Chapter 754. To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes
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Chap. 754: To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes. Chapter 754 45 Stat. 748 1928-05-26 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 1 public 748 Chapter 754.— An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.
May 26, 1928.[[H. R. 11134](/us/bill/70/hr/11134).][[Public, No. 518](/us/pl/70/518).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there is Army.Authorizations for appropriations for buildings, etc., at designated military posts.hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $13,268,284, 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, Panama, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $413,000, officers’ quarters, $378,000; Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii, barracks, $35,000; San Juan, Porto Rico, barracks, $10,000, officers’ quarters, $140,000; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, barracks, $830,000; Wheeler Field, Hawaii, barracks, $504,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $300,000, officers’ quarters, $666,000; Alcatraz Island, California, addition to utilities building, $15,000; Fort Benning, Georgia, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $130,000, officers’ quarters, $370,000;
Fort Bliss, Texas, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $150,000; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, barracks, $186,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $102,000, officers’ quarters, $212,000; Chanute Field, Illinois, barracks, $150,000, officers’ quarters, $70,000; Camp Devens, Massachusetts, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $100,000, officers’ quarters, $150,000; Fort Humphreys, Virginia, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $180,000; Fort Douglas, Utah, officers’ quarters, $75,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $54,000;
Fort Jay, New York, barracks, $300,000; Langley Field, Virginia, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $300,000; Letterman General Hospital, California, nurses’ quarters, $70,000, hospital, $50,000; Fort Lewis, Washington, barracks, $350,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $68,000, officers’ quarters, $50,000, nurses’ quarters, $32,000; March Field, California, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $150,000; Camp McClellan, Alabama, officers’ quarters, $225,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $48,000;
Fort McPherson, Georgia, hospital, $150,000; Camp Meade, Maryland, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $150,000; officers’ quarters, $250,000, hospital, $150,000; Mitchel Field, New York, barracks, $280,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $120,000; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, officers’ quarters, $350,000; Fort Monroe, Virginia, officers’ quarters, $268,000; Fort Riley, Kansas, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $125,000, officers’ quarters, $125,000; Fort Sam Houston, Texas, barracks, $870,000, post signal communication center building, $30,000;
New Primary Flying School, San Antonio, Texas, barracks, $180,950, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $540,000, officers’ quarters, $1,250,000; Presidio of San Francisco, California, chapel, $40,000; Scott Field, Illinois, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $150,000; Selfridge Field, Michigan, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $100,000, officers’ quarters, $250,000, completion of hospital, $50,000; Fort Slocum, New York, barracks, $246,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $54,000;
Fort Wadsworth, New York, barracks, Walter Reed Hospital, D. C.*Proviso.*Location of nurses’ quarters.*Post,* p. 927.$250,000; Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, nurses’ quarters, $300,000: *Provided,* That the north center of the building shall be approximately six hundred feet east of the north and south line which forms the western boundary of the reservation, and approximately two hundred and sixty feet north of the line which forms the south boundary of the reservation;
Military Academy.New buildings, etc.*Post,* pp. 929, 1368.for completing the construction of the new cadet mess hall, cadet store, dormitories, and drawing academy, including equipment, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, $126,334. Authorization for Air Corps technical buildings, etc. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $6,499,500, to be expended for the construction and installa-749tion at military posts of such technical buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary, as follows:
Albrook Field, Canal Zone: Hangars, $200,000; Air Corps shops Albrook Field, Canal Zone.and warehouse, $126,000; headquarters and operations building, $40,000; radio, parachute, and armament building, $25,000; gasoline and oil storage, $75,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field. $600,000. France Field, Canal Zone: Hangars, $80,000; operations building, France Field, Canal Zone.$30,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; air-depot shops, $160,000; air-depot warehouse, $200,000; improvement of landing field, $103,000.
Hawaiian Department, Wheeler Field: Hangars, $240,000; Air Wheeler Field. Hawaii.Corps field warehouse, $45,000; Air Corps field shops, $81,000; headquarters and operations building, $40,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; gasoline and oil storage, $15,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement landing field, $110,000. Bolling Field, District of Columbia: Hangars, $160,000; gasoline Bolling Field, D. C.and oil storage, $12,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement landing field, $100,000.
Chanute Field, Illinois: Hangars, $120,000; Air Corps shops and Chanute Field, Ill.warehouse, $126,000; headquarters and operations building, $40,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; school building, $80,000; gasoline and oil storage, $10,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000. Crissy Field, California: Hangar, $40,000; photo building, $36,000; Crissy Field, Calif.gasoline and oil storage, $5,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000. Duncan Field, Texas:
Hangars, $80,000; air-depot shops, $243,000. Duncan Field, Tex. Fairfield Air Depot, Ohio: Air-depot shops, $243,000. Fairfield Depot, Ohio. Fort Sam Houston, Texas: Hangar, $40,000; Air Corps field Fort Sam Houston, Tex.shops and warehouse, $60,000; headquarters building, $20,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; gasoline and oil storage, $5,000; improvement landing field, $20,000. Marshall Field, Kansas: Hangar, $40,000; Air Corps field shops Marshall Field,Kans.and warehouse, $60,000; headquarters building, $20,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; gasoline and oil storage, $5,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field, $15,000.
Maxwell Field, Alabama: Gasoline and oil storage, $5,000; paint, Maxwell Field, Ala.oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field, $13,000. Mitchel Field, New York: Hangars, $80,000; photo building, Mitchell Field, N. Y.$36,000; gasoline and oil storage, $10,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000. Post Field, Oklahoma: Hangar, $40,000; Air Corps field shops Post Field, Okla.and warehouse, $60,000; headquarters building, $20,000; radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $25,000; gasoline and oil storage, $5,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000.
Rockwell Field, California: Hangars, $160,000; Air Corps warehouse, Rockwell Field, Calif.$45,000; headquarters and operations building, $40,000; radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $25,000; gasoline and oil storage, $10,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000. Rockwell Air Depot, Rockwell Field, California: Air-depot shops, Rockwell Air Depot, Calif.$243,000; air-depot warehouses, $500,000. San Antonio Primary Training School, San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Primary Training School, Tex.Hangars, $440,000;
Air Corps shops and warehouse, $126,000; headquarters and operations building, $40,000; wing headquarters building, $60,000; photo, radio, parachute, and armament buildings, $61,000; school building, $40,000; gasoline and oil storage, $9,500; 750paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field, $150,000. Selfridge Field, Mich. Selfridge Field, Michigan: Air Corps warehouse, $45,000; photo building, $36,000; gasoline and oil storage, $10,000; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000; improvement of landing field, $50,000.
Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii.Acquisition of lands for a flying field near. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause condemnation proceedings to be instituted for the purpose of acquiring certain tracts of land in the vicinity of Fort Kamehameha Reservation, Territory of Hawaii, hereinafter described, for use as a flying field, and that a sum not exceeding $1,145,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the acquisition of the fee simple title to said land either by purchase or condemnation, to wit:
Description.That portion of the Queen Emma and Damon Estates lying directly north of and adjoining Fort Kamehameha Reservation, east of the Fort Kamehameha-Puuloa Junction Road, south of the plantation road just north of Loco-Lelepaua and extending to the Rodgers Airport and Keehii Lagoon on the east consisting approximately of one thousand four hundred and thirty-four acres, at a cost not exceeding $420,000, and also a portion of the Halawa district consisting of about eight hundred and sixty-two acres and immediately adjoining the Queen Emma and Damon Estates at a cost not exceeding $725,000.
Approved, May 26, 1928.
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