavs, $122,098.
Maxwell Field School, Ala.Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field. Montgomery, Alabama: Hangars, $210,500; field shop, $19,000; field warehouse, $60,000; armament and parachute building, $5,000; paved runways, $50,000; gas and oil storage system, $5,000; school building, $100,000. Shreveport, La.Shreveport, Louisiana (attack wing): Hangars, $200,000; field shop, $50,000; field warehouse, $45,000; headquarters and operations buildings, $85,000; radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $25,000; gas and oil storage system, $10,000; improvement to landing field, *Provisio*.Additional land for aviation field may be accepted.$135,000: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, when directed by the President, to accept in behalf of the United States, free from encumbrances and without cost to the United States, the title in fee simple to such land as he may deem necessary or desirable, in the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana, approximately 25,000 acres, more or less, as a site for an aviation field.
Bowman Field, Ky.Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky: Hangar, $50,000; radio, photographic, and shops, $20,000; operations and administration building, $20,000; gas and oil storage system, $5,000; paved runways, $13,000. Fairfield, Ohio.Fairfield Air Depot, Fairfield, Ohio; Hangars, $120,000; headquarters building, $40,000; central heating plant, $20,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouses, $20,000. Chicago Airport, Ill.Chicago Municipal Airport, Chicago, Illinois: Completion of Army Air Corps hangar, $20,986.
Selfridge Field, Mich.Selfridge Field, Michigan: Hangars and field shop, $122,000; central heating plants, $60,000; paved runways, $51,000; improvement of landing field, $125,000. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Completion of hangar, field shop, headquarters building, $35,000; central heating plants, $20,000. Fort Riley, Kans.Marshall Field, Fort Riley, Kansas: Completion of hangars, shops, and technical buildings, $55,000; central heating plant, $30,000. Fort Crockett, Tex.*Proviso*.Former authority canceled.*Ante*, pp. 129, 334.Fort Crockett, Texas:
Night flying lighting system, $3,775; runways, $10,775: *Provided,* That the $10,775 heretofore appropriated for dope and paint house and lean-to for boiler room at Fort Crockett (Public, No. 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled. Dryden, Tex.Dryden, Texas: Gasoline and oil storage system, $2,821; operations building, $5,000. Duncan Field, Tex.*Proviso*.Former authority canceled.*Ante*, pp. 130, 334.Duncan Field, San Antonio, Texas: Hangars and depot shop building, $220,000; oil reclamation house, $13,000: *Provided,* That the $5,497 heretofore appropriated for instrument, engine repair and cleaning building at the San Antonio Air Depot (Public, No. 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled.
Lordsburg, N. Mex.Lordsburg, New Mexico: Operations building, $5,000; gas and oil storage system, $2,821. Randolph Field, Tex.Randolph Field, Texas: Hangars, $220,000; field shops, $38,000; paved runways, $232,500. 1305 Tucson, Arizona: Operations building, $5,000; paved floor inTucson, Ariz. hangar, $1,705. Yuma, Arizona: Operations building, $5,000.Yuma, Ariz. March Field, Riverside, California: Hangars, field shops, fieldMarch Field, Calif.*Proviso*.Former authority canceled.*Ante*, pp. 130, 334. warehouse, $75,000; gasoline and oil storage system, $10,000; paved runways, $104,000: *Provided*, That the $50,000 heretofore appropriated for radio and school building at March Field (Public, No. 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled.
Rockwell Field, California: Hangars and field warehouse,Rockwell Field, Calif. $45,000; field shop, $100,000; construction of paved runways, $50,000. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorizedPetersburg Military Park, Va.Portion of Camp Lee, may be transferred to. to transfer to the Petersburg National Military Park such portion of the Camp Lee Military Reservation, Virginia, as in his discretion may be required in connection with the establishment of the Petersburg National Military Park, as authorized by the Act of CongressVol. 44, p. 822. approved July 3, 1926.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized,Fort H. G. Wright Reservation, N. Y.Tract of, may be sold to Fishers Island Corporation. in his discretion, to sell, upon such terms and conditions as he considers advisable, to the Fishers Island Corporation, or its nominee, a tract of land containing one and one-fifth acres, more or less, said tract now forming the extreme northeasterly corner of the Fort H. G. Wright Military Reservation, situate on Fishers Island, in the State of New York, which said tract is no longer needed for military purposes, and to execute and deliver in the name of the United States and in its behalf, with and to the said the Fishers Island Corporation, or its nominee, any and all contracts, conveyances, or other instruments necessary to Proceeds to military post construction fund.effectuate such sale, the proceeds of the sale of the property hereinbefore designated to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the fund known as the military post construction fund: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall have the said tract*Provisos*.Survey and appraisal. surveyed and appraised at the expense of the Fishers Island Corporation: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of War shall not sellSale at appraised value. said tract for a less consideration than the appraised value hereinbefore referred to.
Sec. 6. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire,Atlantic seaboard.Purchase of two tracts of land on, for defense of coast authorized. by purchase or otherwise, two tracts of land on the Atlantic seaboard with necessary rights of way as may, in his discretion, be necessary in the proper defense of the Atlantic coast, and the sum of $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall remain available until expended.
Sec. 7. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, outPicatinny Arsenal, N.J.Construction of powder blending unit at. of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $125,000 for the construction of a cannon powder blending unit at Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, to replace the one destroyed by fire on July 31, 1928. Approved, February 25, 1929.
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