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Major General WILSON. Yes, sir; it is very definitely needed this year.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Chairman, the third thing that General Shuler had up for this afternoon was Army housing and I think these two subjects, unless you had something more to go into, are in pretty satisfactory shape.

Chairman HAYDEN. All right. Fine.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

ARMY RESERVE

STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. W. R. SHULER, DIRECTOR OF INSTALLATIONS, ODCSLOG; ACCOMPANIED BY MAJ. GEN. W. J. SUTTON, CHIEF, ARMY RESERVE; AND H. T. La CROSSE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ARMY BUDGET, OFFICE, COMPTROLLER OF THE ARMY

LIST OF PROJECTS, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Major General SHULER. Senator, we have General Sutton here, Chief of the Army Reserve, and he might like to say a few words on his program, if that is all right.

Chairman HAYDEN. He may if he wishes.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Rexroad suggests, General Wilson, that you put a list in for the record.

Major General WILSON. We will be glad to do so. Chairman HAYDEN. It will be inserted at this point. (The material referred to follows:)

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Military construction program, tentative fiscal year 1964 appropriation list—

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Major General WILSON. Senator, I believe we ought to explain just a little bit about this situation. The President's budget has $3.5 million in new appropriations.

To meet the bill, the $7.5 authorization that has been authorized by the Senate and House requires a total of $5.7 million rather than the $3.5 million appropriation.

Senator SALTONSTALL. We agree with the House?

Major General WILSON. Yes, you agree with the House. The House bill is for $3.5 million.

Senator SALTONSTALL. I thought the House bill did not put the money in.

Major General WILSON. Sir, the House increased the authorization, to $7.5 million, but did not add the extra money to fund the authorization.

Senator SALTON STALL. That is your reclama?

Major General WILSON. Yes, sir.

Chairman HAYDEN. Under the present shopping list you have before the committee, how much money would you have to have to carry out your present program?

Major General WILSON. We have to have a budget plan total of $8.2 million.

Chairman HAYDEN. How much of that would be carryover?

Major General WILSON. That would be $2.5 million carryover savings.

Chairman HAYDEN. How much of this money would have to be new obligations or authority?

Major General WILSON. You mean new appropriations?

Chairman HAYDEN. New appropriations.

Major General WILSON. It would be $5.7 million.

Chairman HAYDEN. Does that complete it?

Senator STENNIS (presiding). General Wilson, you filled in all the blank spaces?

Major General WILSON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Your presentation covered all the authorization you had available?

Major General WILSON. We covered the total of $7.5 million authorization and the appropriations necessary to fund the authorization.

UNCOMMITTED FUNDS CARRIED OVER

Senator STENNIS. I want to know how much you had carried over now that had not been committed when the project started, how much of that money you got last year?

Major General WILSON. Mr. Chairman, we had a request for a $6 million budget plan in the President's budget, of which $3.5 million is new money, $2.5 million is savings from last year, sir, and to meet the total requirement of the $7.5 million authorization program requires an additional $2.2 million, making a new budget plan total of $8.2 million.

Senator STENNIS. That is what you are asking for now?

Major General WILSON. Yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. How much of that will be new money?
Major General WILSON. That will be $5.7 million, sir.

Senator STENNIS. Well, $8.2 million-that is 21⁄2 million difference.
Major General WILSON. That is correct.

Senator STENNIS. You have not been able to get authority to spend that $2 million?

Major General WILSON. Sir, those are based on the authorizations that we have. We didn't have the authorization to spend that $2.5 million, sir. These are savings from projects that we have had and also from some authorization that did not pan out, sir.

Senator STENNIS. So with the exception of what you just related you got all your money that was appropriated last year already either spent or in the process of being spent?

Major General WILSON. That is correct.

Senator STENNIS. Is there anything else you would like to say? You covered everything else already; is that right?

Major General WILSON. Yes, sir.

ARMY RESERVES

Senator STENNIS. Now, on reserves, and I would like to get this in my mind because I did not attend all of the authorization hearings this year, due to press of other committee business. The reserves had all of their authorizations filled out I suppose.

Major General SHULER. That is correct. I will insert the statements from the Reserve and the projects lists, if I may, sir, at this point.

STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. W. J. SUTTON, CHIEF, ARMY RESERVE, ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Maj. Gen. W. J. Sutton, Chief, Army Reserve, was born in Elizabethtown, N.C., on April 8, 1908. Shortly thereafter his family moved to Fort Worth, Tex. Prior to his recall to active duty and appointment to his current post, General Sutton was an insurance executive and resided at 243 Senisa Drive, San Antonio, Tex.

General Sutton enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1926 and in 1929 was commissioned a first lieutenant of Infantry. He served with the Texas National Guard until he was called to active duty in October 1940.

During World War II, General Sutton served in the European theater of operations with the 84th Infantry Division. He was wounded in action in April 1945 and was evacuated to the United States. After a tour with the 2d Infantry Division, he returned to the ETO in June 1946 and served with the U.S. Constabulary in Germany.

Returning to the United States in 1949, General Sutton was assigned as Chief, Training Branch, Intelligence Division, Army General Staff. He terminated his active duty service in September 1949 to enter private business as an insurance executive. As a reservist he served as a regimental commander, chief of staff, and assistant division commander of the 90th Infantry Division, Austin, Tex.

General Sutton's mobilization assignment, prior to being called to active duty to assume his present post, was assistant deputy commanding general for Reserve Forces, U.S. Army Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Va.

General Sutton's decorations and awards include the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, and Distinguished Marksman's Badge.

OPENING STATEMENT

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Maj. Gen. W. J. Sutton, Chief, Army Reserve. It is my purpose to report on the Army Reserve construction program under chapter 133, title 10, U.S. Code.

The graphic illustration, enclosure No. 1, shows the status of programing for Army Reserve centers. A total of 555 centers has been authorized by Congress through fiscal year 1963. Of this number, 491 have been completed, 42 are under construction, and 22 are in various stages of design, preliminary to being awarded. The total estimated requirement is for 870 centers, 315 of which have not, as yet, been authorized.

We are continuing our efforts to achieve the maximum amount of joint construction and joint use with other Reserve components. In fiscal year 1962, 11 of 27 authorized centers were joint projects; in fiscal year 1963, 14 of 27 authorized were joint projects; and this program provides for 2 of 9 centers as joint projects. Including this program, 100 of 564 centers will be jointly constructed facilities.

The chart enclosure No. 2 reflects the number of expansions authorized through fiscal year 1963, providing space for 3,900 Reservists.

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We depict at enclosure No. 3 the number of alterations and additions to existing centers accomplished and/or programed through fiscal year 1963. This work consists of providing features required to constitute a complete training facility which were omitted in our earlier programs. Examples of this type work are alterations to interiors of centers, provision of maintenance shops, and construction of storage space. At the beginning of fiscal year 1963 only 20 of a total of 140 maintenance shops remained to be provided. One of these is being constructed in the fiscal year 1963 program.

Chart No. 4 summarizes the status of Army Reserve construction funds. You may observe that by the end of fiscal year 1962, we had obligated $147.3 million of the $156.9 million available and appropriated up to that time. As of fiscal year 1963, $164.9 million has been appropriated. Based on the President's budget, it was anticipated that we would have obligated $12 million for a total of $159.3 million by the end of fiscal year 1963. Reevaluation of our obligations for fiscal year 1963 indicates that we obligated $7.9 million, giving a yearend total obligation of $155.2 million. This will leave a $9.7 million carryover into fiscal year 1964 instead of the $5.6 million shown in the President's budget. Included in our carryover is an uncommitted $1.5 million which is available for reprograming in fiscal year 1964.

This increase in carryover will make $11.6 million available for obligation in fiscal year 1964 in lieu of the $7.5 million shown in the President's budget and still permit a carryover of $2.6 million into fiscal year 1965.

The new authorization requested for fiscal year 1964 totals $4.7 million. Line-item justification data for the tentative fiscal year 1964 MCAR program program appropriation, copies of which were previously provided the committee, consists of 10 centers and 1 separate maintenance shop, at a total cost of $4,892,000. It also contains a line item for advance planning in the amount of $407,000; another for land acquisition in the amount of $501,000; and $200,000 for minor construction. The total funding plan is $6 million. Of this amount, $1,500,000 is available, as previously stated, from unused prior years' appropriations. The appropriation being requested is $4,500,000.

The recent reorganization, with which you are all familiar, was accomplished in order to provide an Army Reserve fully responsive to the mobilization requirements of this Nation. Our home station plant, the Army Reserve center, is specifically designed for efficient training of these Army Reserve units. The part played by these facilities in achieving a high state of mobilization readiness by the Army Reserve cannot be overemphasized. The degree of success we have been able to experience in meeting mobilization readiness goals in the past can be attributed in great measure to the Army Reserve centers which you gentlemen of Congress have made possible. This construction continues to play a major role in the readiness posture of our Army Reserve units.

Gentlemen, this concludes my statement on the Army Reserve construction program.

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