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THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II

STATISTICSQ

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Prepared by William A. Hamilton, Jr.

under the direction of Theodore E. Whiting

OFFICE OF THE(OHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

26 June 1953

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FOREWORD

This summary of construction and real estate statistics was prepared for publication as 4,chapter of one of

the Statistics volumes of the series U. S. ARMY IN WORLD

WAR II.

It was completed. through the joint efforts of the

Program Review and Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Army and the Office of the Chief of Military

History.

The Office of the Chief of Engineers furnished

revised. tabulations, not previously published, of the data.

on construction and on repairs and utilities. Figures on

leases, surplus property, facilities and installations were

obtained from published reports of the Office of the Chief

of Engineers.

Any suggestions for improving this material will

be appreciated.

CONTENTS

Page

Construction . .

Real Estate Leases.

Surplus Real Estate

Continental U. S. Inventory

Installations Outside Continental U. S.

Repairs and Utilities . . . . 6 '" 0 . '. . . 101

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CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Statistics on activities of the War Department in the fields of construction,

and real estate leases, maintenance and disposal during World War II are presented on the

pages that follow. All of these statistics pertain to War Department construction and

real estate intended for military use witn the exception of one summary table which also

shows construction data for the War Department's civil works program, i.e., rivers and

harbors arid flood control projects.

Most of these figures are limited to the continental United States. About the

only available data on these activities overseas for which there was a reasonable degree

of uniformity was that information contained in the "Inventory - Army Installations Outside the United States" from which the data shown on this subject were obtained. Specific

comments on coverage and limitations of statistics shown herein may be found in the explanatory notes at the end of each section.

CONSTRUCTION

The passage of the selective service act and the act calling the National Guard

into Federal service during the early part of the Fiscal Year 1941 necessitated a vastly

expanded construction program by the War Department to provide both industrial and troop

housing and training facilities.

At that time the Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps, was the organization responsible for War Department construction other than civil works (rivers and harbors and flood control which came under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers). During the last half of 1940, however, the Corps of Engineers was assigned responsibility for

construction of bases in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Alaskan areas and also in November 1940 they were assigned responsibility for construction of all facilities for the

Army Air Forces with exception of these in Panama. In December 194) responsibility for all

construction was removed from the Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps, and transferred to the Corps of Engineers with exception of some jobs outside the continental

United States in Panama, Hawaii and the Philippines which were turned over to the oversea

commanders. From that date on throughout the War the Corps of Engineers was responsible

for the War Department construction program in the continental U. S. and for certain specifically assigned construction projects overseas.

Complete data were not reported in a comparable manner for all construction activities in which the War Department was engaged either directly or indirectly during the
2 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

war. The following summary of construction costs, which admittedly is incomplete and contains figures not entirely comparable, indicates that World War II construction activities

of and for the War Department, exclusive of the Manhattan District atomic bomb facility

project, totaled more than $20,000,000,000:

Estimated Cost of All War Department World War II Construction

Estimated cost

Item (In Millions of dollars)

Total (exclusive of Manhattan District) $. 20,660

Construction supervised by Corps of Engineers . 12,395

Civil works / ................ 633

Rivers & harbors. .............. 200

Flood control...... . ....... .. ... 433

Other than civil works ~/...........11,762

Continental U. S.. .............. 10,897

Outside continental U. S. . ... .. ... 865

Construction not supervised by Corps of Engineers 4,554

Defense Plant Corporation Facilities (sponsored

by War Department a/.. .. . . ....... .1,046

Privately owned industrial facility expansion

(financed by War Department) / .40

Overseas construction - theater commanders / . 3,468

Production machinery and equipment costs / 3,711

a Estimated cost 1 July 1940 - 31 January 1944 from Army Supply Program, Section 4 - Construction 1 February 1944.

bJ Estimated cost 1 July 1940 - 30 September 1946, Tables CR- and 10. Includes work

supervised by Quartermaster Corps prior to 1942..

E/ Estimated costs through 31 December 1947 from Table CR-41 less cost of construction

outside continental U.S. supervised by Corps of Engineers

The construction program covered in Tables CR-l through CR-10 pertains to that

aspect of construction other than civil works supervised by the Corps of Engineers and

covers all construction of military posts, camps and stations and of War Department-owned

industrial facilities in the continental U. S* and certain specifically assigned construction projects outside the U. S.

Construction in Continental U. S.

About 25,000 construction jobs were undertaken by the Corps of Engineers from

1 July 1940 through 30 September 1946. These jobs were estimated to cost $10,897,000,000.
CONSTRUCTION

Chart CR-i-Value of work placed on War Department construction

jobs, continental U. S.

MILLION

$ 700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 J M J S D M J S D M J S D M J S 0 M J S D M- J S

1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

Source: Table CR-3.

Chart CR-2--Total cost of War Department construction jobs and

value of work placed, continental U. S., cumulative from

1 July 1940

BILLION

$12 1

J M J S D M J S D

1941 1942

M J S 0

1943

M J S 0 M J

1944 1945

S D M J S

1946

Source: Table CR-3. 'Monthly data not available prior to April 1941.

WORK IN PLACE
4 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

All but 488 of the jobs had been completed on 30 September 1946. Although the greatest

number (6,654) of the jobs were located in the Pacific Division, the largest portion of

total cost for construction recorded for any Engineer Division was that for the Southwestern Division ($1,977,000,000). In this area which included Texas a large number of:

training camps and industrial facilities (particularly Ordnance plants) were newly built

or greatly enlarged.

Construction jobs undertaken in the period from 1 July 1940 through 30 April

1941 had an estimated total cost of $1,603,000,000. Additional projects approved during

the remainder of 1941 brought the cumulative total to $3,206,000,000. In the next year

(1942) the cost of approved projects increased more than $5,700,000,000 and totaled

$8,946,000,000 on 31 December 1942. Projects approved between 1 January 1943 and 3Q September 1946 had an estimated aggregate cost of less than $2,000,000,000.

Work placed monthly on the construction program averaged about $172,000,000 during 1941 and rose sharpy after February 1942 reaching a peak of $72C,000,000 in July of

that year. Total- construction work accomplished during 1942 amounted to more than

Chart CR-3--Value of work placed on construction jobs, by type of

facility, continental U. S.: 1 July 1940 - 30 September 1946

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TYPE OF FACILITY 0 I 2 3

INDUSTRIAL

COMMAND

AIR FORCES

GROUND FORCES

STORAGE AND SHIPPING

MISCELLANEOUS

Source: Table CR-u.
CONSTRUCTION 5

$5,500,000,000 bringing the cumulative total to $7,934,000,000 on 31 December. This was

73 percent of the entire cost of work placed from 1 July 1940 through September 1946.

About 30 percent of the total cost of work placed during the entire period from

1 July 1940 through 30 September 1946 was for industrial facilities and 70 percent was for

command facilities. Army Air Forces facilities amounted to 30 percent, Ground Force

facilities 26 percent, storage and shipping 10 percent, and miscellaneous 4 percent. A

more detailed distribution of construction costs within these five major classifications

is shown in Table CR-5 for the period 1 July 1940 through 31 January 1944. At that time

the estimated cost of construction authorized was 92 percent of the entire program.

At the peak of the construction program (July, 1942) a total of 1,013,964 civilians were engaged in this activity. Nearly 90 percent of these were employees of contractors and architect engineer firms. The remaining 113,073 were Federal employees many of

whom were force account rather than administrative workers.

Chart CR-4-Troop housing capacity authorized and constructed,

continental U. S., cumulative from 1 July 1940,

MILLION

5

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F MA M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S UN

1941 1942 1943

Source: Table CR-9.

It is estimated that the troop housing capacity of the War Department in the

continental U. S. was between 150,000 and 200,000 at the end of July 1940 when the conV

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6 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

struction program was initiated. l/ In the 17 months prior to Pearl Harbor (1 July 1940

through 30 November 1941) housing capacity was constructed for about 1,569,000. In the

next nine months this capacity was doubled and in the remaining four months of 1942 capacity for another million was added bringing the total to 4,391,000 on 31 December 1942.

Relatively little troop housing was completed in 1943. The total number of

military personnel in the continental U. S. reached its peak in the summer of that year.

By November 1943 capacity for 5,485,000 had been built, the program was substantially completed, and monthly reporting on this activity was discontinued.

Consruction Outside the Continental U. ,.

The authorized cost of construction jobs undertaken outside the continental

United States under supervision of the Corps of Engineers was estimated at $865,169,000

for the period 1 July 1940 through 30 September 1946. Monthly records of construction

authorized and actually placed outside the United States are available beginning with 30

September 1942. By that date the total cost of projects undertaken since 1 July 1940 was

estimated at $354,145,000 and work in place at $152,461,000. The bulk of this construction work outside the United States was done in 1943; work placed during that year totaled

$461,460,000 or 60 percent of the entire amount of work placed through 30 September

1946. This program reached a peak in value of work placed per month in November 1943 as

work was pushed for completion of the Alcan Highway and the Canol projects in Alaska and

Canada. Other locations in which work was performed on this program were in Hawaii,

Central America, and the North Atlantic and Caribbean areas.

I/Estimate based on a reported figure of about 150,000 for 30 June 1938 shown in Statistics Branch, General Staff report of "Major Activities of the War Department - Miscellaneous 1938", 8 March 1939.
CONSTRUCTION

Table CR-i--War Department construction jobs completed and underway, continental U. S.; 1 July 1940 - 30 September 1946 g/

(Costs in thousands of dollars)

All jobs Jobs completed Jobs underway

Peid Cumulative from Curing month Cumulative from End of 1 July 1940 1 July 1940 month

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost

1941 April

Nay...

June

July

August

September

October

November

Ce cember

1942 January

February

arch 

April

Nay . .,.

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1943 January

February

March

April

Nay...

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1944 January

February

March .

April .

Nay...

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1945 January

February

March

April

Nay

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1946 January

February

March

April

Nay . .

June

July

August

September

930

1,064

1,213

1,554

1,642

1,678

1,802

1,998

2,170

2,46

4,466

6,084

7,682

8,869

10;o35

11,268

12,322

13,421

14,469

15,671

16,527

17,096

17,745

18,124

18,354

18,534

18,615

18,732

19,041

19,277

19,552

19,891

20,275

20,787

21,177

21,437

21,751

22,009

22,368

22,773

23,053

23,362

23,578

23,506

23,627

23,651

23,658

23,681

23,704

23,737

23,750

23,876

23,927

24,031

24,082

24,121

24,266

/ $ 1,603,123

1,746,161

1,931,335

2,476,403

2,688,907

2,857,853

3,024,076

3,098,396

3,205,576

3,906,656

4,720,722

5,848,595

6,795,231

7,263,624

7,721,861

7,813,771

8,104,663

8,449,850

8,624,531

8,868,644

8,945,976

9,098,401

9,254,194

9,378,553

9,437,953

9,538,888

9,663,678

9,728,427

9,784,938

9,868,271

9,921,224

9,949,164

9,971,048

10,002,151

10,039,752

10,066,251

10,104,703

10,157,534

10,188,290

10,226,216

10,278,427

10,324,360

10,363,163

10,435,674

10,444,209

10,559,203

10,659,194

10,725,968

10,749,656

10,783,910

10,850,988

10,884,186

10,784,063

10,789,965

10,802,665

10,806,024

10,811,952

10,813,682

10,814,450

10,823,879

10,839,061

10,848,091

10,880,322

10,886,186

10,889,740

10,896,639

b/34

32

96

66

95

34

85

127

122

531

802

1,373

913

1,097

1,114

1,101

2,423

1,039

1,051

928

821

875

729

456

404

404

305

284

271

259

302

386

314

279

327

287

229

316

255

325

388

341

519

302

161

151

99

57

58

42

38

44

68

26

27

50

~/$ 50,102

179,460

98,644

105,252

102,169

99,214

66,308

168,267

117,784

149,219

222,898

321,080

298,608

667,770

263,134

267,496

522,338

460,026

678,162

969,102

380,155

459,264

271,397

342,534

366,798

374,610

292,737

117,613

191,455

257,110

176,378

163,058

282,160

23,364

136,502

33,027

51,301

38,535

40,260

50,412

39,313

44,212

39,713

27,554

42,832

24,104

33,604

28,949

38,054

38,166

44,215

224,089

25,317

21,357

31,252

17,240

15,927

11,652

5,058

9,412

5,925

14,969

6,215

637

4,231

516

550

582

678

744

839

873

958

1,085

1,207

1,738

2,540

3,913

4,826

5,923

7,037

8,138

10,561

11,600

12,651

13,579

14,400

15,275

16,004

16,460

16,864

17,268

17,573

17,857

18,128

18,387

18,689

19,075

19,389

19,668

19,995

20,282

20,511

20,827

21,082

21,407

21,795

22,136

22,655

22,957

23,118

23,269

23,368

23,425

23,483

23,525

23,563

23,607

23,675

23,701

23,728

23,778

/ $ 71,381

121,483

300,943

399,587

504,839

607,008

706,222

772,530

940,797

1,058,581

1,207,800

1,430,698

1,751,778

2,050,386

2,718,156

2,981,290

3,248,786

3,771,124

4,231,150

4,909,312

5,878,414

6,258,569

6,717,833

6,989,230

7,331,764

7,698,562

8,073,172

8,365,909

8,483,522

8,674,977

8,932,087

9,108,465

9,271,523

9,553,683

9,577,047

9,713,549

9,746,576

9,797,877

9,836,412

9,876,672

9,927,084

9,966,397

10,010,609

10,050,322

10,077,876

10,120,708

10,144,812

10,178,416

10,207,365

10,245,419

10,283,585

10,327,800

10,551,889

10,577,206

10,598,563

10,629,815

10,647,055

10,662,982

10,674,634

10,679,692

10,689,104

10,695,029

10,709,998

10,716,213

10,716,850

10,721,081

h/414

514

631

876

898

839

929

1,040

1,085

1,209

2,728

3,544

3,769

4,043

4,112

4,231

4,184

2,860

2,869

3,020

2,948

2,696

2,470

2,120

1,894

1,670

1,347

1,159

1,184

1,149

1,165

1,202

1,200

1,398

1,509

1,442

1,469

1,498

1,541

1,691

1,646

1,567

1,442

851

670

533

389

313

279

254

225

313

320

356

381

393

488

k/t 1,531,742

1,624,678

1,630,392

2,076,816

2,184,068

2,250,845

2,317,854

2,325,866

2,264,779

2,848,075

3,512,922

4,417,897

5,043,453

5,213,238

5,003,705

4,832,481

4,855,877

4,678,726

4,393,381

3,959,332

3,067,562

2,839,832

2,536,361

2,389,323

2,106,189

1,840,326

1,590,506

1,362,518

1,301,416

1,193,294

989,137

840,699

699,525

448,468

462,705

352,702

358,127

359,657

351,878

349,544

351,343

357,963

352,554

385,352

366,333

438,495

514,382

547,552

542,291

538,491

567,403

556,386

232,174

212,759

204,102

176,209

164,897

150,700

139,816

144,187

149,957

153,062

170,324

169,973

172,890

175,558

See explanatory notes at the and of Construction section for content and sources of data.

Comparable data not available for earlier periods.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-2--War Department construction jobs completed and underway

by Engineer Division, continental U. S.: 1 July 1940 -

30 September 1946 a/

(Coat in thousands of dollars)

All jobs Jobs completed Jobs underway

30 September 1946

Engineer Division

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost

Total . .... .. ....... . 24,266 $10,896,639 23,778 0 10,721,081 488 0 175,558

New England . . . . . .............. . 1,442 276,692 1,420 275,228 22 1,464 North Atlantic .. ............ .. 2,102 628,766 2,054 617,353 48 11,413

Middle Atlantic .... ..... ....... 2,065 869,629 1,988 848,532 77 21,097

South Atlantic. ........ ..... . 3,550 1,892,014 3,462 1,867,052 88 24,962

Ohio River..1,056 1,131,538 1,026 1,113,853 30 17,685

Great Lakes..................... 875 769,202 845 758,861 30 10,341

Missouri River. ............. 1,967 1,629,014 1,933 1,618,252 34 10,762

Southwestern..........4,555 1,977,333 4,493 1,954,166 62 23,167

Pacific..... 6,654 1,607,739 6,557 1,553,072 97 54,667

USO Program and Defense Command construction 114,712 1/ 114,712 0 0

,s/ See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section for content and sources of data.

)2/ Data not. available.

Table CR3-Cost of War Department construction jobs, work placed and

work remaining, by type of facility, continental U. S.: 1 July

1940 - 30 September 1946 A/

(In thousands of dollars)

Work remaining

Type of facility Total cost Work placed 30 September 1946

Total .... .... ..... .. $ 10,896,639 1 10,835,385 $ 61,254

Air Force. . . ......................... 3,238,942 3,223,224 15,718

Ground Force .............. ... . . 2,893,037 2,869,059 23,978

Storage and shipping..... .... .... ............ 1,074,192 1,068,378. 5,814

Industrial .... ... ................... ..... 3,219,700 3,212,898 6,802

Miscellaneous ........ .............. ...... 470,768 461,826 8,942

I/ See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section for content and sources of data.

Table CR-4--Cost of War Department construction sobs, work placed and

work remaining, by Engineer Division, continental U. S.: 1 July

1940 - 30 September 1946 j/

(In thousands of dollars)

Work remaining Engineer Division Total ocost Work placed 30 September 1946

Total. . .. ....... . ... $ 10,896,639 * 10,835,385 $ 61,254

New England. . .... .. .......... 276,692 276,180 512

North Atlantic ...................... 628,766 622,112 6,654

Middle Atlantic... ...... .......... . 869,629 862,222 7,407

South Atlantic..... .... . ....... ......... 1,892,014 1,885,742 6,272

Ohio River........ ... .... ..... . ...... 1,131,538 1,120,049 11,489

Great Lakes..........................769,202 761,504 7,698

Missouri River.. ................... .... 1,629,014 1,624,058 4,956

Southwestern... .................................... 1,977,333 1,970,287 7,046

Pacific...........................1,607,739 1,598,519 9,220

USO Programs and Defense Command construction...... ..... .... 114,712 114,712 0

J See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section for content and sources of data.
CONSTRUCTION

Table CR-5--Estimated cost of War Department construction jobs by type

of facility, continental U.S. : 1 July 1940 - 31 January 1944 ~/

(In thousands of dollars)

Total Total

Type of facility estimated Type of facility estimated

cost cost

Air Force facilities. ..........

Tactical units. ...........

Air Force schools - flying, training

Air Force schools - technical training

Depots and repair facilities

Special installations.......... .

Civil Aeronautics Administration

Minor construction jobs.... ....

Ground Force facilities.........

Camps and cantonments..........

Reception centers...............

Replacement training centers. ...

Schools ... .......

Staging areas and overseas discharge

and replacement depots. ......

General hospitals....... .......

Internment facilities.........

Special installations....... . ...

Minor construction jobs ..........

Storage and shipping facilities........

Ammunition depots....... . ....

Supply depots............. ........

Engineer supply depots.........

Holding and reconsignmsnt depots

Medical supply depots. ..........

Ordnance supply depots........

Quartermaster supply depots . ...

Signal Corps supply depots. ...

Army Service Forces supply depots

Miscellaneous depots..........

3,009,218

940,748

835,119

229,064

392,716

259,080

98,126

254,365

2,713,263

1,769,320

13,987

240,141

61,481

174,054

203,457

78,730

14,758

157,335

965,961

372,441

313,061

23,936

68,629

5,865

34,132

149,996

9,158

18,345

3,000

Total.......... ..... ...i/$0,002,151 Storage and shipping facilities - concluded

Ammunition docks and terminals..... ..

Ports of embarkation. . ... ..

Special installations........... . .

Minor construction jobs. . . ... ....

Industrial facilities... .........

Chemical Warfare Service. .....

Ordnance Department. .........

Shell and bomb manufacturing

Ordnance chemical plants. . ....

TNT, DNT, tetryl and RDX. ... .

Powder....... ..............

Loading plants - bag shell and bomb .

Manufacturing of guns and gun parts .

Small arms ammunition...........

Tanks and motor transport.... .....

Armor plate and armor castings .

Air Force.......

Aircraft assembly and manufacturing

Modification centers. ... ...

Aircraft parts, engines and assemblies

Special installations....... . .

Miscellaneous manufacturing.. ......

Manufacturing arsenals..........

Proving grounds . .. .....

Minor construction jobs.... .......

Miscellaneous. . ............

Fortifications ,... . . . .. .......

Passive protection ...... ..... ...

USO and Defense Commands......

Other (including adjustment) / . . ..

$ 34,362

58,860

135,209

51,948

2,751,174

210,362

2,114,097

56,723

.126,517

531,461

465,774

583,516

10,207.

270,555

49,807

19,537

317,697

242,976

51,291

23,430

76,094

6,595

31,081

38,418

32,924

562, 535

87,710

41,556

114,712

318,557

1/ Data extracted with minor adjustments from Army Supply Program, Section 4, Construction, 1 February 1944. Figures

from this source were adjusted by an increase of $124,568,000 to bring them into agreement with tables on preceding

pages (the difference pertains to machinery and equipment costs). See explanatory notes at the end of Construction

section.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-6--Cost of War Department construction jobs, work placed and

work remaining, by type of facility, continental U. S.: 1 July

1940 - 30 September 1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Total Air Force

Period Total Work placed Work placed _______________________ Work cumulative remaining

from During Cumulative from end of month During Cumulative from 1 July 1940 month 1 July 1940 month 1 July 1940

1941 January. ........

February............

March. ........

April. .........

May. ..........

June . .........

July... .......

August.........

September

October

November ........

December . .....

1942 January. .......

February. . ....

March. .......

April

May. . . ...

June . .......

July .............

August .. .......

September

October

November ........

December . .....

1943 January. ....

February ..........

March. .........

April

May. .........

June........... ...

July.. ............ .

August....... ....

September

Dotober

November . ....

December .....

1944 January. .....

February.. ..........

March. . .....

April

May.........

June . .......

July ... .........

August..... . .. .

September

October

November ........

December . .. ...

1945 January

February..........

March. .........

April

May. . ......

June . .........

July . ........

August .............

September

October

November ........

December .......

1946 January

February. .........

March

April

May ...... ...

June....... ..

July ...........

August ..........

September. ......

1,603,123

1,746,161

1,931,335

2,476,403

2,688,907

2,857,853

3,024,076

3,098,396

3,205., 576

3,906,656

4,720,722

5,848,595

6,795,231

7,263,624

7,721,861

7,813,771

8,104,663

8,449,850

8,624,531

8,868,644

8,945,976

9,098,401

9,254,194

9,378,553

9,437,953

9,538,888

9,663,678

9,728,427

9,784,938

9,868,271

9,921,224

9,949,164

9,971,048

10,002,151

10,039,752

10,066,251

10,104,703

10,157,534

10,188,290

10,226,216

10,278,427

10,324,360

10,363,163

10,435,674

10,444,209

10,559,203

10,659,194

10,725,968

10,749,656

10,783,910

10,850,988

10,884,186

10,784,063

10,789,965

10,802,665

10,806,024

10,811,952

10,813,682

10,814,450

10,823,879

10,839,061

10,848,091

10,880,322

10,886,186

10,889,740

10,896,639

/$ 177,998

189,316

167,240

140,901

102,373

111,173

113,727

181,310

199,883

231,872

247,713

206,198

205,167

203,392

379,217

367,629

418,261

539,204

720,364

645,801

650,825

602,587

502,736

330,692

285,456

224,926

203,008

197,220

200,417

172,693

161,372

121,634

105,354

93,482

74,052

53,955

39,209

34,565

30,258

30,278

32,551

32,906

39,908

42,717

37,673

41,711

43,769

35,298

32,836

33,452

51,412

52,466

60,160

60,973

62,480

48,631

27,249

28,010

21,088

11,539

11,040

6,033

7,253

7,416

5,800

6,890

6,993

11,587

13,663

$ 476,421

665,737

832,977

973,878

1,076,251

1,187,424

1,301,151

1,482,461

1,682,344

1,914,216

2,161,929

2,368,127

2,573,294

2,776,686

3,155,903

3,523,532

3,941,793

4,480,997

5,201,361

5,847,162

6,497,987

7,100,574

7,603,310

7,934,002

8,219,458

8,444,384

8,647,392

8,844,612

9,045,029

9,217,722

9,379,094

9,500,728

9,606,082

9,699,564

9,773,616

9,827,571

9,866,780

9,901,345

9,931,603

9,961,881

9,994,432

10,027,338

10,067,246

10,109,963

10,147,636

10,189,347

10,233,116

10,268,414

10,301,250

10,334,702

10,386,114

10,438,580

10,498,740

10,559,713

10,622,193

10,670,824

10,698,073

10,726,083

10,747,171

10,758,710

10,769,750

10,775,783

10,783,036

10,790,452

10,796,252

10,803,142

10,810,135

10,821,722

10,835,385

629,245

669,910

743,911

1,175,252

1,206,446

1,175,509

1,109,860

936,467

837,449

1,333,362

1,944,036

2,692,692

3,271,699

3,321,831

3,240,864

2,612,410

2,257,501

1,951,863

1,523,957

1,265,334

1,011,974

878,943

809,810

731,161

593,341

493,859

445,956

349,333

284,210

262,189

221,660

175,548

143,477

135,371

138,407

134,648

142,822

163,102

160,952

158,970

168,464

176,724

173,816

202,558

175,795

257,953

324,492

339,854

311,076

285,170

291,275

261,993

113,239,

91,892

76,582

58,853

53,242

43,932

38,667

40,843

48,609

51,839

77,180

76,051

68,018

61,254

26,103

11,741

20,518

36,881

26,280

30,653

25,207

39,006

52,663

45,590

12,351

12,645

42,312

33,307

68,602

76,477

106,940

158,535

247,784

241,535

219,707

218,453

191,713

110,737

"98,164

76,695

81,294

115,471

82,808

83,475

76,795

60,327

45,244

45,906

30,806

24,147

19,414

16,344

14,149

15,180

15,469

13,562

16,473

16,169

14,334

12,987

13,261

5,961

5,791

5,382

5,797

6,836

6,987

7,281

9,761

10,444.

8,713

8,576

10,163

7,524

5,759

3,942

4,635

5,334.

4,091

4,246

2,433

3,247

2,536

69,674

81,415

101,933

138,814

165,094

195,747

220,954

259,960

312,623

358,213

370,564

383,209

425,521

458,828

527,430

603,907

710,847

869,382

1,117,166

1,358,701

1,578,408

1,796,861

1,988,574

2,099,311

2,197,475

2,274,170

2,355,464

2,470,935

2,553,743

2,637,218

2,714,013

2,774,340

2,819,584

2,865,490

2,896,296

2,920,443

2,939,857

2,956,201

2,970,350

2,985,530

3,000,999

3,014,561

3,031,034

3,047,203

3,061,537

3,074,524

3,087,785

3,093,746

3,099,537

3,104,919

3,110,716

3,117,552

3,124,539

3,131,820

3,141,581

3,152,025

3,160,738

3,169,314

3,179,477

3,187,001

3,192,760

3,196,702

3,201,337

3,206,671

3,210,-762

3,215,008

3,217,441

3,220,688

3,223,224

See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page

10

See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page
CONSTRUCTION 11

Table CR-6--Cost of War Department construction jobs, work placed and

work remaining, by type of facility, continental U. S.: 1 July

1940 - 30 September 1946 a/ - concluded

(In thoueands of dollars)

Ground Force Storage and shipping Industrial Miscellaneous

Work placed Work placed Work placed Work placed Period

During Cumulative from During Cumulative from During Cumulative from During Cumulative from

month 1 July 1940 month 1 July 1940 month 1 July 1940 month 1 July 1940

$ 138,257 a/ $ 370,130 $ 895 a/ $ 2,089 $ 12,743 a/ $ 34,528 0 0 1941 January

158,422 528,552 3,223 5,312 15,930 50,458 0 0 February

110,180 638,732 3,043 8,355 33,499 83,957 0 0 March

42,498 681,230 3,704 12,059 57,818 141,775 0 0 April

21,470 702,700 5,724 17,783 48,899 190,674 0 0 May

15,324 718,024 7,593 25,376 57,603 248,277 0 0 June

22,814 740,838 2,348 27,724 63,358 311,635 0 0 July

35,477 776,315 25,525 53,249 81,302 392,937 0 0 August

49,728 826,043 23,398 76,647 74,094 467,031 0 0 September

67,591 893,634 25,170 101,817 93,348 560,379 8 173 $ 173 October

46,261 939,895 34,364 136,181 149,830 710,209 4,907 5,080 November

45,750 985,645 34,098 170,279 109,766 819,975 3,939 9,019 December

19,291 1,004,236 15,800 186,079 112,723 932,698 15,041 24,060 1942 January

28,687 1,033 ,623 23,831 209,910 105,808 1;038,506 11,759 35,819 February

89,166 1,122,789 51,198 261,108 158,937 1,197,443 11,314 47,133 March

131,825 1,254,614 28,311 289,419 119,452 1,316,895 11,564 58,697 April

145,646 1,400,260 37,711 327,130 116,785 1,433,680 11,179 69,876 May

160,022 1,560,282 62,624 389,754 146,844 1,580,524 11,179 81,055 June

194,092 1,754,374 101,023 490,777 166,286 1,746,810 11,179 92,234 July

143,986 1,898,360 103,629 594,406 145,472 1,892,282 11,179 103,413 August

125,470 2,023,830 114,246 708,652 180,223 .2,072,505 11,179 114,592 September

110,925 2,134,755 73,835 782,487 138,772 2,211,277 60,602 175,194 October

101,740 2,236,495 47,546 830,033 109,149 2,320,426 52,588 227,782 November

67,455 2,303,950 35,053 865,086 93,034 2,413,460 24,413 252,195 December

70,712 2,374,662 12,972 878,058 86,290 2,499,750 17,318 269,513 1943 January

45,722 2,420,384 8,761 886,819 78,612 2,578,362 15,136 284,649 February

52,659 2,473,043 5,738 892,557 48,280 2,626,642 15,037 299,686 March

20,230 2,493,273 8,788 901,345 37,934 2,664,576 4,797 314,483 April

51,919 2,545,192 4,560 905,905 41,637 2,706,213 19,493 333,976 May

29,589 2,574,781 7,323 913,228 32,823 2,739,036 9,483 353,459 June

29,247 2,604,028 6,165 919,393 31,331 2,770,367 7,834 371,293 July

23,816 2,627,844 4,978 924,371 18,844 2,789,211 3,669 384,962 August

21,606 2,649,450 3,607 927,978 20,111 2,809,322 4,786 399,748 September

18,163 2,667,613 6,043 934,021 13,022 2,822,344 0,348 410,096 October

15,972 2,683,585 7,399 941,420 11,541 2,833,885 8,334 418,430 November

8,842 2,692,427 4,579 945,999 10,617 2,844,502 5,770 424,200 December

6,079 2,698,506 3,619 949,618 5,799 2,850,301 4,298 428,498 1944 January

5,103 2,703,609 3,532 953,150 6,730 2,857,031 2,856 431,354 February

4,568 2,708,177 3,691 956,841 6,273 2,863,304 1,577 432,931 March

4,069 2,712,246 3,743 960,584 5,856 2,869,160 1,430 434,361 April

3,761 2,716,007 5,020 965,604 6,746 2,875,906 1,555 435,916 May

4,252 2,720,259 5,282 970,886 8,855 2,'884,761 '955 436,871 June

2,863 2,723,122 7,324 978,210 12,188 2,896,949 1,060 437,931 July

2,854 2,725,976 6,660 984,870 15,641 2,912,590 1,393 439,324 August

2,036 2,728,012 4,309 989,179 15,979 2,928,569 1,015 440,339 September

1,896 2,729,908 1,807 990,986 23,798 2,952,367 1,223 441,562 October

2,064 2,731,972 2,341 993,327 25,104 2,977,471 999 442,561 November

2,558 2,734,530 3,137 996,464 22,698 3,000,169 944 443,505 December

1,923 2,736,453 3,920 1,000,384 20,064 3,020,233 1,138 444,643 1945 January

2,899 2,739,352 3,746 1,004,130 20,401 3,040,634 1,024 445,667 February

9,694 2,749,046 3,543 1,007,673 30,737 3,071,371 1,641 447,308 March

12,552 2,761,598 3,850 1,011,523 27,922 3,099,293 1,306 448,614 April

14,944 2,776,542 7,678 1,019,201 29,294 3,128,587 1,257 449,871 May

15,524 2,792,066 7,875 1,027,076 28,867 3,157,454 1,426 451,297 June

13,888 2,805,954 7,367 1,034,443 30,676 3,188,130 788 452,085 July

16,683 2,822,637 6,621 1,041,064 13,776 3,201,906 1,107 453,192 August

9,895 2,832,532 5,853 1,046,917 1,258 3,203,164 1,530 454,722 September

8,773 2,841,305 7,823 1,054,740 1,362 3,204,526 1,476 456,198 October

4,748 2,846,053 4,775 1,059,515 895 3,205,421 507 456,705 November

1,665 2,847,718 830 1,060,345 893 3,206,314 627 457,332 December

2,784 2,850,502 1,938 1,062,283 109 3,206,423 450 457,782 1946 January

837 2,851,339 688 1,062,971 225 3,206,648 341 458,123 February

966 2,852,305 948 1,063,919 465 3,207,113 239 458,362 March

1,373 2,853,678 73 1,063,992 324 3,207,437 312 458,674 April

1,075 2,854,753 67 1,064,059 407 3,207,844 160 458,834 May

1,814 2,856,567 146 1,064,205 420 3,208,264 264 459,098 June

2,919 2,859,486 455 1,064,660 482 3,208,746 704 459,802 July

5,155 2,864,641 1,592 1,066,252 903 3,209,649 690 460,492 August

4,418 2,869,059 2,126 1,068,378 3,249 3,212,898 1,334 461,826 September

a/ See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section for content and sources of data.

Data for Drior six months are as fol.ows: 1940 - Julr, 02 34.8 000; Ausust, $3,523,000; September, $7,003,000°r
1941

1942

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-7-Contractor and Federal civilians employed on War Department construction program by Engineer Division, continental

U. S.: 31 December 1941 - 30 September 1946 8/

New North Middle South Ohio Great

End of month Total England Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic River Lakes

Division Division ;pivision Division Division Division

December. .......

January ..... .....

February. ........

March . .. ... . .

April .............

May.. .........

June. ..........

July 1/ ......

August

September ............

October . .........

November

December

1943 January............

February. ........

March . . .......

April. ..........

May...............

June

July. .........

August. . .....

September ...........

October . .........

November. .........

December

1944 January ..............

February. ........

March . .........

April ............

May.. ..........

June

July. . .......

August. .........

September ...........

October ........

November. ........

December .

1945 January ..............

February

March . . . .....

April . . . ...

May...... . ......

June

July. ...........

August

September.... ...

October . .........

November

December

1946 January..............

February. .........

March . .........

April . . .......

May......... . ..

June

July

August. ........

September . .........

465,123

416,027

420,971

485,673

577,722

691,157

870,412

1,013,964

978,487

924,947

845,189

758,601

650,756

560,643

503,758

427,795

368,513

312,143

274,533

244,018

214,044

187,026

165,709

130,084

98,187

82,267

71,662

62,818

57,274

56,786

56,357

63,015

57,573

56,379

59,714

61,436

59,004

64,920

74,325

89,651

91,534

96,004

96,004

93,790

66,131

35,800

29,757

20,890

15,299

14,443

12,397

10,860

9,940

10,027

9,003

11,914

16,475

18,627

5,755

8,763

14,256

20,550

21,460

19,529

17,517

15,801

9,756

5,921

5,106

8,143

9,071

10,336

10,866

8,189

8,489

6,765

4,572

3,511

3,006

3,247

3,107

2,486

2,295

2,051

2,006

1,805

1,480

1,278

905

871

681

1,278

2,195

2,386

2,056

2,063

1,990

1,622

1,128

903

470

236

177

124

104

113

132

142

291.

309

211

42,836

34,602

31,384

49,273

38,485

37,026

47,117

56,885

53,562

51,035

52,399

53,466

38,370

36,386

27,138

18,569

21,447

21,405

20,022

19,378

17,633

16,324

13,251

11,321

8,211

6,518

5,714

4,546

5,073

5,040

5,198

6,344

4,625

3,530

2,248

3,186

2,528

2,131

2,175

2,563

3,246

4,612

3,983

5,742

4,169

3,630

3,264

983

774

452

325

274

447

340

388

713

993

907

54,436

58,373

46,852

55,684

53,452

55,398

52,430

51,690

61,686

36,224

48,512

40,946

30,584

25,825

17,172

11,843

10,036

8,696

9,581

8,276

7,514

7,573

7,619

7,208

7,449

7,748

7,685

6,529

5,937

6,099

5,657

5,693

5,619

5,045

4,448

5,270

6,328

8,328

9,788

9,432

8,561

4,664

3,643

2,256

1,802

1,845

1,808

1,804

1,664

1,696

1,681

2,878

3,442

3,068

120,178

107,276

110,387

137,092

121,242

123,854

149,787

167,258

152,075

146,988

148,363

116,054

140,497

128,700

111,781

102,307

73,782

52,228

53,656

48,839

41,913

36,120

32,537

21,548

17,696

15,097

13,249

11,531

10,053

10,837

9,319

9,963

9,039

8,602

7,747

7,989

7,726

8,442

11,058

14,584

14,062

11,915

12,389

10,200

8,542

4,687

4,054

3,186

2,427

2,240

2,020

1,851

1,503

1,891

1,895

2,417

2,973

2,603

29,056

22,432

19,282

23,302

48,395

76,094

101,804,

117,373:

112,396

109,949

92, 098

86,154

66,565

62,174

57,306

48,394

40,641

39,921

35,472

31,282

24,499

20,546

19,727

17,799

13,578

11,964

10,496

7,208

5,997

5,889

6,014

5,340.

4,822

4,414

5,274

5,924

6,738

10,578

15,493

20,161

22,169

25,219

28,732

27,091

10,703

2,315

1,784

1,009

817

519

332

332

344.

276

298

648

1,322

1,719

See footnotes at end of table.

Continued on next page

12

16,643

15,013

14,558

17,055

24,523

35,791

50,687

61,645

63,951

58,436

59,474

56,216

44,265

49,119

41,868

34,109

27,286

19,014

13,579

10,327

10,408

8,454

7,354

6,391

4,070

3,375

2,772

2,440

2,786

3,472

3,758

4,711

5,213

5,658

6,795

7,121

7,146

7,802

8,797

11,526

9,842

9,880

8,091

6,315

2,887

1,643

1,309

641

419

436

266

175

174

165

179

437

904

1,089
CONSTRUCTION 13

Table CR-7--Contractor and Federal civilians employed on War Department construction program by Engineer Division, continental

U. S.: 31 December 1941 - 30 September 1946 a/ - concluded

Upper Lower Mississippi Mississippi Missouri Mountain South- Soutb North

Valley Valley River western Pacific Pacific Diiio End of month Vale Vlly ivr Division Division

Division Division Division Division Division Division

52,337 30,078 69,566 - 71,966 27,858 4,605 - 1941 December

47,229 35,888 48,360 - 79,341 21,908 3,978 - 1942 January

42,307 26,491 45,338 - 109,507 18,269 3,448 - February

39,721 32,018 48,273 - 108,471 20,624 9,844 - March

44,722 30,142 52,380 - 116,374 26,226 20,797 - April

48,439 28,335 50,928 27,Q47 144,523 28,535 26,457 - May

57,333 42,450 84,881 40,997 174,364 36,945 28,432 - June

56,726 58,460 101,109 47,288 199,338 51,048 26,894 - July b 55,266 53,011 94,458 53,428 191,731 50,433 24,174 - August

56,868 64,434 95,053 31,517 169,482 46,282 18,045 - September

47,466 56,505 91,179 25,658 144,329 42,226 13,533 - October

34,082 55,523 74,644 26,665 131,309 39,902 15,379 - November

7,695 - 93,278 - 121,082 - - 61,517 December

- - 73,972 - 107,041 - 57,271 1943 January

- - 64,194 - 88,518 - - 58,520 February

- - 66,831 - 66,874 - - 44,659 March

- - 54,511 - 65,611 - - 46,508 April

- - 46,796 - 54,150 - - 43,733 May

- - 32,973 - 46,353 - - 44,970 June

- - 27,970 - 42,878 - 40,635 July

- - 22,687 - 39,333 - 39,346 August

- - 20,132 - 32,945 - - 35,320 September

- - 16,999 - 24,992 - - 34,503 October

- - 12,590' - 20,622 - - 26,965 November

- - 9,174 - 3.5,380 - - 19,053 December

- - 7,174 - 13,441 - - 14,119 1944 January

- - 6,101 - 10,846 - - 11,618 February

- - 5,600 - 9,319 - - 11,859 March

- - 5,193 - 8,265 - - 9,972 April

- - 5,288 - 6,555 - - 9,662 May

- - 7,334 - 5,308 - - 9,690 June

10,361 - 6,817 - - 10,944 July

11,559 - 6,446 - - 8,127 August

- - 12,377 - 6,444 - - 7,775 September

15,136 - 7,067 - - 8,512 October

15,856 - 6,793 - - 7,969 November

15,057 - 6,590 - - 6,729 December

16,056 - 6,668 - - 7,517 1945 January

16,709 - 7,941 - - 6,426 February

16,345 - 9,730 - - 7,277 March

15,368 - 10,813 - - 7,320 April

11,412 - 11,107 - - 11,475 May

10,764 - 10,858 - - 9,336 June

9,131 - 12,348 - - 11,541 July

6,551 - 10,546 - - 12,550 August

1,990 - 5,769 - - 9,974 September

1,787 - 4,150 - - 8,863 October

1,104 - 3,900 - - 7,341 November

270 - 2,044 - - 6,510 December

495 - 1,813 - - 6,466 1946 January

857 - 1,476 - - 5,189 February

- 718 - 1,285 - - 4,317 March

- 469 - 1,087 - - 4,139 April

- 666 - 916 3,715 230 - May

- 301 - 986 2,867 266 - June

- 776 - 1,698 1,608 448 - July

1,078 - 2,809 2,079 566 - August

3,151 - 3,485 1,828 566 - September'

~. Covers contractor employees including employees of architect engineer contractors; Federal employees working on construction functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, in Washington, D. 0.; Federal administrative employees in Engineer field offices; and Federal force account employees. The distribution by Engineer District of those in the' Office of the Chief of Engineers was estimated. Data by Division not available before 31 December 1941 because reporting was by Office, Quartermaster General zones which did not correspond with Engineer Division boundaries. Engineer Division boundaries changed during period as explained in explanatory notes at end of Construction section. h/ Excludes administrative employees of Division and District offices prior to 1 July 1942.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR---Contractor and Federal civilians employed on War Department

construction program, by type of employee, continental U.S.:

31 July 1940 - 30 September 1946 a/

Contractor Federal End of month Total Jemployees employees

1940 July

August

September .

October

November

December

1941 January

February

March .

April .

May .

June

July /.

August

September

October

November

December

1942 January

February

March .

April..

May....

June

July ..

August

September .

October

November

December

1943 January

February

March .

April .

May ....

June

July ...

August

5,380

7,172

19,103

78,855

255,592

391,555

487,543

467,830

351,475

272,964

237,310

242,441

389,603

497,908

529,473

504,552

477,210

465,123

416,027

420,971

485,673

577,722

691,157

870,412

1,013,964

978,487

924,947

845,189

758,601

650,756

560,643

503,758

427,795

368,513

312,143

274,533

244,018

214,044

b/

b/

b/

462,862

444,173

330,445

251,618

216,205

218,337

335,785

437,490

455,605

439,936

415,816

408,199

358,436

362,163

426,976

518,129

627,174

797,484

900,891

864,745

818,126

731,348

655,884

554,483

471,193

417,619

351,341

300,183

251,816

218,525

194,197

168,941

hi

bY

hi

24,681

23,657

21,030

21,346

21,105

24,104

53,818

60,418

73,&68

64,616

61,394

56,924

57,591

58,808

58,697

59,593

63,983

72,928

113,073

113,742

106,821

113,841

102,717

96,273

89,450

86,139

76,454

68,330

60,327

56,008

49,821

45,103

End oContractor Federal End of month Total employees employees

1943 - concluded

September

October

November

December

194 January

February

March .

April ..

May . ..

June

July

August

September .

October

November

December

1945 January

February

March . .

April ..

May,...

June

July

August

September .

October

November

December

1946 January

February

March . .

April

May....

June

July . .

August

September

I I I

187,026

165,709

130,084

98,187

82,267

71,662

62,818

57,274

56,786

56,357

63,015

57,573

56,379

59,714

61,436

59,004

64,920

74,325

89,651

91,534

96,004

96,004

93,790

66,131

35,800

29,757

20,890

15,299

14,43

12,397

10,860

9,940

10,027

9,003

11,914

16,475

18,627

147,351

.132,846

100,354

71,998

i

i

42,367

hi

51,346

47,690

47,145

50,831

52,784

50,267

56,533

6S,554

81,048

83,404

87,572

87,692

85,462

59,089

28,991

23,709

16,879

11,862

11,350

9,614

8,463

7,403

7,601

6,631

9,378

13,836

16,043

39,675

32,863

29,730

26,189

hi

hi

14,907

hi

11,669

9,883

9,234

8,883

8,652

8,737

8,387

8,771

8,603

8,130

8,432

8,312

8,328

7,042

6,809

6,048

4,011

3,437

3,093

2,783

2,397

2,537

2,426

2,372

2,536

2,639

2,584

g/ Data for contractor employees include employees of architoct engineers. Data for Federal employees cover those work- ing on construction functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, in Washington, D. OeJ administrative employees in

Engineer field offices;.and force account employees. See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section.

hi Data not available,

g/ Excludes employees on jobs for Army Air Forces prior to 1 July 1941, W Excludes employees of Engineet Division and District Offices prior to 1 July 1942.

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CONSTRUCTION

Table CR-9--War Department troop housing capacity authorized and constructed, continental U. S.: cumulative 1 July 1940 - 30 November

1943 a/

Total Ground Force Air Force

Period Constructed Constructed Constructed

Authorized Authorized Authorized

Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent

1940 December .-. - - - - b/ 201,477 - -

1941 January . . - - - - 315,561

February /1,295,108 1. k/ 680,217 52.5 12/ 1,157,401 636,406 55.0 I/ 137,707 B/ 43,811 31.8

March . . . . 1,323,687 996,068 75.2 1,177,374 940,882 79.9 146,313 55,186 37.7

April . . . . 1,385,615 1,149,743 83.0 1,203,922 1,059,306 88.0 181,693 90,437 49.8

May... ...... 1,418,084 1,300,066. 91.7 1,221,600 1,160,593 95.0 196,484 139,473 71.0

June . 1,532,688 1,399,450 91.3 1,278,272 1,233,939 96.5 254,416 165,511 65.1

July . . . . 1,582,272 1,475,363 93.2 1,282,696 1,249,848 97.4 299,576 225,515 75.3

August . 1,710,737 1,490,537 87.1 1,392,566 1,253,073 90.0 318,171 237,464 74.6

September.. 1,786,576 1,505,457 84.3 1,465,261 1,266,613 86.4 321,315 238,844 74.3

October . . 1,792,295 1,530,358 85.4 1,470,314 .1,290,424 87.8 321,981 239,934 74.5

November .. .1,796,395 1,569,239 87.4 1,473,802 1,325,632 89.9 322,593 243,607 75.5

December .. 1,865,917 1,615,347 86.6 1,535,968 1,345,567 87.6 329,949 269,780 81.8

1942 January. . . 2,215,464 1,643,393 74.2 1,837,188 1,351,630 73.6 378,276 291,763 77.1

February .. 2,631,702 1,699,904 64.6 2,216,003 1,401,238 63.2 415,699 298,666 71.8

March .. . 3,037,479 1,871,734 61.6 2,371,841 1,507,506 63.6 665,638 364,228 54.7

April . 3,265,627 1,946,610 59.6 2,423,913 1,571,272 64.8 841,714 375,338 44.6

May..... 3,863,430 2,081,586 53.9 2,832,573 1,686,757 59.5 1,030,857 394,829 38.3

June . . . 4,069,892 2,451,439 60.2 2,873,433 1,923,698 66.9 1,196,459 527,741 44.1

July 2/ . .. 4,176,946 2,772,140 66.4 2,961,888 2,118,531 71.5 1,215,058 653,609 53.8

August . . . 4,335,805 3,262,681 75.2 3,051,587 2,404,615 78.8 1,284,218 858,066 66.8

September.. 4,644,239 3,581,071 77.1 3,292,065 2,592,509 78.8 1,352,174 988,562 73.1

October . . . 4,723,890 3,851,174 81.5 3,343,441 2,782,561 83.2 1,380,449 1,068,613 77.4

November . 4,969,616 4,144,915 83.4 3,515,558 2,936,836 83.5 1,454,058 1,208,079 83.1

December . . 5,077,616 4,391,372 86.5 3,584,317 3,088,421 86.2 1,493,299 1,302,951 87.3

1943 January . . . 5,161,553 4,661,241 90.3 3,649,085 3,292,304 90.2 1,512,468 1,368,937 90.5

February .. 5,230,019 4,808,920 91.9 3,666,334 3,399,067 92.7 1,563,685 1,409,853 90.2

March . . . 5,303,001 4,937,846 93.1 3,719,202 3,494,669 94.0 1,583,799 1,443,177 91.1

April . . . . 5,352,914 5,049,846 94.3 3,729,845 3,568,677 95.7 1,623,069 1,481,169 91.3

May . . . ... 5,384,821 5,159,727 95.8 3,734,895 3,645,624 97.6 1,649,926 1,514,103 91.8

June . ... 5,445,693 5,208,595 95.6 3,777,909 3,672,265 97.2 1,667,784 1,536,330 92.1

July . . . 5,475,652 5,339,693 97.5 3,817,636 3,742,798 98.0 1,658,016 1,596,895 96.3

August ... 5,518,982 5,389,731 97.7 3,842,370 3,769,567 98.1 1,676,612 1,620,164 96.6

September.. 5,519,761 5,419,749 98.2 3,843,699 3,781,160 98.4 1,676,062 1,638,589 97.8

October . . 5,532,835 5,448,897 98.5 3,847,216 3,797,046 98.7 1,685,619 1,651,851 98.0

November .. 5,548,333 5,485,240 98.9 3,859,467 3,825,743 99.1 1,688,866 1,659,497 9L .

Q/ See explanatory notes at the end of Construction section. Figures represent numbers of personnel that could be

housed (based on a space allowance for enlisted men of 60 square feet per man) and include hutments and tents as well

as permanent, mobilization, and theater of operations type housing.

B/ Comparable data are not available for earlier periods.

g/ Figures prior to 1 July 1942 include housing for enlisted men only but subsequently include housing for officers and

enlisted men.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table OR-lO--Cost of War Department construction jobs, work placed and

work remaining, outside continental U. 8.: 1 July 1940 - 30 September 1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Work placed

Total coat Period cumulative Work remaining

from 1 July 1940 Cumulative end of month During month from 1 July 1940

1942 September.. .. .. .......

October . ..........

November ...........

December .................

1943 January. . ..

February.. ....

March .. .......

April... ...........

May . .....

June.......................

July...............

August. . . .

September ...........

October..............

November. .. .......

December .................

1944 January.. .. ........ ..

February ..................

March . . ...

April..............

May.. .............

June ...............

July...............

August ...................

September...... ......

October .............. ....

November. . ...........

December .................

1945 January. . . ....... ...

February ..................

March.......... . ...........

April.. ...............

May............ ....

Jun.e ...............

July. ...............

August. . ...........

September . . ..........

October ...............

November ... .. ....

December. . .....

1946 January................

February. .. ......

March...... . ....

April. . . . .... .... ...

May......... ....

June...... .

July .............. ... August ...........

September.. .... ..

$ 354,145

391,416

464,195

510,360

557,727

574,600

581,621

579,938

630,390

636,629

674,649

691,318

706,886

719,386

759,894

761,593

751,550

751,404

753,592

754,121

746,143

746,825

747,045

763,440

762,812

777,627

77735

775,637

775,612

775,612

776,686

773,637

774,286

774,305

774,320

774,396

774,471

774,468

774,259

774,259

774,259

774,259

779,626

779,626

779,626

806,292

871,507

865,169

$ 27,708

31,865

20,244

17,711

16,749

9,865

14,943

35,053

32,386

29,841

47,641

62,381

54,261

63,769

75,185

19,386

9,814

14,404

11,200

11,160

3,846

4,027

3,745

3,282

1,038

2,482

1,356

1,740

1,953

2,601

167

1,510

303

279

286

252

271

275

273

531

402

927

232

460

453

4,862

2,465

$ 152,461

184,326

204,570

222,281

239,030

248,895

263,838

298,891

331,277

361,118

408,759

471,140

525,401

589,170

664,355

683,741

693,555

707,959

719,159

730,319

734,165

738,192

741,937

745,219

746,257

748,739

750,095

753,769

755,509

757,462

760,063

760,230

761,740

762,043

762,322

762,608

762,860

763,131

763,406

763,679

764,210

764,612

765,539

765,771

766,231

766,684

771,546

774,011

16

$ 201,684

207,090

259,625

288,079

318,697

325,705

317,783

281,047

299,113

275,511

265,890

220,178

181,485

130,216

95,539

77,852

57,995

43,445

34,433

23,802

11,978

8,633

5,108

18,221

16,555

28,888

27,740

21,868

20,103

18,150

16,623

13,407

12,546

12,262

11,998

11,788

11,611

11,337

10,853

10,580.

10,049

9,647

14,087

13,855

13,395

39,608

99,961

91,158

/ Includes only construction under supervision of the Chief of Engineers. See accompanying text and explanatory notes

at the end of Construction section for content and sources of data.

k/ Data not available.
CONSTRUCTION. 17

EXPLANATORY NOTES

All statistical data shown for construction operations in Tables CR-l -through

10 with the exception of Table CR-5 were provided by the Corps of Engineers in a letter of

25 April 1949, subject: Engineer Statistics on Wartime Construction from Assistant Chief,

Engineer Historical Division to Chief, Historical Division, SSUSA. These data were retabulated especially for this chapter from records maintained by the Corps _of Engineers which

were based on monthly construction progress reports received from Engineer Division offices. They are in general agreement with data in the monthly construction progress reports

published-by the Corps of Engineers from December 1941 through September 1946.

Construction.. statistics shown in Tables CR-l through CR-10 cover all construction jobs of army posts., camps, stations and War Department-owned industrial facilities

in the United States which were supervised. by the Corps of Engineers (and the Quartermaster Corps prior to 1942) and all construction projects outside the continental U.S. which

were specifically assigned, to Corps of Engineers. Major items of construction not covered

in these statistics are: Manhattan District-atomic bomb facilities, industrial plants constructed and owned by the Defense Plant Corporation which were sponsored by the War Department; civil works (river and harbor and, flood control construction); costs of production machinery and equipment installed in industrial facilities (both War Department-owned

and Defense Plant Corporation-owned); construction performed outside the United States by

the Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps and subsequently turned over to theater

commanders; and all construction done under the control of theater commanders.

Data shown in this section cover the period from 1 July 1940 through 30 September 1946. A cut-off date of 30 September 1946 was established instead of December 1946

used for most other time series in this volume because a revision in the reporting system

effective 1 October 1946 completely changed the type of facility classification which had

been. in effect throughout the war period.

In the fall of 1941 the War Department became responsible for the construction

of certain recreational facilities to be operated by the United Service Organization.

Funds for these facilities were provided by transfer from the Federal Works Agency. Also

late in December 1941 the Defense Commands (Eastern, Southern and Western) were authorized

to perform any essential construction without obtaining specific project approval from the

Office, Chief of Engineers. Although records for these- two types of, construction are not
18 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

complete, estimates of their total costs were included in the construction statistics

maintained by the Office, Chief of Engineers and Shown in Tables CR-i through CR-10 but

distribution of these costs by type of facility and by Engineer Division, are not available.

Terms used in construction Tables CR-i through OR-10 are explained below:

Job. A construction project or group of projects authorized by one or more directives (to field offices of the Corps of Engineers) having the same job number.

Total cost. The estimated cost of all construction work authorized including

the cost of labor, materials, equipment rentals and equipment purchased by the Corps of

Engineers, as well as administrative, engineering and architectural work necessary to accomplish the work directed. Costs for acquisition of land and costs for machinery and

equipment purchased by other technical services (Ordnance, Chemical, etc.) are not included.

Work placed. The estimated cost of labor, materials in place, equipment rentals

and all other costs incurred for a construction job through any given date.

Work remaining. The residual amount obtained by deducting the value of work

placed from the total cost of work authorized.

Type of facilities. Contruction jobs were classified into five major types defined in the five paragraphs that follow. Table CR-5 shows a further distribution within

these classifications.

Air Force Facilities. Facilities for housing, training, storage and related

activities necessary for the Army Air Forces.. Modification centers, aircraft assembly

plants and aircraft parts plants are not included in this classification.

Ground Force Facilities. Facilities for housing, training and related activities of the Army Ground Forces and Army Service Forces, including general hospitals, staging areas and internment facilities.

Storage and Shipping Facilities. Facilities for storage and movement of Army

supplies, equipment and personnel.

Industrial Facilities. Facilities primarily used or useful for production of

materiel, munitions or supplies.

Miscellanaeous Facilities. Facilities not classified above; including fortifica-
CONSTRUCTION 19

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Concluded

tions, seacoast batteries, aircraft warning stations and passive protection projects.

gineer Divisions. The geographic areas in which division field offices of the

Corps of Engineers were operated. The divisions corresponded with Service Command boundaries from January 1943 through 30 April.1946 as indicated below:

Division Service Command

New England ............ .First

North Atlantic........... .. Second

Middle Atlantic.. ..... .... Third

South Atlantic . .......... .. Fourth

Ohio River ...... ............ Fifth

Great Lakes ... ........ .. . . Sixth

Missouri River......... . ... Seventh

Southwestern. . .. ... .. Eighth

Pacific....... . ......... .... Ninth

As may be seen in Table CR-7 the New England and Middle Atlantic Divisions were

not established until May 1942 and April 1942, respectively. These areas were formerly

part of the North Atlantic Division. The two Mississippi River Valley Divisions were relieved of military construction responsibilities in November and December 1942 except for

work already underway in their areas. Work in the Upper Mississippi Valley was taken over

by the Great Lakes and Missouri River divisions and work in the Lower Mississippi Valley

was taken over by the Southwestern Division. The Mountain Division operated only from

May 1942 through November 1942 and was absorbed in the Missouri River and Pacific Divisions. The Pacific Division was formed in December 1942 by consolidating the North and

South Pacific Divisions and part of the Mountain Division and operated until May 1946 when

this division was again divided into two divisions. An outline map showing the boundaries

of the Engineer Divisions prior to January 1943 is available in the "Service of Supply

Monthly Progress Report, Section 4-A Construction, September 30, 1942.

EAL STATE LEASES 21

The. Real Estate Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers,, served as real estate agent for the: War Department. during World War II. Prior to 16 December 1941 the Real

Estate Branch,. Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster General had the function

of acquiring real estate for military use, while the Office, Chief of Engineers acquired

real estate for the civil works program of the War Department. On 16 December 194 the

responsibility for all real estate ,acquisition, was placed with the Office, Chief of Engineers under direction of the Under Secretary of War.

The using services or commands transmitted their requirements for real estate to

the Office, Chief of Engineers and often assisted in the selection of the real estate desired. The Office, Chief of Engineers through its division offices then negotiated with,

the property owners and acquired the property by purchase, or lease or through condemnation proceedings.

On 30 September 1941, the first month for which data are available, annual rentals for real estate leases of the War Department amounted to $5,030,000. Eight months

Jfater (31 May 1942) these rental costs had doubled ($10,387,000) and by the end' of December-19412 they totaled $32,242,000 or more than six times the rental cost recorded on 30

September. 1941.

During the four months after 31 December 1942 annual. rental costs increased by

$l$,222,000, and totaled $50,464,000 for the 9,310 active real estate leases on record at

the end of April 1943, the first month for which the statistical record included a count

of the number of leases. Rentals reached a peak of $57,841,000 at the end of August 1943

but the number of leases did not reach its peak until 31 March 1944 when 19,833 active

leases were recorded, as indicated in Chart CR-5.

Rental costs remained relatively stable throughout the period from 30 April 1943

through 31 October 1945. Only once in the two years from 30 April 1943 through 30 April

1945 did these costs fall below the $50,000,000 mark and not until 30 November 1945 did

they amount to less than $48,000,000. The reason for the contrast in the sharply increasing number of leases between April 1943 and March 1944 and the relative stability in annual rental 'costs during this period was that a large number of land leases were acquired

at relatively low rentals during this period.

From October 1945 through 30 June 1946 both the numbqer and annual rental costs

fqr active real estate leases of the War Department decreased steadily. A part of this
22 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

reduction resulted from the fact that leases on property outside the continental U.S. were

not reported after 30 November 1945. For that month the statistics included 495 such

leases with annual rentals of $642,000. Between 30 June 1946 and 31 July 1946 the number

of leases decreased 52 percent and annual rental costs decreased 50 percent.

Chart. CR-5-Acti.ve. real estate leases of the War Department

as of end of month *

THOUSAND NUMBER MILLION ANNUAL RENTAL 2 0 1 1 $60r r 1 

1943 1944 1945 1946

'sDMJ SD M.J S D M JS D M J S D M J

1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

Source: Table CR-11.

*Broken lines indicate periods for which data are not available.

A part of the reduction however is attributable to a revision in the reporting

system and changes in definitions of active leases, which are discussed in the explanatory

notes. To a considerable extent the reduction 'resulted from a mass termination of leases

no longer required by the War Department.

By 31 December 1946 the number of active real estate leases had declined to:

5,025 and annual rental charges had diminished to $7,363,000. This was a reduction of 52

percent in rental costs from 31 July 1946 to the end of the year. Annual rental costs for

real estate leases active at the end of December 1946 were only 13 percent of the peak annual rental costs recorded on 31 August 1943.
REAL ESTATE "LEASES 23

Tunes of Snace

A distribution of. the number and annual rental costs of active real estate

leases of the War Department is shown in Chart CR-6 as of 31 August 1943 (the peak month

on record for total annual rental costs) and as of 31 December 1946. In terms of numbers

of leases those for land accounted for by far the largest part of the total throughout the

period 30 April 1943 through December 1946. In terms of annual rental costs, leases for

housing space were predominant throughout the period 30 November 1942 through 30 September

1943. For the period 31 December 1943 through 30 June 1946, annual rental costs for

leased storage space were greater than for any other type of space and for the period 30

September 1946 through 31 December 1946 the rentals for office and building space exceeded

those for any other type of space.

Annual rental costs for active storage leases of the War Department amounted to

$7,615,000 on 31 October 1942. As shown in Chart CR-7 the annual rental costs for storage

leases increased steadily throughout 1943 and 1944 and reached a peak of $22,119,000 on

26 February 1945. This peak amount was 190 percent greater than the annual rental on

31 October 1942.

Chart CR-6-Active real estate leases of the War Department,

by type of space

NUMBER OF LEASES ANNUAL RENTAL TYPE OF

THOUSANDS SPACE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

8 6 4 2 0 0 .5 tO I 20

STORAGE .w

AS OF

31 DEC 1946

LAND

AS OF AAJ OFF

31 AUG 1943 31 DEC i946UG 19

OFFICE

AND

BUILDING X

:t_________________________ J

p ~~~~;; I.t~

Source: Table CR-il.
CONSTRUCTION -AND REAL ESTATE

Chart CR-7-Annual rental costs of active real estate leases of

the War Department, by type of space, as of end of month*

STORAGE

MILLION

$25- ___ ___

20- ___

10-

5-

0 0M J. S D M. J S 0., M J S 0 M J S D

1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

LAND

MILLION

$5r

1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

OFFICE:"AND BUILDING

MILLION

$25,-_ _ _ _ _ _ _

20 ___

15

10O1

5-

O L

0D M J S D M J S 0 M J S 0 M JS. 0

1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

HOUSING

MILLION

$251- 1

Source: Table CR-ii.

'Broken lines indicate periods'for which data are not available24

0 DM J. S

1942 1943

D M J S D M J SD MJ S D

1944 1945 1946
REAL ESTATE LEASES 25

Included in these storage leases at the end of February 1945 were 1,346 leases

for special storage with annual rentals totaling $2,712,000. This special storage category consisted of freezer space, open storage, oil and gasoline storage, mooring space,

lumber storage, garages and shops, and railroad yard storage. The remaining 1,008 storage

leases were for closed storage space such as depot storage, ports of embarkation, piers

and docks, hangars, and warehouses. Annual rentals for closed storage leases amounted to

$19,407,000 on 28 February 1945 and covered about 74,428,000 square feet of space.

After 28 February 1945, the annual rental costs for leased storage space declined slightly through 30 June 1946. The reason for the slow decline in storage rentals

was that storage space continued to be a serious problem for the Army even after V-J Day.

This situation was not alleviated until a large part of the Army's surplus was taken over

by the War Assets Administration or some other Federal disposal agency. A sharp decrease

was shown in July 1946, and by 31 December 1946, the annual rental for storage leases was,

88 percent less than that recorded on 28 February 1945.

Similarly, leased storage space amounted to only 8,127,000 square feet on 31

December 1946,- a reduction of 89 percent from that recorded at the peak on 28 February

1945. On 31 December 1946 the annual rental for storage leases represented 36 percent of

total rental costs compared with 42 percent on 28 February 1945.

Leases for land held by the War Department reached a peak annual rental cost of

$4,369,000 on 30 June 1944 and accounted for about 9 percent of the total. rental cost for

real estate leases on that date. Active land leases numbered 13,730 on .30 June 1944 and

had an average annual rental cost of $318 per lease, ,This contrasted sharply with the average annual rental per storage lease which was $7,030 at the end of June 1944. By 31

December 1946 annual rental costs for land leases had decreased to $830,000 or 81 percent

less than the peak. The average annual rental for the 3,959 active leases for land on 31

December 1946 was $210 per lease,

At the time of the peak annual rental cost for land leases 30 June 1944, about

6,703,000 acres of land were under lease by the War Department. By 31 December 1946 the

acreage of land held under lease by the War Department had been reduced to 3,763,000 acres

a drop of 44 percent from the amount held on 30 June 1944.

About 30 percent of the total annual rental costs for leased real estate on 31

October 1942 were for office and building space which accounted for $6,407,000. Annual
26 CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE

rental costs for this type of space reahed: a peak ofqf7, p8,000 on .31 December 1943. At

this time there were. , 503, active leases ;covering about,23, 028,000 square feet of office

space. and building space.

By 31 December 1946 the annual rental cost for office and building space leases

had-,declined to $3,499,000 a reduction of-80 percent from, the peak rental recorded for

this type ,of. space at the end of 1943. Likewise .;,the area of this type of space had- decreased to only 3,030,000 square feet by 31 December 1946 or 83 percent from, the amount of

space under lease to the War Department. on 31 December 1943.

From 30 November 1942 through September 1943 annual rentals for leased housing

space accounted -;for the largest part of the total annual rental for War Department

leases. The peak annual rental recorded for housing was $23,766,000 at the end of May

1943. This amount was more, ,than four times the rental recorded on 31 October 1942

($5,843,000). From 31 May 1943 through 31 August 1944 a fairly steady decrease was reported in rentals for housing space. This decrease was occasioned by the termination of a

number of leases for hotels located in Florida used principally by the, Army Air Forces.

Between 31 August 1944 and 31 October'1945, however, annual rentals for housing space increased from about $7,381,000 to $ll,l08,000. This was, chiefly attributed to

the leasing of several hotels at prominent resorts (Lake Placid;. Atlantic City; Ashville,

North Carolina; Miami; and Hot Springs, Arkansas) for use as redistribtition centers where

troops returning from combat were given yacations prior to reassignment:.

In-November 1945 annual rental costs for housing leases again, began moving downward and by 31 December 1946 the ,annual rentals for this type of lease; amounted to only

$406,000, which was less than two percent of the peak annual rental for housing recorded

at the end of May 1943.

Ma or Command

Leases for the Army Air Forces accounted for the greatest part 'of -the total number of real-estate leases of the-War Department for the period 30 September 1943 through

30 June 1946. These relationships are evident from Chart..CR-$. In terms of annual rental costs, however, leases. for, the Arniy Service Forces were predominant throughout this

period.

At. the end of August 1943 (the-peak of total annual rental costs). leases for

the Army Air Forces .,numbered. 4,.660..anud' represented. .35:. percent of the - total number of
REAL ESTATE LEASES 27

active real estate leases of the War Department (Chart CR-8). The :annual rental cost

($22,796,000) for the Air Force leases accounted for 39 percent of the total annual rentals recorded. As of 30 June 1946, AAF real estate leases accounted for 62 percent of the

total number of active leases on record, and 27 percent of the total annual rental cost

for all leases of the War Department. Table ORr-3 shows that ;on both of these dates land

leases were the largest component group of the number of AAF leases and in terms of annual

rentals the predominant group on each date was housing space on 31 August 1943 and storage

space at the end of June 1946.

As of 31 August 1943 leases for the Army Service Forces numbered 4,753 with annual rentals totaling $30,587,000 or 53 percent of total annual rental costs. On that

date storage and office and building space leases together accounted for 76 percent of the

total annual rental cost for leases of the ASF. After 30 April 1946 lease records were

changed and no longer showed separate data for the ASF and AGF. The consolidated figure

for ASF and AGF leases on 30 June 1946 showed an annual rental cost of $22,042,000 or 72

Chart CR-8-Active real estate leases of the War Department

by major command

ANNUAL RENTAL (MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

MAJOR COMMAND OF . 10 20 .30 LEASES

ARMY AIR 43660 AS OF

FORCES 7,636 AS OF

30 JUN 1946

ARMY SERVICE AND 7,907 _ _ _ _ _

GROUND FORCES 4,323

SER V ICE ' 4,753 ........................................... 1...................

FORCES

GROUND 3,154 i

FORCES # *.

805 ~'

OTHER

438

Source: Table CR-12.

'Separate data on AGF and ASF leases not available for 30 June 19a6.
28 CONSTRUCTION ; AND REAL ESTATE

percent of total annual rentals for all leases ..of the War Department. By the end of June

1946 leases for storage and office. and building space together represented 79 percent of

the total annual rental for AGF and ASF leases.

Location

The Pacific Division had the; largest number of real estate leases of any Engineer Division from 31 May 1943 through 30 Jdune 1946 -,the number ranged from a low of

2,402 on 31 May 1943 to a high of 5,790 on 30 April 1944. In terms of annual rental costs

for leases the North Atlantic Division was predominant throughout the period 30 April 1943

through 30 June 1946. For this division annual rental costs ranged from $10,436,000 on 31

December 1943 to $15,713,000. on 31 October 1945 (See Table CR-14).

As of 31 August,1943,; the peak month recorded for. total annual rentals for War

Department real estate leases, the annual rental for active leases in the North Atlantic

Division accounted for 23 percent of the total annual rental. By 30 June 1946, the annual

rental cost for leases in this division were 37 percent of the total annual rental. Of

all divisions in the continental U. S. the Southwestern Division had the smallest annual

rentals on 31 August 1943. The New England Division had the smallest on 30 June 1946.

Unit Costs

The accompanying table (Table CR-15) shows the aggregate and unit annual rental

costs-for active leases by Engineer Division and by type of space as of 31 August 1943 and

as of 30 June 1946. The unit cost figures may be slightly misleading since some leases

with annual rental costs of only $1 a year are included in the- averages. However, the

figures. are presented to afford an approximate measure of costs on a unit of space basis.

On 31 August 1943 the average annual rental costs per square foot of leased

closed storage space (i.e. excluding special storage leases) was $0.24 for the continental

U. S. It ranged from $0.14 per square foot in the South Atlantic Division to $0.33 per

square foot in the North Atlantic Division. On 30 June 1946 the average cost per square

foot for such leases in the continental U. S. was $0.28 as' compared with a high of $0.41

in the North Atlantic Division and a low of $0.09 in the Missouri River Division.

Leases for land within continental U.S. on 31 August 1943 had an average annual

rental cost of $0.74 per acre and by 30 June 1946 the comparable average was $0.52 per

acre. The average rental costs of $9.69 per acre in the Great Lakes Division on 31 August

1943 were the highest recorded within the continental..U. S. and contrasted: sharply with
REAL ESTATE LEASES 29

the $0.40 per acre recorded for the Southwestern Division which showed the lowest rental

per acre of land.

Office and building space annual rentals averaged $0.81 per square foot for

leases within the U. S. on 31 August 1943 as compared with $0.67 per square Loot on 30

June 1946,

The average annual rental cost per person for leased housing space in the continental U. S. was $114 on 31 August 1943 as compared with $1/0 on 30 June 1946,
30 CONSTRUCTION NDW REAL ESTATE

Table CR-li--Number and annual rental cost of active rea4 estate leases.

of' the War Department, by type 'of spac'e: 30 September 1941

31 December 1946 a/

(Annual rentals in >thousands of dolalPs)

Total Storage Land Office and building Housing

End of month

Annual Annual Annual Annual Annual Number Annal Number Anual Number rnual Number Annal Number rental rental rental rental rental

1941September.. / $5,030 h J / h h / October... m h C, 5,548 1 N J . hi ,w .h

November.. h 5, 523 b' 1f ~ h. h 2 i December.. h 5,765 h / h b/ b/ h /

1942 Janury. .. h 6,067 h b/ J b/ b/ bJ J

February 6,433 / / J hi b/ h March 7,379 / h h / J /

April 8,837 12 Ji 1/ h b J bJ hi J Nay.... 10,387 h h h h h hi h h June . . 12,905 h h J J J h h h

July hi c15,016 i h hi hi hi hI

August ... hi hi hi hi hi i h i h J September .. h h hi hi h h h h h

October . . . hi 21,645 hi $7,615 2,174 $1,700 hi $6,407 hi $5,843 November . . h 25,272 h 7,701 2,307 1,827 h 6,740 hi 9,004

December . . 32,242 5,318 3,042 2,527 h 7,520 hi 16,877

l943 January... h h h h h h h h h h

February h h h h hi h h hi hi h March hi i i hi hi hi hi hi h h

April . . . 9,310 50,464 2,038 12,488 4,410 1,797 1,009 13,333 1,045 22,846

Nay...... ... 10,788 54,589 2,375 13,978 5,218 1,969 2,092 14,876 1,103 23,766

June . . . 11,049 53,821 2,330 14,457 5,681 2,041 2,025 14,350 1,005 22,965

July . . . . 11,692 54,704 2,470 15,364 6,282 2,240 2,065 15,159 075 21,941

August . . 13,372 57,041 2,817 16,848 7,481 2,568 2,187 16,239 887 22,186

September . 14,458 57,549 2,935 17,713 8,372 2,736 2,294 16,104 857 20,996

October . . 16,288 55,667 3,090 18,413 10,017 3,054 2,376 16,393 805 17,807

November . 17,692 57,144 3,326 10,944 11,057 3,423 2,520 17,836 781 i6,941 December . . 18,191 53,601 3,322 19,459 11,764 3,902 2,503 17,088 602 12,352

1944 January . . 18,935 51,712 3,368 19,799 12,559 4,074 2,477 17,632 531 10,207

February . 19,662 52,024 3,381 19,737 13,289 4,242 2,471 17,652 521 10,393

March . . . 19,833 51,957 3,314 20,830 13,602 4,184 2,417 17,393 500 9,550

April . 19,600 51,410 3,296 20,885 13,396 4,226 2,425 17,225 483 9,074

Nay....... 19,444 51,069 3,070 21,338 13,567 4,286 2,381 17,046 426 8,399

June . . . 19,465 50,176 3,021 21,239 13,730 4,369 2,339 17,004 375 7,564

July . . . . 19,107 49,497 2,592 21,141 13,888 4,167 2,296 16,741 331 7,448

August . . 19,228 50,420 2,548 21,738 14,078 4,290 2,284 17,011 318 7,381

September . 19,263 50,955 2,519 21,548 14,192 4,175 2,254 16,925 298 8,307

October . . 19,085 51,468 2,490 21,663 14,083 4,333 2,214 16,913 298 8,559

November . 18,823 52,046 2,464 21,703 13,874 4,305 2,190 17,351 295 8,607

December . 18,387 51,956 2,395 22,051 13,569 4,150 2,142 17,179 281 8,576

1945 January . . 18,241 53,043 2,375 22,071 13,401 4,116 2,111 17,240 274 9,616

February . . 18,052 53,096 2,354 22,119 13,344 3,767 2,086 17,266 268 9,944

March . . . 17,887 52,017 2,336 21,984 13,226 3,733 2,059 17,056 266 10,044

April . . . 17,827 53,488 2,340 21,960 13,192 3,703 2,027 16,873 268 10,952

Nay..... 16,787 49,717 1,971 20,824 12,797 3,499 1,791 15,500 228 9,894

June . . 16,620 48,700 1,939 20,729 12,734 3,440 1,726 14,332 221 10,199

July . . . 16,549 48,653 1,942 20,576 12,691 3,421 1,701 14,503 215 10,153

August. . 16,560 48,743 1,927 20,679 12,720 3,368 1,694 14,625 219 10,071

September . 16,478 48,293 1,902 20,369 12,706 3,376 1,651 14,492 219 10,056

October. . 16,298 49,081 1,871 20,265 12,573 3,387 1,636 14,321 210 11,108

November . 16,006 44,209 1,804 19,339 12,483 3,305 1,625 13,910 174 7,655

December . 14,600 38,608 1,589 17,533 11,545 3,190 1,435 12,831 111 5,046

l946 January ... hi h i / hi b/ hi / h hi

February . 14,332 37,273 1,507 16,732 11,273 3,145 1,445 12,404 107 4,992

March . . . 13,857 36,000 1,429 16,284 10,940 2,951 1,376 11,809 104 4,956

April . . . 13,491 34,016 1,359 15,057 10,701 2,868 1,329 11,158 102 4,933

Nay...... 12,883 31,954 1,261 13,749 10,224 2,874 1,301 10,402 97 4,929

June . 12,397 30,662 1,195 12,578 9,020 2,630 1,288 10,107 94 5,347

July / . . . 5,928 15,338 589 6,019 4,413 1,550 864 6,221 62 1,540

August . . 6,542 14,797 592 6,718 4,967 1,364 922 5,444 61 1,271

September . 5,659 10,839 362 4,133 4,418 1,351 856 4,632 23 723

October . . 5,357 9,870 318 3,863 4,174 930 044 4,349 21 720

November . 5,226 8,125 291 2,786 4,115 067 800 3,783 20 689

December . 5,025 7,363 275 2,628 3,959 830 775 3,499 16 406

a/ Includes data for leases outside continental U. S. for the period 30 April 1943 through 30 November 1945 only. See

explanatory notes at end of section.

hi Data not available.

a/ Data as of 15th of month.

J Reporting procedures revised. Data not strictly comparable subsequent to 30 June 1946.
Table CR-12--Number. and annual rental cost of active real estate

leases of the War Department, by major commend: 30 September

1941 - 31 December 1946 Al

(Annual rentals in thousands of dollars)

TotaJ.l Army Air Forces Army Ground Forces Army Service Forces ~ Other

End of montht1

Nubr Anul j ubr Annlh51 Nbe Annuasl Nube Anrnal Nubr Annulal Nubr rental Nube rental Nubr rental Nubr rental Nube rental

19431 September

October

November

December

1942 January

February

March

April

May . June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1943 Jenuary

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1944 January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1945 Jenuary

February

March

April

May . June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1946 January

February

March ..

April

May

June

July LI

August

September

October

November

December

J I

bJ

L

bJ

bJ

9.,310

10,788

11,049

11,692

13,372

14,458

16,288

17,692

18,191

18,935

19,6.62

19,833

19,600

19, 444

19,465

19,107

19,228

19,263

19,085

18,823.

18,387;

18,241

18,052

17,887.

17,827

16,787

16,620

16,549

16, 560

16, 478

16,298

16,086

14,680

LI

14,332

13,857

13,491,

12,883

12,397

5,928

6, 542.

5,659

5,357

5,226

5,548

9,! 5,523

5,765

6,067

6,433

7, 379 8,837

10,387

12,90

of/15, 016

L

LI

21,645

25, 272

32,242

L

LI

504.4

50,464

54,5891

53,804

54,741

57,8541

55,7,4

55,14667

53,601

51,712

52, 024

51, 957

51,4.10

51,069

50,176:

49, 497

50, 420

50, 955 51,468

52, 046

51,956

53,043

53,096

52,817

53,488

49, 717

48,700

48,653

48, 743

48,293

49,081

44,209

38,608

LI

37,273

36,000

34,016

31,954

30,662

'15,338

14,797

10,839

9,870

8,125

7,363

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L

.I

LI

LI

L

2,80

3,33 LI57

3,57

4,60

5,15

3,757,

79,011

8,741

8,837

8,913

9,041

9,291

9,465

9,581

9,712

9,676

9;739

9,727

9,701.

9,692

9,850

9,882

9,844.

9,828

9,798

9,724

9,554

9,037

12J

8,839

8,578

8,330

7,922

7,636

bJ

L

LI

L

bJ

LI

L

81,873

1,264'

1,393

1,810

22,79

1,8056

18,121

17,323

17,8104

17,079

15,343

15,505

16,287

15,967

15,755

15,631

15,458

15,575

14,711

14,997

15,436

15., 198

14,974

14, 41.1 12, 572

10,617

LI

10,073

9,650

9,166

8,684

8,269

bJ

L

bJ

bJ

bJ

LI

LI

LI

bJ

bJ

bJ

2,307

2,567

2,629

2,840

3,154

3,360

3,575

3,813

3,912

3,959

3,948

3,884

3,850

3,780

3,722

3,597

3,405

3,245

2,996

2,706

2,373

2,228

2,113

2,032

1,936

1,490

1,412

1,377

1,353.

1,321

1,234

1,216

1,031

LI

964

939

Al904

LI4,511 LI 4,323

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LI

L

LI

L

LI

LI

LI

bJ

L

bJ

$376

5,291

bJ

1,820.

1,939;

1,721:

1,860:

1,993-

2,0o61

2,134.

1,723

1,685

1,665

1,592

1,486

1,443

1,405

1,332

1,232

1,168

1,101

1,046

1,019

999

993

966

942

676

627

592

554

542

537

530O

469

LI

464

456

453

A/22, 905

LI22, 042

bJ

LI

bJ

b/

LI

LI

bJ

LI

3,56

3,566

4,078.

6,0328

5.,100'

5,9,

5,919

5,86

5,69

6,724

5,563

5,9537

5,564

5,69

5,74

5,656

5,53

5,51

4,85

4,788

4,778

4,756

4,120

LI

4,043

3,875

3,798

L

bJ

bJ

LIncludes data for leases outside continental U. S. for the period 30 April 1943 through November 1945. See

explenatory notes at end of section.

/IData not available.

LI Data as of 15th of month.

SSeparate data for Army Ground end Service Forces not available after 30 April 1946. L/ Reporting procedures revised. Data not strictly comparable subsequent to 30 June 1946.

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bJ

bJ

,6~42

28,787

28,432

29,076

30,587

31, 529

33,111

34,503

32,835

31,113

31,021

31,755

31,904

32,157

32,041

31,378

32,761

33,263

33,573

33,455

33,703

35,109

35,650

35,570

36,152

33,818

32,590

32,173

32,548

32, 326

33,644 1

27,095

l

26,313

25,476

24,023

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI

LI4

810

64

98

913

750

805

873

89

949

98

90

913

896

563

886

85

873

82

520

82

446

45

59

55

54

57

56

56

49

LI

LI

LI

LIJ

LI

LI.

LI

L389

3, 890

2,242

2,599

2,275

2,387

2,465

2,154

2,205

2,258

1,840

1,591

1,528

1,531

1,564

1,348

1,387

1,283

1,404

1,238

1,289

1,258

1,267

1,180

822

823

819

512

486

452

443

451

489

489

427

LI

423

418

374

365

J351

L

LI LI
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table OR-3- -Number and annual rental cost of active real estate

leases of the War Department by major command and type: of space:

31 August 1943 and 30 June 1946 ~

(Annual rentals in thousands of dollars)

31.August 1943' 30 June 1946

Maj or command and

type of space

Number Annual irental Number Annual rental

Total...... ............ .......13,372 $57,841 12,397 $30,6.62

Storage.. ............... 2,817 16,848 1,195 12,578 Land...... ....... ....... 7,481 2,568 9,820 2,630

Office and buildings. .. ............ 2,187 16,239 1,288 10,107

Housing..... ............... 887 22,186 94 5,347

Army Air Forces - total....... ......... 4,660 22,796 7,636 8,269

Storage ......... .. ........ 723 5,338 353 3,431

Land...... ...... ......... 3,162 1,208 7,072 1,559

Office and buildings ....... ....... 398 3,228 189 1,647

Housing... .. ..... ......... 377 13,022 22 1,632

Army Ground Forces - total .. ... ........ 3,154 1,993 J 4,323 W/ 22,042

Storage ...... ...... ........ 177 258 J/ 823 bJ .9,093

Land .. ..................... 2,644 523 J/ 2,359 b .1,010

Office and buildings .. ............. 192 314 J 1,074 ~ /8,324

Housing...... ....... ........ 141 898 hb/ 67 bJ 3,615

Army Service Forces - total. .... ........ 4,753 30, 587

Storage .. ... ...... ........ 1,821 11,057 b

Land ....... ....... ........ 1,184 718

Office and buildings..... . ........ 1,467 12,137 h

Housing... . ...... ......... 281 6,675b

Other - total....... ......... . . ...... 805 2,465 438 351

Storage ..... ......... ........ 96 195 19, 54 Land...... ..... ... ............ 491 119 389 61

Office and buildings........ ....... 130 560 25 136

Housing .. ..................... 88 1,591 5 100

J/ Includes data for leases outside continental U. S. 'See explanatory notes at end of section.

bArmy Ground Forces data for 30 June 1946 include figures fdr space formerly controlled by Army Service Forces.

Table CR-14--Annual rental cost of active real estate leases of the

War Department by. Engineer Division: 30 September 1941 -

31 December 1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars) ____

Continental United States Oti-e

End of Total nental month Ttl New North Middle South Ohio Great Missouri 'South- Pcfc United

Ttl England Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic iver L~akes' River western Pcfc Sae

'1941 Sep / $5,030 J/ J/ / J J/ J/ ' J/ 

Oct b~ 5,548 bJ J/ J b J b / W/ Nov bJ 5,523 j2/ b J bJ b/ W J~ J / bJ

Dec ~/ 5,765 J/ b J W / b. b/ J/ J

1942 Jan J/ 6,067 bJ b J b/ / bJ bJ b/ J/

Feb. b/ 6',433 J/ ~ / ~J bJ / bJ J / Mar b/ 7,379 J/ J J J W bJ /

Apr b/ 8,837 b/ bJ bJ b bJ b/ b/

May h/ 10,387 J/ b J b /~ Y b Y b Jun bY 12,905 bY J bY bY b Y J bY b b

Jul bY 15,016 WY WY b. 'Y b b Y bY bYY b

Ag bY bY bY bY j/ b bJ b bJ bY 

12

Sep bY b / .bY bY b Y .b. bJ b J

Oct b/ 21,645 $1,226 $;4,398 $ 834 $ 5,759 $ 888 $3,185 $972 $1,148 $3,235 bJ

Nov b/ 25,272 1,262 6,819 837 6,692 996 3,243 987 1,162 3,274 W.

Dec b]Y 32,242 1,386 10,178 1,477 10,419 1,557 1,996 838 "1,713. 2,678 bY

See footnotes at end of table.

Continued dn next page

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REAL ESTATE LEASES 33

Table CR-14--Annual rental cost of active real estate leases of the War Department by Engineer Division: 30 September 1941 - 31 December 1946 onc:Luded o- 

(In thousands of riollars)

(Continental United States Outside

End of To conti- En f Total -q ental month nna

Tonth New North Middle South Ohio Great Missouri South- United England Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic River Laks River western Pacific States

1943 Jan / b // / Y Feb b J b/ b Mar bJ / W J J J k/ / Apr $50,464 $50,188 $3,902 $12,172 $4,858 $11,493 $3,674 $6,,213 $1,918 $1,483 $4,475 $276

May 54,589 53,985 4,251 12,578 5,115 12,242 3,995 6,573 2,452 1,755 5,024 604 Jun 53,821 53,179 4,282 13,183 4,902 11,026 3,827 6,400 2,566 1,789 5,204 642 Jul. 54,704 54,032 4,319 13,280 5,859 9,818 4,237 6,635 2,295 2,037 5,552 672 Aug 57,841 57,082 4,385 13,314 6,312 10,132 4,32]. .6,990 2,456 2,126 7,046 759

Sep 57,549 56,753 4,303 13,155 5,305 10,139 4,/65 6,763 2,805 2,111 7,677 796 Oct 55,667 54,853 3,782 10,836 5,355 10,702 4x,511 6,460 2,760 2,297 8,070 814 Nov 57,144 56,271 3,921 10,838 5,398 10,901 4,817 6,560 2,567 2,550 8,719 873 Dec 53,601 52,753 3,673 10,436 4,356 9,641 3,763 .6,190 2,588 3,028 9,078 848

1944 Jan 51,712 50,944 3,742 10,772 3,607 8,417 3,901 5,905 2,558 2,945 9,097 768 Feb 52,024 51,278 3,742 11,226 3,748 8,277 3,987 5,830 2,603 3,099 8,766 746 Mar 51.957 51,213 3,668 11,877 3,769 7,514 3,959 5,724 2,616 3,045 9,041 744 Apr 51,410 50,643 3,709 11,814 3,566 7,292 3,886 5,249 2,732 3,182 9,213 767

May 51,069 50,325 3,683 11,985 3,537 6,671 4,000 5,595 2,579 3,145 9,130 744 Jun 50,176 49,453 3,509 11,999 3,559 5,881 3,936 5,608 2,629 3,208 9,124 723 Jul 49,497 48,527 3,348 12,070 3,567 5,687 3,529 5,555 2,619 3,153 8,999 970 Aug 50,420 49,481 3,232 13,079 3,672 5,720 3,483 5,636 2,614 3,196 8,849. 939

Sep 50,955 50,047 3,210 12,743 3,663 5,717 3,624 5,665 2,645 4,131 8,649 908 Oct 51,468 50,608 3,187 13,055 3,672 5,658 3,724 5,694 2,662 4,235 8,721 860 Nov 52,046 51,195 3,182 13,218 3,876 5,612 3,907 5,885 2,649 4,222 8,644 851 Dec 51,956 51,242 3,208 13,651 3,787 5,565 3,857 5,769 2,620 4,233 8,552 714

1945 Jan 53,043 52,335 3,065 15,012 3,824 5,459 4,005 5,858 2, 565 4,211 8,36 708 Feb 53,096 52,390 3,029 15,333 3,829 5,431 3,998 5,956 .2,567 3,84.2 8,405 706 Mar 52,817 52,116 3,017 15,287 3,654 5,399 4,035 5,945 2,605 3,795 8,379 701 Apr 53,488 52,7~5 2,963 15,31.0 3,679 6,166 4,023 5,916 2,585 3,770 8,363. 693

May 49,717 49,035 2,536 14,432 3,293 6,060 3,032 5,885 2,429 3,585 7,783 682 Jun 48,700 48,017 2,369 14,763 3,365 5,970 2,545 5,059 2,373 3,584 7,989 683 Jul 48,653 47,978 2,275 14,789 3,434 6,004 2,592 5,036 2,341 3,544 .7,963 675 Aug 48,743 48,072 2,289 15,112 3,426 5,956 2,715 4,981 2,338 3,371 7,884 671

Sep 48,293 47,620 2,190 14,856 3,487 5,938 2,703 5,004 2,278 3,387 7,777 673 Oct 49,081 48,431 2,027 15,713 3,448 5,672 2,734 5,018 .2,261 3,403 8,155 650 Nov ,4,209 43,567 1,859 14,058 3,219 3,635 2,378 4,862 2,085 3,339 8,132 642 Dec hl 38,600 1,762 13,194 3,046 2,373 1,870 4,460 1,887 2,190 7,826 h

1946 Jan bY bY bY J b Feb h 37,273 1,710 12,956 2,863 2,319 1,829 4,143 1,746 1,940 7,767 J

Mar b 36,000 1,577 12,794 2,748 2,209 1,734 4,051 1,556 1,735 7,596 Apr h/ 34,016 1,392 12,344 2,629 1,851 1,502 3,818 1,516 1,621 7,343 W

May b 31,954 1,154 12,238 2,555 1,702 1,437 3,457 1,352 1,554 6,505 J Jun / 30,662 904 11,469 2,605 1,639 1,127 3,360 1,180 1,736 6,642 b Jul /J 15,338 b bY J / bJ J W J

Aug 14,797 / / J J / bb/ J

Sep b/ 10,839 bb b Oct 9,870 / b b bJ J f J bY b

Nov 8,125 b Y b b bY Dec / 7,363 Y b b L b

a/ See explanator] notes at end of section,

b Data not available.

b/ Reporting proceoures revised. Data not strictly comparable subsequent to 30 June 1946.
CONSTRUCTION. AN. REAL ESTATE

Table CRl5--Annual rental costs of active real estate leases

of the War Department, by Engineer Division* and type of

space: 31 August1943 and 30 June 1946 al *.

(Annual rentals in thousands of dollars)

Storage Lend Ofice and Housing

Total building

Date and Engineer Division Total sPecial

storage

Total squar Tota Per Total square Total Per

foot,.: acre foot man

31 August 1943:

Total............. ... $57,841 $13,995 $0.24 $2,853 $2,568 $0.75 $16,239 $0.79 $22,186 $110

Continental U. S. - total . . 57,082 13,732 0.24 2,750 2,522 0.74 16,042 0.81 22,036 114

New Ergland . .... 4,385 1,134 0.27 357 85 3.27 1,289 0.72 1,520 88

North Atlantic a/ . . 13,314 3,334 0.33 379 158 6.46 2,703 0.81 6,740 115 Middle Atlantic ......... 6,312 1,088 0.21 385 85 3.13 1,895 0.97 2,859 393

South Atlantic .. . ... 10,132 685 0.14 297 553 0.71 1,568. 0.76 7,029 '94 Ohio River .. ........ 4,321 1,365 0.15 65 101 2.13 1,376 0.73 1,505 254 Great Lakes. . .... .... 6,990 1,909 0.28 281 150 9.69 3,380 1.08 :1,270 127

Missouri River...... . .2,456 838 0.18 °,104 192 0.48 887 0.86 435 100

Southwestern. .. 2,126 614 0.22 99 626 0.40 624 0.70 163 42

Pacific. .. 7,046 2,765 0.26 783 663 1.13 2,320 0.60 515 43

Outside Continental U. S. - total 759 263 0.30 103 46 7.67 197 0.34 150 49

Northwestern...... .... . . 224 93 b.98 15 11 15.80 76 0.36 29 373 Alaska. ......... .... . 246 79 .0.20 41 8 3.85 64 0.44 . 54 8 Caribbean. . . ....... ..289 91 0.25 47 27 7.85 57 0.25 67 418

30 June 1946: /

Continental U. S. -.total . . . 30,662 11,067 0.28 1,511 2,630 0.52 10,107 0.67 5,347 140

New England ............ .. 904 355 0.20 10 37 1.32 402 0.95 100 282

North Atlantic .. ........ ... 11,469 4,215 0.41 492 642 12.89 2,452 0.79 3,668 176

Middle Atlantic .......... .... 2,605 744 0.24 200 .43 2.01 1,441 1.02 177 224

South Atlantic...... ..... 1,639 . 192 0.17 68 426 0.56 549 0.23 404 51

Ohio River ...... .......... 1,127 423 0.13 33 23 1.43 645 0.63 3 6

Great Lakes . " .... .. . 3,360 : 1,817 0.36 72. 140 7.13 1,329 1.16 2 7

Missouri River. .. ...... ... 1,180 226 0.09 64 232 0.21 648 0.15 10 49

Southwestern....... ..... 1,736. .438 0.24 65 567 0.41 483 0..41 183 87

South Pacific. . .. .. . 5,344 2,151 0.26 431 438 0.42 1,575 0.54 749 180

North Pacific .,...........1,298 506 0.19 76 82 0.13. 583 1.47 51 44

Al See explanatory notes at end of section.

No physical unit of' measure available.

Includes leases for Bermuda and Newfoundland.

SData not available for leases outside United States subsequent to 30 November 1945.

34
REAL ESTATE LEASES 35

EXPLANATORY NOTES

The lease statistics presented in this section were taken from summaries of

lease data published in the reports referenced below with minor revisions made by the

Statistical History Staff.

Monthly summaries covering the annual rentals in force for real estate leases of

the War Department for the period 30 September 1941 through 15 June 1942 were published in

Real Estate Progress Reports. For the period 30 September 194). through 30 November 194.1

these reports were prepared by the Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster

General and from 31 December 1941 through 15 July 1942 they were prepared by the Real Estate Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers.

For the period 16 July 194.2 until 31 October 1942 no summary' statistics on real

estate leases were located. From 31 October 1942 through 31 December 1942 statistical

sumnries covering real estate leases were published in Army Service Forces Monthly Progress Report, Section 4-B, Construction - Real Estate and also in Army Service Forces

Monthly Progress Report, Section 4-A., Construction - War Construction. Both of these reports were prepared by the Office, Chief of Engineers. No data on real estate leases were

published for the months of January, February and March 1943. Beginning with 30 April

1943 and continuing through 31 May 1946 statistical summaries covering real estate leases

were published monthly in Army Service Forces Monthly Progress Report, Section 4, Construction, and from 30 .June 1946 through. 31 December 1946 they were published ' in War Departient Progress. Report, Section 3-B, Construction.

The statistics on real estate leases for the period 30 September 191 through

31 December 1942 covered all leases of the War Department in continental U. S. except

those for the civil works program. Suamary statistics on real. estate leases distributed

by type of space, using command, or Engineer Division., however were not available until

15 July 1942.

For the period 30 April 1943 through 30 November 1945' statistics on real estate

leases published in ASF Monthly Progress Report, Section 4, covered all leases of the War

Department in continental U. S. including the civil works program, the Manhattan District

(atomic bomb project) and miscellaneous leases for several other agencies such as Civil

Aeronautics Administration, and in addition covered those leases outside the U. S. which

were handled by the Real Estate Division of the. Office Chief of Engineers. Leases. aut,-
36 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

ECPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

side the continental U. S. included in the .statisical. sumaaries were those in Alaska,

Canada, Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the Caribbean area,, which were acquired, by the Real Es-'

tate Division, Office, Chief of Engineers prior to the time leasing authority was placed

under the oversea comanders. Leases of real estate acquired under jurisdiction of oversea commanders.are not included in this section.

From 31 December 1945 through 30 June 1946 statistics on real. estate leases published in MPR-4 (through 31 May 1946) and PR-3B (beginning 30 June 1946) were comparable

to those for the period 30 April 1943 through 30 November 1945, except that leases outside

the continental U. S. were no longer included. These leases outside the continental U. S.

were not of much consequence (annual rentals totaled about $759,000 as of 31 August 1943,

the. peak month of War Department annual rentals, or 1.3 percent of the total War Department annual rental cost; and on 30 November 1945, the last period for which leases, outside

continental U. S. were shown, the annual rentals amounted to $642,000 or 1.5 percent of

the total lease rental as of that date). The statistics presented in this section include

leases both within. and outside the continental U. S., as they were published monthly in

MPR-4 and PR-3B. Data are available in the published monthly reports, MPR-4 and PR-3B,

from which the lease statistics for the continental U. S. may be derived.

Beginning with 31 July 1946 and continuing through 31 December .1946, the lease

statistics published in PR-3B were changed both in coverage and definition from those. re.

ported for prior periods. They continued to, cover all real . estate leases in the con-4

tinental U. S. except leases for the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers, and

miscellaneous leases for other, agencies such as, the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

(These civil works program and miscellaneous leases amounted to about .,$1,494,000 annual

rental as of 31 July 1946.) Prior to 31 July 1946, the active. leases data included the

number and rental value of all leases until all settlement negotiations. with the lessor

had been completed even though rental payments had stopped. From :31 July 1946 through

31 December 1946, data on active leases included those held by the War Department for

which rentals were being paid, except those which were in process of ,termination: the figures excluded those leases on which rentals had been stopped but for which settlement

negotiations were still in ;process.,,

In the lease tables shown for Engineer Divisions in this section :data for the
REAL ESTATE LEASES 3.7

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

Upper Mississippi Valley Division were consolidated with data for the Missouri River

Division and data for the Lower Mississippi Valley were consolidated with the South

Atlantic Division. These two Mississippi Valley Divisions were not generally involved in

the war-time program of construction or real estate acquisition; they did, however,: lease.

some real estate. The peak load of active leases reported by these two divisions were as

follows: Upper Mississippi - 16 leases with annual rental $76,000 on 31 December 1943;

Lower Mississippi - 7S leases with annual rental $34,000 on 30 June 1946. Actually the

boundaries of the Upper Mississippi Valley Division fell within the war-time scope of the

Missouri River and Great Lakes Divisions, and the Lower Mississippi Valley Division fell

within the war-time scope of both the Southwestern and South Atlantic Divisions; but in

view of the relatively small number of leases in both of the Mississippi Valley Divisions;

the lease data were consolidated as stated above.

Special terms used herein in connection with statistics on leases are defined

below:

Real Estate Lease. A written contract whereby one party grants the use of real

estate for a definite consideration known as rent for a specified period of time to another party. Lease-hold interests also were acquired by the W-r Department through condemnation proceedings under the Declaration of Taking Statute oi' under the War Powers Act,

Active Lease. The term active lease, for the period 30 September 1941 through

30 June 1946, included all leases entered into or those which had matured to the point of

judgment under condemnation proceedings for which rentals were in force and also those for

which rentals had stopped but the settlement negotiations had not been completed. Subsequent to 30 June 1946, the term active leases included only those leases for which rentals

were in force and which were not in process of termination.

Annual Rental. The amount of money paid the lessor for possession and use of

the leased property.

Type of Space Classification. As presented in this section storag . space consists of "closed storage" and "special storage", which were reported separately in the

monthly summaries of leases published in MPR-4 from May 1943 through 31 December 1946.

Closed storage includes storage at warehouses, depots, ports of embarkation, docks, piers

and hangars; and storage available through package plan contracts. Special storage in-
38 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPANATORY NOTES - Concluded

cludes cold and freezer storage,, open storage, oil and gasoline storage, mooring space,

lumber storage, garages, ;nd shops, and ,railroad, yard storage. Land consists of acreage

for camp sites, military reservations, airfields, and auxiliary installations, plants and

building sites, staging areas, bombing, gunnery and other ranges, maneuver, and training

areas, proving grounds, tactical installations, etc. Office and building space consists

,of space used for offices, auditoriums, ,theaters, classrooms, messhalls, dispensaries,

.prophylactic stations, post exchanges, recruiting and induction stations, laundries, troop

detachments, service clubs,._ recreation centers, testing laboratories, etc. Housing space

consists of livinge-quarters in: buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels, etc.

Engineer'-Division Classifications. The Engineer Division classifications: within,

the continental U. S. are discussed in the explanatory notes of the construction section.

The classifications shown for areas outside the continental U. S. in the lease table-::are:

Alaska, which covers leases' in Alaska except those in connection with the Alcani Highway;

Northwestern, which covers all leases in Canada and Alaska in connection with the Alcan

Highway;,. Caribbean, .which covers leases in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Cuba,,Canal Zone

and British West Indies; Bermuda; which covers leases in Bermuda; and Nawfoundland, which

covers leases in Newfoundland.
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE 39

As real estate-agent for the War Department, the Real Estate Division of the

Office, Chief of Engineers was responsible for the disposal of all real estate in the continental U. S. determined by the appropriate staff agency or the Under Secretary to be no

longer required for use by the department. Most of this property was declared surplus to

the needs of the War Department and reported to the War Assets Administration or its predecessor agencies, the Surplus War Property Administration, the Surplus Property Board, and

the Surplus Property Administration for disposal. Other methods of disposal included the

cancellation of leases, transfer and retransfer to other government agencies and sales

made directly by the War Department.

Chart CR--9-Disposition of War Department-owned surplus

real estate, continental U. S.: 1 July 1940 - 15 December 1947

ESTIMATED COST (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

DISPOSITION 0 I 2: 4

TOTAL DETERMINED.........................................

SU RPLU S _______________________________________________

INDUSTRIAL COMMAND

AWAITING WAR DEPARTMENT

DISPOSITION ACTION

DISPOSED OF DIRECTLY

BY WAR DEPARTMENT

DECLARED TO WAR ASSETS

ADMINISTRATION,

DECLARED TO WAR ASSETS

ADMINISTRATION,

CUSTODY NOT ASSUMED

Source: Table CR-18.

War Department-owned real estate which cost the government about $4,300,000,000

was determined surplus to the needs of the War Department during the entire period 1 July

1940 through 15 December 1947. This was equivalent to nearly 40 percent of the estimated

cost of the entire construction program from 1 July 1940 through 30 September 1946 as

shown in Table CR-l. (The surplus real estate figures, however, include the cost of land
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Chart CR-10--Cost of War Department-owned surplus real estate,

continental U. S., cumulative from 1 July 1940'

A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

1944 1945 1946 1947

Source: Table cR-18.

Data for March through December, 1947 are as of 15th of month: all other data, end of month.

Chart CR11--Cost of War Department-owned surplus real estates

continental U. S., cumulative from 1 July 1940 *

INDUSTRIAL

I AWAITING I TOTAL

WAR DEPARTMENT SURPLUS

DISPOSITION ACTION

WAR DEPARTMENT

II DISPOSITION cIi' A,,TTQN TAK N

AS D M J S 0 M J S

1944 1945 1946

COMMAND

D M J S

1947

BILLION

--1$4

TOTAL

SURPLUS

AWAITING

WAR DEPATMENT

DISPOSITION ACTIO

WAR DEPARTMENT

DISPOSITION -4 ?ACTION TAKEN ; : :i

AS D

1944

M J S ,D M J S D M J S D

1945 1946 1947

Source: Table CR-18.

* Data for March through December, 1947 are as of 15th of month: all other data, end of month.

40

BILLION

$5(-

BILLI N

$4-

3

I

0
SURPLUS REAL 'ESTATE 41

while the construction figures do not.) Chart CD:-9 shws the status of War Departmentowned surplus real estate as of 15 December 1947. By that date disposition action had

been taken by the. War. Department for 97 percent of all real estate it had declared suarplus.

Relatively little War Department real estate was determined surplus before V-J

Day (2 September 1945), as shown in Chart CR-10. At the end of August 1945 the estimated cost of War Department-owned real estate which had been determined surplus was

$401,444,000 of wrhich $109,709,000 or 27 percent was awaiting disposition action by the

War Department. About 49 percent of the surplus real estate on which disposition action

had been taken by August 1945 had been declared to War Assets Adminstration or its predecessor agencies, and 51 percent had been disposed of directly by the War Department. Of

the surplus real estate on which disposition action had been taken by 15 December 1947

about 83 percent had been declared to the War Assets Administration for disposal and only

17 percent had been disposed of directly by the War Department,

As illustrated in Chart CR-ll the bulk of War Department real estate which had

been determined surplus in the early period, 31 August 1944 through 31 August 1945, consisted of command real estate.

In the three months following the Japanese surrender ijadustrial plants valued at

nearly $1,000,000,000 were determined to be surplus to War Department needs, and through

these three months industrial real estate accounted for the bulk of total surplus real estate. Declarations made in this period accounted for 83 percent of all War Departmentowned industrial real estate declared surplus between 1 July 1940 and 31 December 1947.

At the end of November 1945 industrial real estate accounted for 65 percent of all real

estate that had been determined surplus to War Department needs.

The value of surplus command real estate rose throughout '1946 and 1947 and by 15

December 1947, 74 percent of total surplus real estate was command and 26 percent was industrial.

Suulus Real Estate Declared to War Assets Ainistration

Of all real estate. determined to be surplus to Var Department needs in the period 1 July 1940 through 15 December 1947, property valued at about $3,470,000,000 (or a

little more than 80 percent of the total) was declared to the War Assets Administration or
42 CONSTRUCTION AND. REAL- ESTATE

its, predecessor agencies; for disposal. The rate at which these de~larst.ions were made is

shown in Chart CR-12. ,,.

The War Department continued, to be, accountable and was responhsible for maintenance of surplus real estate it had declared to the War Assets Administration until the

disposal agency assumed custody of the property. According to the statistical record custody was not assumed. by the disposal agencies on any of the surplus War Department real

estate prior to 1 July 1945.

BAs of 31 July 1945 custody had been assumed by the disposal agency for $211,000

or 0.3 percent of the total that had been declared by the 'War Department to the War'

Assets Administration.. By 31 December 1945 the disposal agency:- had assumed' custody of

$12, 238,000. or 0.8 "percent of the total.

,:During, 1946. the amount of surplus War Department real estate . for which custody.

had been assumed by :the disposal agency increased to, about $1,488,764,000.; this represented 53 percent of the total surplus War Department real estate that had been declared, to

the War Assets Administration. .;The increment for which custody was assumed by the disposal agency in 1947 was $1,804,402,000. and brought the total;to-$3,293,166,000 which was 95

percent of the total that had been declared to the War Assets Administration.

As of 15. December 1947 the disposal ,agency had assumed custody for about 95 percent of surplus command real estate declared to it and 95 percent of the surplus industrialreal estate. Table; CR-17 shows cumulatively. the .total amount- of surplus War Department.

real estate declared to the War Assets Administration, and the percent. fo w:hich custody

had been assumed by the disposal agency.,

Direct Disposals by the War Department

Direct disposals of surplus-War Department-owned real, estate' totaled about

$709,831,000 for the period 1 July 1940 through 15, December 19474 This was about 17 percent of the total surplus War Department real estate for which disposition action. had.: been

effected during the period and 16 percent of the total determined to be surplus. The direct disposals of surplus real estate through 15 December 1947-,c comprised the following:

$246,681,000 or,35 percent,: of total direct, disposals,. were accomplished; through, cancellation of lease-holds; $416,400,000 or 5S- percent represented disposals; effected through

transfers and retransfers of real estate to other government ,ageni'es;- the. remaining
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE

Chart CR-12-Cost

declared to War

cumulative from

of War Department-owned surplus real estate

Assets Administration, continental U. S.,

February 1944 *

DEASSUMED

BY WAA W .W ::.::"": : "::..:

D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J JA S ON D .J F M A M .J J A S ON D

1945 1946 1947

Source: Table CR-18. *Data for March through December, 1947 are am of 15th of month: all other data, end of month.

Chart CR-13--Cost of War Department-owned

disposed of directly by War Department,

cumulative from 1 July 1940 *

surplus real estate

continental U. S.,

MILLION

$800

SOLD

600

TOTAL

400

200 .' :i

TRANSFERS

00 ___________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________ A SO0N D J F M A M J J A SON D J F M A M"J J A SO0 N D J F M AM J J A SON D

1944 1945 1946 1947

Source: Table CR-la. *Data for March through December, 1947 are as of 15th of month: all other data, end of month.

BILLION

43

0*A SO0N

1944
44 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

$46,750,000 or 7 percent of total direct disposals were accomplished by sale and other

methods of disposal. (See Chart CR-13)

Acreage of Surplus Real Estate

About 25.6 million acres of land were involved in the disposal of real estate

determined surplus to the, needs of the War Department through 15 December 1947, as shown

in Table CR-19. Of this total, 18.5 million acres were public lands acquired for use of

the War Department, 1.9 million acres were lands purchased or acquired through condemnation proceedings; 5.1 million acres had been acquired by lease and about 128 thousand

acres represented lesser interests such as licenses to trespass.

As of 15 December 1947 about 21.4 million acres of the total determined surplus

had been disposed of by the War Department. The bulk of this disposal (15.4 million

acres) was effected by transfer or retransfer to other government agencies.
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE 45

Table CR-16--Estimated cost of War Department-owned real estate determined surplus, continental U. S.: 1 July 1940 - 15 December 1947 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Industrial Command

real estate real estate

Total. .................... ..... .$4,320,940 $1,116,980 $3,203,960

1 July 1940 - 31 August 1944. .......... .... 206,678 52,920 153,758

1 September 1944 - 31 December 1944 ....... .... ... 72,500 (-) 23,066 95,566

1 January 1945 - 31 December 1945. .. ........ 1,759,975 1,028,490 731,485

1 January 1946 - 31 December 1946..................... 1,446,710 166,678 1,280,032

1 January 1947 - 15 December 1947.. .................. 835,077 (-) 108,042 943,119

/ The amounts shown in this table and the increments referred to in the narrative represent the change between the

cumulative amounts on specified "as of" dates. The changes shown are net figures which cover normal increments, adjustments and withdrawals. See explanatory notes at end of section.

Table CR-17--Estimated cost of surplus War Department-owned real

estate declared to War Assets Administration, continental U. S.:

1 July 1940 - 15 December 1947 aJ

(In thousands of dollars cumulative from 1 July 1940)

Total Industrial real estate Command real estate

Percent for Percent for Percent for

Period ending Amount which War Amount which War Amount which War

declared to Assets Admin- declared to Assets Admin- declared to Assets AdminWar Assets istration had War Assets istration had War Assets istration had

Administration assumed Administration assumed Administration assumed

custody custody custody

l944 September .. . $ 8,447 0 $ 3,411 0 *$ 5,036 0

December .... 20,502 0 6,568 0 13,934 0

1945 March .. : 72,942 0 6,157 0 66,785 0

'June . . . 74,297 0 8,421 0 65,876 0

September . . 666,519 0.3 602,424 0.2 64,095 1.2

December . . . 1,489,015 0.8 979,901 0.9 509,114 0.6

1946 March.......... 1,993,304 4.7 1,094,885 6.0 898,419 3.2

June........ 2,278,288 20.9 1,034,430 39.3 1,43,858 5.5

September . . 2,473,254 30.9 1,047,767 53.1 1,425,487 14.5

December..... 2,828,378 52.6 1,106,787 70.3 1,721,591 41.3

1947 March W . . . 3,019,392 69.9 1,106,732 82.3 1,912,660 62.8

June 1...............3,206,557 79.3 1,036,649 89.0 2,169,908 74.6

September / . 3,330,914 87.8 1,014,469 93.9 2,316,445 85.2

.December / 3,469,547 94.9 1,046,007 95.0 2,423,540 94.9

/ Data are net figures which cover normal increments, adjustments and withdrawals. See explanatory notes at

end of section.

J Cumulative through 15th of month.
46- CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-18--Disposition of War Department-owned surplus real estate

by type of real estate and type of disposition, continental U. S.:

1 July 1940 - 31 December 1947 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Awaiting Disposition, cumulative from 1 July 1940

Total War Desurplus, partment Declarations to War Assets cumulative disposi- Administration Periodfrom tion Transfers

1 July action Total to other Lease Other

1940 mo0nth end of Toal Cstd Custd utd OBYLn government cancel-dipsl aol Total Custody not agencies ations disposals

assumed

Total real estate

1944 August . . $ 206,678 $l35,654 9 71,024 $ 6,756 $ 0 $ 6,756 $ 48,247 $ 186 $15,835

September . . 213,786 130,859 82,927 8,447 0 8,447 56,668 196 17,616

October . . . 250,674 165,267 85,407 8,235 0 8,235 60,467 306 16,399

November .. 283,114 185,833 97,281 17,087 0 17,087 61,453 1,585 17,156

December . . 279,178 174,500 104,678 20,502 0 20,502 56,571 10,677 16,928

1945 January . . . 246,236 135,901 110,335 26,946 0 26,946 53,989 13,846 15,554

February . . 255,931 119,896 136,035 39,569 0 39,569 63,809 17,088 15,569

March . . . 246,966 72,938 174,028 72,942 0 72,942 68,120 17,397 15,569

April . . . 225,092 60,781 164,311 71,081 0 71,081 61,345 16,316 15,569

May...... 217,369 34,393 182,976 73,599 0 73,599 76,366 17,442 15,569

June . . . 251,379 63,256 188,123 74,297 0 74,297 76,382 21,875 15,569

July . . . 280,608 64,229 216,379 69,544 211 69,333 81,276 49,990 15,569

August . . . 401,444 109,709 291,735 142,386 1,138 141,248 81,688 52,092 15,569

September . 967,376 149,507 817,869 666,519 1,974 664,545 81,689 53,043 16,618

October . . 1,299,096 245,913 1,053,183 864,044 2,095 861,949 113,052 57,268 18,819

November . 1,592,183 340,247 1,251,936 1,053,446 3,450 1,049,996 121,294 58,377 18,819

December . 2,039,153 342,801 1,696,352 1,489,015 12,238 1,476,777 126,971 59,334 21,032

1946 January . . 2,346,869 490,707 1,856,162 1,640,448 22,757 1,617,691 135,895 60,336 19,483

February . . 2,522,819 432,157 2,090,662 1,874,079 47,237 1,826,842 136,031 60,725 19,827

March . .. 2,667,893 453,281 2,214,612 1,993,304 94,610 1,898,694 136,046 64,060 21,202

April . . 2,628,908 305,374 2,323,534 2,102,010 134,035 1,967,975 142,264 59,423 19,837

May..... 2,567,536 343,152 2,224,384 2,025,370 392,076 1,633,294 147,077 31,593 20,344

June . . . 2,862,347 334,145 2,528,202 2,278,288 475,351 1,802,937 177,360 52,434 20,123

July . . . 2,967,425 397,113 2,570,312 2,313,419 658,063 1,655,356 182,486 54,405 20,002

August . . . 3,012,276 390,525 2,621,751 2,335,763 614,094 1,721,669 184,341 57,719 43,928

September . . 3,102,148 354,057 2,748,091 2,473,254 764,177 1,709,077 193,246 58,220 23,371

October . . . 3,319,748 332,109 2,987,639 2,697,295 1,002,243 1,695,052 202,334 64,537 23,473

November . . 3,404,673 338,181 3,066,492 2,761,518 1,294,068 1,467,450 212,716 68,49 23,839

December .. 3,485,863 342,369 3,143,494 2,828,378 1,488,764 1,339,614 222,758 73,015 19,343

1947 January . . . 3,591,072 327,774 3,263,298 2,934,228 1,588,492 1,345,736 230,024 73,487 25,559.

February .. 1c Jc I March . . . 3,820,275 328,806 3,491,469 3,019,392 2,111,532 907,860 311.140 135,302 25,635

April . . . 3,833,885 290,797 3,543,08 3,063,180 2,235,805 827,375 317,241 138,818 23,849

May...... ... 3,976,784 302,925 3,673,859 3,129,192 2,363,944 765,248 350,515 167,317 2b,835

June . . . 4,058,994 303,693 3,755,301 3,206,557 2,54,745 664,812 352,762 168,496 27,486

July . . . 4,142,660 261,370 3,881,290 3,314,201 2,689,066 625,135 353,411 185,311 28,367

August ... 4,226,351 269,723 3,956,628 3,322,914 2,765,044 557,870 390,428 191,971 51,315

September . . 4,252,036 279,138 3,972,898 3,330,914 2,925,811 405,103 393,476 197,095 51,413

October . . 4,280,721 253,241 4,027,480 3,365,651 2,955,329 410,322 392,268 222,341 47,220

November .. 4,314,290 161,275 4,153,015 3,446,437 3,229,521 216,916 414,201 245,631 46,746

December .. 4,320,940 141,562 4,179,378 3,469,547 3,293,166 176,381 416,400 246,681 46,750

Command real estate

1944 August b/ . . 153,758 101,534 52,224 3,062 0 3,062 42,809 186 6,167

September . . 183,124 120,494 62,630 5,036 0 5,036 51,231 196 6,167

October ... 227,312 160,211 67,101 5,180 0 5,180 54,984 306 6,631

November . . 259,720 183,434 76,286 11,389 0 11,389 55,969 1,585 7,343

December . . 249,324 170,781 78,543 13,934 0 13,934 51,042 6,224 7,343

1945 January . . 217,948 132,597 85,351 20,556 0 20,556 48,460 9,704 6,631

February . 224,379 117,351 107,028 31,974 0 31,974 55,462 12,946 6,646

March . . . 217,248 70,789 146,459 66,785 0 66,785 59,773 13,255 6,646

April . . . 193,747 56,978 136,769 64,951 0 64,951 52,998 12,174 6,646

May...... 185,283 32,149 153,134 65,178 0 65,178 68,010 13,300 6,646

June . . . 216,284 58,002 158,282 65,876 0 65,876 68,027 17,733 6,646

July . . . 234,769 54,011 180,758 60,474 7 60,467 69,162 44,476 6,646

August . . 288,850 97,957 190,893 68,095 10 68,085 69,574 46,578 6,646

September . 281,553 94,658 186,895 64,095 794 63,301 69,575 46,578 6,647

October . . 427,971 166,262 261,709 98,679 915 97,764 104,697 50,803 7,530

November . 555,660 269,487 286,173 113,792 1,588 112,204 112,939 51,912 7,530

December . 980,809 291,396 689,413 509,114 3,013 506,101 118,616 52,153. 9,530

See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE

Table CR-18 --Dispoeition of War Department-owned surplus real estate by type of real estate and type of disposition, continental U. S.: 1 July 1940 - 31 December 1947 - continued

(In thousands of dollars)

Disposition, cumulative from 1 July 1940 Awaiting

Total War Desurplus, partment Declaration to War Assets

Period cumulative disposi- Administration from. tion Transfers

1 July action Total Totalcancel- to other cae Other 1940 end of Custody government ations disposals month Total Custody not agencies

Assumed Assumed

Command real estate

1946 January . .

February

March . .

April .

May......

June .

July .

August

September

October .

November

December

1947 January . .

February

Mar'ch ....

April . ..

May . ..

June .

July . August . .

September

October

November

December

Industrial real

estate

1944 August J/

September

October . .

November

December

1945 January

February

March....

April . .

May .......

June .

July .

August . .

September

October

November

December ,..

1946 January

February

March . .

April .

May... ..

June .

July

August

September

October

'November

December

$1, 224, 528

1,329,917

1,463,457

1,483,431

1,413, 834

1,774,897

1,801,771

1,953,464

1,957,133

2,130,191

'2,190,864

2,260,841

2,366,730

2,587,333

2,633,152

2,781,662

2,952,406

3,009,885

3,114,796

3,148,552

3,173,687

3,196,242

3,203,960

52,920

30,662

23,362

23,394

29,854

28,288

31,552

29,718

31,345

32,086

35,095.

45,839

112,594

685,823

871,125

1,036,523

1,058,344

1,122,341

1,192,902

1,204,436

1,145,477

1,153,702

1,087,450

1,165,654

1,058,812

1,145,015

1,189,557

1,213,809

1,225,022

$437,932

353,018

373,812

250,247

317,370

309,112

367,282

359,921

292,244

277,223

261,752

265,413

258, 527

C/

262, 381

233,160

274,482

296,467

223,783

246,789

.256,860

227,078

153,949

134,473

34,120

10,365

5,056

2,399

3,719

3,304

2,545

2,149

3,803

2,244

5,254

10,218

11,752

54,849

79,651

70,760

51,405

52,775

79,139

79,469

55,127

25,782

25,033

29,831

30,604

61,813

54,886

76,429

76,956

$ 786,596

976,899

1,089,645

1,233,184

1,096,464

1,465,785

1,434,489

1,593,543

1,664,889

1,852,968

1,929,112

1,995,428

2,108,203

2,324,952

2,399,992

2,507,180

2,655,939

2,786,102

2,868,007

2,891,692

2,946,609

3,042, 293

3,069,487

18,800

20,297

18,306

20,995

26,135

24,984

29,007

27,569

27, 542

'29,842

29,841

35,621

100,842

630,974

791,474

965,763

1,006,939

1,069,566

1,113,763

1,124,967

1,090,350

1,127,920

1,062,417

1,135,823

1,028,208,

1,083,202

1,134,671

1,137,380

1,148,066

598,858

788,656

898,419

1,039,347

925,349

1,243,858

1,206,279

1,339,713

1,425,487

1,603,914

1,665,817

1,721,591

1,826,528

1,912,660

1,976,838

2,024,843

2,169,908

2,282,746

2,298,070

2,316,445

2,348,266

2,399,599

2,423,540

3,694

3,411

3,055

5,698

6,568

6,390

7,595

6,157

6,130

8,421

8,421

9,070

74,291

602,424

765,365

939,654

979,901

1,041,590

1,085,423

1,094,885

1,062,663

1,100,021

1,034,430

1,107,140

996,050

1,047,767

1,093,381

1,095,701

1,106,787

12,819

21,105

28,897

26,565

59,295

68,602

128,467

164,006

207,337

270,670

529,946

710,385

786,303

C/

1,200,346

1,340,649

1,412,046

1,619,481

1,738,071

1,823,370

1,973,522

1,984,670

2,236,000

2,299,846

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.0

0

0

204

1,128

1,180

1,180

1,862

9,225

9,938

26,132

65,713

107,470

332,781

406,749

529, 596

450,088

556,840

731,573

764,122

778,379

$ 586,039

767,551

869, 522

1,012,782

866,054

1,175,256

1,077,812

1,175,707

1,218,150

1,333,244

1,135,871

1,011,206

1,040,225

712,314

636,189

612,797

550,427

544,675

474,700

342,923

363,596

163,599

123,694

3,694

3,411

3,055

5,698

6,568

6,390

7,595

6,157

6,130

8,421

8,421

8,866

73,163

601,244

764,185

937,792

970,676

1,031,652

1,059,291

1,029,172

955,193

767,240

627,681

577,544

545,962

490,927

361,808

331, 579

328,408

$127, 540

127,676

127,691

133,918

141,305

171,984

177,110

178,955

185,091

194,179

204, 561

214,603

221,969

C/ 278,740

288,999

323,211

324,965

325, 543

362,559

364,176

366, 705

388,230

390,429

5,438

5,437

5,483

5,484

5,529

5,529

8,347

8,347

8,347

8,356

8,355

12,114

12,114

12,114

8,355

8,355

8,355

8,355

8,355

8,355

8,346

5,772

5,376

5,376

5,386

8,155

8,155

8,155

8,155

$ 52,668

53,037

53,322

52,389

22,723

42,856

43,968

43,817

44, 318

44,883

48,742

52,102

52,574

C/ 126,108

126,701

150,786

152,075

167,941

174,558

178,669

199,236

222,077

223,127

0

0

0

0

4,453

4,142

4,142

4,142

4,142

4,142

4,142

5,514

5,514

6,465

6,465

6,465

7,181

7,668

7,688

10,738

7,034

8,870

9,578

10,437

13,902

13,902

19,654

19,677

20,913

$ 7,530

7,530

10,213

7,530

7,087

7,087

7,132

31,058

9,993

9,992

9,992

7,132

7,132

,/ 7,444

7,454

8,340

8,991

9,872

32,820

32,402

32,402

32,387

32,391

9,668

11,449

9,768

9,813

9,585

8,923

8,923

8,923

8,923

8,923

8,923

8,923

8,923

9,971

11,289

11,289

11,502

11,953

12,297

10,989

12,307

13, 257

13,033

12,870

12,870

13,378

13,481

13,847

12,211

See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page

47

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CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-18--Disposition of War Department-owned surplus real estate by type of real estate and type of disposition, continental U. S.:

1 July 1940 - 31 December 1947 2/ - concluded

(In thousands of dollars)

Disposition, cumulative from 1 July 1940

Awaiting

Total War Desurplus, partment Declaration to War Assets

Period cumulative disposi- Administration Transfers from tion Lease

1 July action Total to other cancel- Other 1940 end of ationsgovernment disposals

month Total Custody Custdy agencies Assumed Assumed

Indutrial real

estate

1947 January . . $1,224,342 $69,247 $1,155,095 $1,107,700 $802,189 $305,511 $ 8,055 $20,913 $18,427

February . . / C/ , J 2/ J p/ March . 1,232,942 66,425 1,166,517 1,106,732 911,186 195,546 32,400 9,194 18,191

April . . . . 1,200,733 57,637 1,143,096 1,086,342 895,156 191,186 28,242 12,117. 16,395 May ..... .1,195,122 28,443 1,166,679 1,104,349 951,898 152,451 27,304 16,531 18,495 June .. . 1,106,588 7,226 1,099,362 1,036,649 922,264. 114,385 27,797 16,121 18,495 July . . 1,132,775 37,587 1,095,188 1,031,455 950,995 80,460 27,868 17,370 18,495 August . . 1,111,555 22,934 1,088,621 1,024,844 941,674 83,170 27,869 17,413 18,495 September . . 1,103,484 22,278 1,081,206 1,014,469 952,289 62,180 29,300 18,426 19,011

October . . 1,107,034 26,163 1,080,871 1,017,385 970,659 46,726 25,563 23,105 14,818

November . 1,118,048 7,326 1,110,722 1,046,838 993,521 53,317 25,971 23,554 14,359 December . 1,116,980 7,089 1,109,891 1,046,007 993,320 52,687 25,971 23,554 14,359

a/ All data were through or as of end of month except, from March 1947 through December 1947 data were through or as of

15th of month. Data for declarations to the War Assets Administration and its predecessor agencies are cumulative

fium February 1944. See explanatory notes at end of section.

J Data for prior months not available.

c/ Data not available.

Table CR-19--Aoreage and disposition status of surplus War Department

real estate, continental U. S.: 15 December 1947 2

(Number of Acres)

Public Leased Lesser

Statue Total Owned lend interests j/

Total surplus real estate... ........... . 25,598,732 1,862,603 18,462,496 5,145,159 128,474

Awaiting War Department disposition action . 4,159,131 77,814 3,680,643 361,465 39,209 Action taken. .. .............. 21,439,601 1,784,789 14,781,853 4,783,694 89,265 Declared to War Assets Administration . . . 2,039,427 1,627,718 112,204 255,578 43,927

Custody assumed ...... ........ ..... 1,866,924 1,481,375 98,302 245,511 41,736

Custody not assumed .............. . . .. 172,503 146,343 13,902 10,067 2,191

Direct disposition . .......... . 19,400,174 157,071 14,669,649 4,528,116 45,338 Leases canceled . ..... .... 4, 005, 275 0, 0 4,005,275 0

Transfers..... ........... .. . 15,388,295 153,454 '14,669,192 522,296 43,353 Other.. ................... . . 6,604 3,617 457 545 1,985

Industrial real estate - total..........756,510 438,626 82,124 192,408 43,352 Awaiting War Department disposition action . 8,592 7,131 1,326 134 1

Action taken. ............. . . .747,918 431,495 80,798 192,274 43,351 Declared to War Assets Administration . . . . 336,053 323,422 10,181 425 2,025 Custody assumed .. ............... . .321,878 309,313 10,181 423 1,961

Custody not assumed ... . ............. 14,175 14,109 0 2 64 Direct disposition. .............. . .411,865 108,073 70,617 191,849 41,326 Leases canceled .. ............ . 2,937 0 0 2,937 0

Transfers. . .. .............. . ' 406,200 105,359 70,617 188,912 41,312

Other......... ........... ... 2, 728 2,714 0 0 14

Command real estate - total.. .............. 24,842,222 1,423,977 18,380,372 4,952,751 85,122

Awaiting War Department disposition action . 4,150,539 70,683 3,679,317 361,331 39,208

Action taken.. . ............. .. .. 20,691,683 1,353,294 14,701,055 4,591,420 45,914 Declared to War Assets Administration . . . 1,703,374 1,304,296 102,023 255,153 41,902

Custody assumed. ....... ........ 1,545,046 1,172,062 88,121 245,088 39,775

Custody not assumed ...... ....... 158,328 132,234 13,902 10,065 2,127

Direct disposition .. ......... ... .. 18,988,309 48,998 14,599,032 4,336,267 4,012

Leases canceled... ....... ..... . 4,002,338 0 0 4,002,338 0

Transfers ...................... 14,982,095 48,095 14,598,575 333,384 2,041

Other .. ....... . .......... .... 3,876 903 457 545 1,971

/ See explanatory notes at end of section.

bJ Lesser interests are real estate interests which

licenses to trespass, rights of way and easements.

are less than fee simple or lease estate interests such as

48
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE 49

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Records on cost and status of surplus War Department real estate were maintained

by the Corps of Engineers and the data were published in Monthly Progress Reports. These

records covered only real estate owned by the War Department and located in the continental U.S. They did not cover the War Department sponsored Defense Plant Corporation plants.

The records on cost and status of surplus real estate were initiated in April 1944 but

adequate summaries of, the data were not developed until 31 August 1944: comparable data

are available through 15 December 1947. Data presented in Tables CR-16 through CR-19 were

obtained from Army Service Forces Monthly Progress Report, Section 4, Construction, from

August 1944 through May 1946 from War Department Progress Report, Section 3B, Construction, from June 1946'through December 1947.

The records on cost and status of surplus War Department-owned real estate were

maintained on a net cumulative basis. Adjustments to and .withdrawals from surplus thus

tended to increase or reduce' cumulative amounts and in a number of cases did cause the

cumulative amounts to decrease from one month end to the next month end. Adjustments were

made in cumulative amounts and were not carried back to the month in which they were applicable. For this reason the tabulations on surplus real estate do not show an exact

portrayal of the movement of surplus real estate. In addition the legal complexities in-'

herent in processing surplus real estate resulted in lags in reporting.

Despite the shortcomings and inadequacies mentioned above these data are the

most accurate available and it is believed they suffice to show the magnitude of the operation of the surplus real estate program of the War Department.

Special terms used herein in connection with statistics on surplus real estate

are defined below:

Real Estate. Includes lands and interests therein, lease-holds, buildings, improvements and appurtenances thereto owned by the United States and under the control of

the War Department. It also includes piers, docks, warehouses, rights-of-way, and easements whether temporary or permanent, and improvements permanently attached and ordinarily

considered real estate. It does not include machinery, equipment, or tools which have not

been affixed to, have been severed or removed from any such land or buildings, or may be

so severed or removed without destroying the usefulness of the structure.
50 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

Command Real Estate. Real estate primarily used or useful for activities of the

Army other than the production of materiel, munitions or supplies. Examples are camps,

hospitals, airfields, and bombing ranges.

Industrial Real Estate. Real estate primarily used or useful for the production

of materiel, munitions or supplies. Examples are ordnance explosives and shell plants,

chemical arsenals, and aircraft plants.

Surplus Real Estate. Real estate which w.s determined to be no longer necessary

to fulfill the requirements of the War Department and which was processed as surplus in

accordance with appropriate War Department regulations. Regulations were contained in.WD

Cir. No. 212 (1943), WD Cir. No. 8 (1944), WD Cir. No. 306 (1944), WD Cir. No. 89 (1945),

Procurement Regulation No. 7A (1945) and WD Cir. No. 2 (1947).

Awaiting War Department Disposition Action. Surplus real estate which was in

process or awaiting action by the Corps of Engineers to declare it to War Assets Administration, or to cancel leases, or to arrange for transfer or retransfer to another government agency, or to effect disposal by other methods.

Disposition Action Taken by War Department. Surplus real estate for which the

Corps of Engineers accomplished appropriate action declaring it to War Assets Administration, or canceling leases, or transfering or retransfering it to another government agency, or effecting disposal by some other method.

Declared to War Assets Administration. Surplus real estate in the continental

U. S. which the Corps of Engineers reported for disposal to the War Assets Administration

in accordance with regulations of the War Assets Administration. The War Assets Administration was the U. S. Government disposal agency for such property from February 1946

through December 1947; prior to February 1946 the Surplus Property Administration (September 1945 to February 1946), The Surplus Property Board (October 1944 to September 1945),

and the Surplus War Property Administration (February 1944 to October 1944) served as the

primary disposal agents df the U. S. Government.

Custody Assumed by War Assets Administration. Surplus real estate declared by

the Corps of Engineers to the War Assets Administration, for which the disposal agency had

accountability and custody.
SURPLUS REAL ESTATE 51

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Concluded

Custod.y.Not Assumed by War Assets Administration. Surplus real estate declared

by the Corps of Engineers to the War Assets Administration, for which accountability and

custody remained with the War Department. (Prior to 1 July 1946 expenses incurred in

maintenance and custodial services for surplus real estate declared to WAA but remaining

in War Department custody were borne by the WD. After 30 June 1946 such expenses were

paid by the WD but were reimbursed by the WAA.)

Direct Disposals by War Department. Surplus real estate which the Corps of

Engineers disposed of by lease cancellation, transfer or retransfer to other government

agencies, and by other methods such as sale; but excludes surplus real estate declared to

the War Assets Administration.

Lease Cancellations. Surplus real estate which the Corps of Engineers disposed

of through termination of lease-hold interests held by the War Department. The estimated

costs shown for this item do not represent rental costs but represent only the cost of

real property owned by the War Department which are located on the leased real estate.

Transfers and Retransfers. Surplus real estate which the Corps of Engineers

disposed of by transferring accountability for the real estate to another government agency or the retransfer of real estate acquired by the War Department from one government

agency to another government agency or back to the one from which it was acquired.

Other Disposals. Surplus real estate which the Corps of Engineers disposed of

by methods other than those listed above (declared to WAA, lease cancellations, transfers

and retransfers); it consisted primarily of sales of property directly by the War Department.

Estimated Cost. Costs to the government of land and construction comprising the

real estate but excluding costs of machinery and equipment and other items not classified

as real estate.

CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 53

Data on the physical plant of the War Department in the continental United

States were published in a report known as the "Quarterly Inventory, War Department Owned,

Sponsored and Leased Facilities". The first of these reports, which are the source of

figures for this section, was made as of the end of March 1944.

Changes in both the total number and aggregate cost of War Department facilities

from 1944 through 1946 were relatively small in comparison with changes in many World War

II statistics. By March 1944, the numbers of military personnel in the continental United

States were declining, procurement had leveled off, and most of the World War II construction program had been completed.

At the end of March 1944, the War Department had nearly 2,500 facilities in the

continental U. S., for which the cost to the Government was about $13,600,000,000. The

term "facilities" is used throughout this section to mean the separate units of property

reported in the Quarterly Inventory referred to above, which was prepared by the Office of

the Chief of Engineers. The terms "facilities" and "installations" were not clearly difChart CR-14-Number and cost of War Department facilities,

continental U. S.

NUMBER COST

WAR DEPT

SPONSORED : : : I I~ [ : ' : ' ' \A

Itirll Irtrtt ::::: SF

: : :I : I :: :.

: : .. .~.~. ' ' : : : ..

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X1I s::iij " 55 :::~

WBR DEFT OWNED

AND $EASED ~: ra :5 

i ~ltS 1

~ t;i: : 5'

1 I 5i/jii Xi ii3:::

WAR DEPT

'ONSORED

wf 2 3 4 I 2 3 4 I 2 3

1944 1945 1946

END OF QUARTER

-10

r5

THOUSAND

4

1 2 34 I 2 3 4 23 4

1944 1945 1946

END OF QUARTER

Source: Table cR-20.

n~L~ I 4f O
54 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

ferentiated in War Department usage during World War II, as is explained more fully in the

notes at the end of this section, and in the section that follows.

The War Department owned or leased about 81 percent of its facilities on 31

March 1944. The remainder were industrial facilities sponsored by the War Department and

financed through emergency plant facility contracts or through the Defense Plant Corporation.

The number of War Department facilities included in the Quarterly Inventory increased considerably between 31 March and 30 June 1944 and reached its peak of 3,655 on 30

September 1944. The peak number of facilities owned by the War Department, however was.

not reached until 30 September 1945.

A sharp reduction in the number of War Department sponsored Defense Plant Corporation industrial facilities occurred between September and DecF:aber 1945. Many of.

these facilities were released from War Department control shortly after V-J Day and returned to their owner, the Defense Plant Corporation. The total number of War Department

facilities decreased steadily during 1946 as the real estate disposal program gained

momentum. A more detailed tabulation of the number of War Department facilities recorded

in the various Quarterly Inventory reports is shown in Table CR-29.

The estimated total cost of all facilities remained at about $14,300,000,000

between 31 March 1944 and 30 September 1945. Immediately thereafter, a fairly sharp

decrease occurred. For the facilities classified as War Department owned or leased, the

total cost figures increased slightly but steadily between these two dates. New construc-'

tion was being added to the War Department plant throughout this period and the coverage

of reports was improved.

The reduction in total cost of War Department plant between 30 September 1945

and 31 December 1946 was reported to be about $3,200,000,000 or 22 percent. This does not,

fully reflect the impact of the disposal program, however. The figures for all War Department holdings on 31 December 1946 included properties costing about $767,000,000 which

had actually been disposed of during the preceding quarter, in accordance with reporting

instructions. (See explanatory notes). Furthermore, the basis of reporting costs was

changed effective with the 31 December 1946 report to include estimated costs incurred

prior to 1 July 1940 where previously the cost figures had been restricted to 1 July 1940

through the date of the report.
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 55

For command facilities the costs reported increased each successive quarter

throughout the entire period 31 March 1944 through 31 December 1946 (Tables CR-20 and 30).

If the 31 December 1946 reports were adjusted to exclude properties disposed of and to

take into consideration the increase due to the changed basis of reporting cost, a

decrease would have occurred between 30 June 1946 and 31 December 1946. The adjustment to

eliminate disposed of properties alone without considering the ch'.nge in reporting cost

would- reduce the reported total cost for command f'.cilities from the reported figure

of $7,478,859,000 to $6,734,480,000 as of 31 December 1946, and from $7,468,928,000 reported on 30 June 1946 to $7,350,932,000.

Tvyes of Facilities

For 30 September 1945, when the physical plant of the War Department was about

at its peak, the Quarterly Inventory report showed a total of 3,621 facilities for which

the cost to the Government was $14,340,000,000. A large majority of these facilities (90

percent of the total number and 80 percent of their cost) were owned or leased by the War

Department.

Chart CR-15-Number and cost of War Department facilities,

continental U. S.: 30 September 1945

NUMBER TYPE OF COST (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

3600 2400 1200 0 FACILITY 10 15

_________ TOTAL r:... . . . . .

COMMAND

INDUSTRIAL

Source: Table CR-20.

Command facilities accounted for 83 percent of the total number and about 50,

percent of the total cost of War Department facilities (see Chart CR-15). All command facilities were either owned or leased and none of them were sponsored by the War Departtrssss~i i5iiiiiiii3IBi~tR 1

~ss~ -2~t2; ,t~t:;5 t;t,. ~i ZZZff;f'.'.t~f:~:~:;~~; ;
56

Chart CR-16-Number

type of facility,

NUMBER

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

and cost of War Department facilities, by

continental U. S.: 30 September 1945

TYPE OF FACILITY COST (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

COMMAND

GROUND AND SERVICE

FORCES TRAINING

ARMY AIR FORCES

TACTICAL AND TRAINING

SERVICE FORCES STORAGE

ARMY AIR FORCES

MISCELLANEOUS

ARMY AIR FORCES

STORAGE

PORTS OF EMBARKATION

AND STAGING AREAS

GENERAL HOSPITALS

GROUND AND SERVICE

FORCES MISCELLANEOUS

HARBOR DEFENSES

PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS

NATIONAL CEMETERIES

WAR DEPT. OWNED WAR DEPT.

AND LEASED SPONSORED

INDUSTRIAL

ORDNANCE DEPT.

ARMY AIR FORCES

MILLION 1 OF DOLLA

CHEMICAL WARFARE

CORPS OF ENGINEERS

SIGNAL CORPS

PRODUCTION DIVISION

HQ. ASF

QUARTERMASTER CORPS

TRANSPORTATION CORPS
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 57

ment. Major types of facilities reported under both the command and industrial facility

groups are shown in Chart CR-16.

Of the industrial facilities, about 42 percent were owned or leased by the War.

Department on 30 September 1945: these accounted for about 60 percent of the total cost

of industrial facilities. A large majority of the industrial facilities were used by the

Ordnance Department or the Army Air Forces. Most of the Ordnance industrial facilities

(91 percent of the total cost) were owned or leased by the War Department. On the other

hand, only 14 percent of the AAF industrial facilities were owned or leased by the War

Department and the remaining 86 percent were sponsored by the War Department and built

under emergency plant facility contracts or financed by the Defense Plant Corporation.

All cost figures used in this discussion of War Department facilities excluded

the cost of rental of the facilities that were leased by the War Department. They included, however, the cost of buildings and other improvements constructed on leased land.

Distributions on the types of costs for War Department facilities are given in

Chart CR-17. Because of technical differences in the classifications used in the reportChart CR-1

facil

TYPE OF FACILITY

COMMAND

WAR DEPT. - OWNED AND LEASED

INDUSTRIAL

WAR DEPT. - OWNED AND LEASED

WAR DEPT. - SPONSORED

EMERGENCY PLANT FACILITIES

DEFENSE PLANT CORP. WITH

WAR DEPT. FUNDS

DEFENSE PLANT CORP. WITH

WAR DEPT. CONTINGENT LIABILITY

7-Cost of War Department facilities, by type of

ity, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945

TOTAL PERCENT OF TOTAL COST

COST

(MILLION) 0 25 5

s7,296

4,234

108

2,134

569

Source: Table CR-21.

100

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AND EQUIBMENT

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58 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

ing cost for the Defense Plant Corporation facilities, it is not possible to arrive at a

cost distribution for all War Department facilities as a group. Of the total cost of

facilities owned or leased by the War Department, however, 3 percent was for land, 82 percent for construction, 11 percent was for equipment and production machinery, and 4 percent for other costs. For command facilities alone, 4 percent was for land and the

remaining 96 percent for construction.

For the industrial facilities owned or leased by the War Department, land costs

accounted for about 2 percent of the total, construction 57 percent, equipment and machinery 29 percent, and other costs 12 percent. The basic figures for these and other types

of facilities are presented in Tables CR-21 and CR-31.

Acreage

A total of nearly 30 million acres of land was shown for the War Department

facilities included in the Quarterly Inventory report for 30 September 1945 (Table CR-22).

Less than 3 percent of the total acreage reported was for industrial facilities. Ordnance

Department industrial facilities accounted for 695,597 acres or 84 percent of the total

reported for all industrial facilities.

Of the 29,103,000 acres of land included in the command facilities of the War

Department about 62 percent was for tactical and training facilities of the AAF and 28

percent was for Ground and Service Forces training facilities. Relatively little land was

used for other types of facilities as is evident from Chart CR-l8.

Acreage owned by the Government made up about 84 percent of the War Department

total and the remaining 16 percent was land under lease to the War Department. Virtually

all of the land held under lease was for command facilities; leased acreage at industrial

facilities amounted to only 13,314 acres or 0.3 percent of the total leased acreage of the

War Department.

Annual Rental Cost

The annual rental cost for leased facilities included in the Quarterly Inventory

report for 30 September 1945 totaled about $38,600,000. About 96 percent of this total

was for command facilities and the remaining 4 percent was for industrial facilities. A

distribution of the annual rental by type of facility of all leased properties included

in the Quarterly Inventory report for 30 September 1945 is given in Table CR-23.
CONTINENTAL V. S. INVENTORY 59

Chart CR-18-Acreage of War Department command facilities by

type of facility, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945

TYPE OF FACILITY MILLIONS OF ACRES

0 5 10 15 20

ARMY AIR FORCES " '"

TACTICAL AND TRAINING ~ I

WAR DEPT. WAR DEPT.

GROUND AND SERVICE OWNED LEASED

FORCES TRAINING

ARMY AIR FORCES

MISCELLANEOUS THOUSANDS OF ACRES

100 200 300 400 5 0

GROUND AND SERVICE

FORCES MISCELLANEOUS

SERVICE FORCES STORAGE

ALL OTHER

Source: Table CR-22.

War Deartmerit Facilities by State

The number, cost, acreage and annual rental charges of War Department facilities

for individual states as of 30 September 1945 is summared in Table CR-24 and shown in

greater detail in Tables CR-33 through 37. Not all leased properties were included in the

Quarterly Inventory. (See explanatory notes at the end of the section.)

Comnand facilities tended to be concentrated in the states with relatively mild

climates or large undeveloped areas rather than the thickly settled states in the northern

and eastern sections of the country. States with the largest numbers of command facilities were California, Texas and Florida in that order; and those with the largest total

cost were Texas, California and Virginia. Those with the largest acreage of command facilities were Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

Industrial facilities, however, tended to be concentrated in states with large

industrial populations. Ohio, Michigan and New York had the largest number of industrial,

facilities; and in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan the cost of these facilities was relatively highest.
60 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

There were of course exceptions to these general statements. The total cost of

command facilities in New York was somewhat greater than of those in Florida, Georgia and

North Carolina, and the cost of industrial facilities in Texas was not far below those in

Ohio and New York.

Housing Capacity

An over-all capacity for housing about 5,700,000 enlisted personnel and officers

was shown in the Quarterly Inventory report for 30 September 1945. Over-all capacity figures called for in this report were defined in WD Cir #321, 1944 as the original designed

capacity plus or minus authorized conversions: the circular provides schedules of capacities by type and plan of different buildings but in general was based on an allowance of

60 square feet for enlisted personnel and 120 square feet for officer personnel.

As shown in Table CR-25 housing capacity for Ground and Service Forces Training

facilities totaled almost 3,000,000 on 30 September 1945 and represented slightly more

than half the total housing at all facilities. The housing capacity shown for general

hospitals in this table does not include bed capacities for patients but represents housing for use of overhead (administrative and housekeeping) military personnel and for those

in training at the hospitals.

No data on civilian housing were collected in the Quarterly Inventory reports

nor were any data on housing capacity collected for the industrial facilities of the War

Department,

t do-ayacity of, Command Facilities

The total storage capacity of command facilities was 1,142,000,000 square feet

according to the inventory report for 30 September 1945. About 32 percent of this total

was recorded as covered space and the remainder as open space. These figures appear to be

rough approximations partly because reporting instructions did not define covered or open

storage space at facilities not primarily engaged in storage.

Gross storage areas at the AAF and ASF depots and other facilities primarily

engaged in storage accounted for about 65 percent of the covered space and 47 percent of

the open space reported. For these facilities only, data on more detailed categories of

storage areas are given in Table CR-26. The inventory report did not include figures on

storage capacity at industrial installations.
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 61

Machine Tools and Production Equipment Located in Private Plants

The cost of machine tools and production equipment owned or sponsored by the

War Department but located in privately owned plants amounted to $1,025,000,000 on 30 Septenber 1945. At that time the Ordnance Department accounted for 64 percent of the total

number of these facilities and for 60 percent of their total cost.

Facilities of this type were reported separately in the Quarterly Inventory

report for the period 30 November 1943 through 30 September 1945 only. Figures for such

facilities are summarized in Tables CR-28, 38, 39 and 40: they are not included in any of

the other facility tables in the group CR-20 through 40. The other tables do, however,

include machinery and equipment costs of industrial facilities owned, leased and sponsored,

by the War Department.
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Table CR-20--Number and cost of War Department-owned, leased and spon- sored facilities, continental U. S.: 31 March 1944 - 31 December

1946 a

(Costs in millions of dollars)

War Department-sponsored

War Department-owned and leased facilities War Defense Plant Corporation Department- facilities (industrial)

sponsored

Total nergency

Plant War War DepartPerio CmFacilities Department ment continTotal Command Industrial (industrial) funds gent liabilused ity only

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost NUw;ber Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost

1944 Mar 2,462 $13,642 2,003 $10,942 1,830 $6,791 173 $4,151 13 $'85 318 $1,993 128 $622 Jun 3,40B 14,223 2,907 11,040 2,715 6,826 192 4,214 18 161 349 2,354 134 668 Sep 3,655 14,216 3,152 11,090 2,947 7,011 205 4,079 21 136 359 2,352 123 638 Dec 3,607 14,150 3,215 11,219 2,963 7,044 252 4,175 26' 143 256 2,153 110 635

1945 Mar 3,628 14,348 3,230 11,330 2,973 7,122 257 4,208 25 144 264 2,195 109 679 Jun 3,608 14,261 3,250 11,405 2,997 7,2D2 253 4,203 21 107 244 2,183 93 566 Sep 3,621 "14,340 3,257 11,529 2,996 7,295 261 4,234 21 108 248 2,134 95 569 Dec 3,352 12,909 3,255 11,490 2,997 7,315 258 4,175 21 1D8 68 1,262 8 49

1946 Mar 3,224 12,450 3,147 11,583 2,905 7,368 242 4,215 22 111 51 734 4 22 Jun 3,009 "11,716 2,950 10,937 2,804 7,469 146 3,468 15 109 42 648 2 22 Dec 2,718 11,133 .2,664 10,428 2,552 7,479 112 2,949 13 96 39 587 2 22

a/ Excludes War Department-owned end sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants and rental costs of all leases. Data were reported semi-annually after June 1946. See explanatory notes at end of section.

Table 08-21-Costs of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored fa- cilities by type of facility, by type of cost, continental U.S.:

30 September'1945 /

(In thousands of dollars)

Equipment

Type of facility and'ownership Total Land Construotion and Other production

machinery

Total ........... ........... $14,340,113 J / J J

War Department-owned and leased ..... 11,529,441 $359,277 $9,414,985 $1,244,987 $510,192 War Department-sponsored .. .......... 2,810,672

Command .. .................. . .. 7,295,558 279,110 7,016,448 0 0 War Department-owned and leased ... ...... 7,295,558 279,110 7,016,448 0 0

Industrial. ................... .7,044,555 J b J 1 War Department-owned and leased ...... 4,233,883 80,167 2,398,537 1,244,987 510,192

War Department-sponsored ........... . 2,810,672"

Emergency plant facilities... ....... 107,860 335 54,770 48,191 4,564

Defense Plant Corporation with War Department funds.. ............ 2,133,651 25,809 717,386 1,378,403 12,053 Defense Plant Corporation with War Department contingent liability / . . . 569,161; 15,414 251,701 288,552 13,494

*~ Excludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants and

rental costs of all leases. See explanatory notes at end of section.

a/ Totals and subtotals not applicable because of differences in cost distributions between War Department-owned and

Defense Plant Corporation facilities.

/ Cost distributions not identical with those for War Department-owned or Emergency Plant Facilities. Equivalent

cost distributions for Defense Plant Corporation facilities are: land and improvements; buildings; machinery and equipment, portable tools and automotive equipment; and other.

62
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY

Table CR-22--Acreage of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored fa- cilities by type of facility, continental U.S.: 30 September 1945 sI

63

(In thousands of acres)

Type of facility

and ownership Total Owned Leased b/

Total ................ .29,928 25,180 4,748

War Department-owned and leased .. ............ 29,882 25,135 4,747 War Department-sponsored...... .................. 46 45 1

Command .. ......................... . . 29,103 24,368 4,735

War Dpcrtment-owned and leased....... .. ......... 29,103 24,368 4,735

Industrial ...... ........... ... . ... 825 812 13

War Department-owned and leased .... .......... 779 767 12

War Department-sponsored ... ...... ..... .46 45 1

See explanatory notes at enC of section.

J Acreage at facilities that were entirely leased -nd leased acreage at other War Department facilities.

Table CR-23--Annual rental of leased space at War Department facilities by type of facility, continental U.S.: 30 September 1945 a/

(Amounts in thousands of dollars)

Type of facility Amount Percent Type of facility Amount Percent

and ownership and ownership

Total ............... $38,575 100.0 Industrial . . ......... $1,433 3.7

ArmyAir Forces.. ............. 341 0.9 War Department-owned . . ...... 38,575 100.0 Chemical Warfare Service . . . . 315 0.8 Corps of Engineers.....

War Department-sponsored . ... Ordnance Department .......... 777 2.0 Production Division, Hq, Army Command (War Department-owned Service Forces ..........

and leased) 37,142 96.3

Industrial (War Department-owned Army Air Forces tactical and training 1,370 3.6 and leased) . 1,433 3.7 Army Air Forces storage 5,114 13.3 Army Air Forces.............. 341 0.9 Army Air Forces miscellaneous . . 4,187 10.9 Chemical Warfare Service . 315 0.8 Ground and Service Forces training 589 1.5 Corps of Engineers. . . Service Forces storage. .. 6,654 17.3 Ordnance Department...... .. . . 777 2.0 Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous 9,117 23.6 Industrial (War Department- General Hospitals..... ........... 1,969 5.1 sponsored) . . b Harbor Defenses....... . 131 0.3 Army Air Forces. ....... b National Cemeteries ...... .0 0.0 Ordnance Department . ....... b Ports of Embarkation and Staging Areas 7,884 20.4 Production Division, Hq, Army Prisoner of War Camps.. ...... 127 0.3 Service Forces... ........ i

a/ Represents annual rental costs of facilities entirely leased and of leased portions of other War Department facili- ties. Some leased properties were not included. See explanatory notes at end of section.

1 Less than $500 or .05 percent.
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Table OR-24-Number, cost, acreage, and annual rental cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities, by state:

30 September 1945 2/

Number Ct 'crsAnnual rental

oaiite (thousands (thousands) (thousands

faoitef dollars) of dollars)

State______________

Number Percent JAount Percent Number Percent Amount Percent

Total ....... .. .. ....

Alabama...... .. .. .. .. . Arizona......... ....

Arkansas. .. ..... ....

California....... . .. .. ..

Colorado ... Connecticut...... ..... Delaware. ............ District of Columbia... .. ...

Florida. ... ...... .. . Georgia. ... ...... .. . Idaho.......... .. .. Illinois......... .. .. .

Indiana .. ...........

Iowa.............

Kansas. ............ .. .. . Kentucky...... .. .. . ... .

Louisiana .

Maine . .

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan ..

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri ..

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada.

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio.. ..

Oklahoma

Oregon .

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

-nnessee

Texas . .

Utah.....

Vermont ..

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin .

Wyoming ..

3,621

79

104

36

360

35

18

28

18

205

109

21

.108

68

22

76

39

70

38

47

148.

106

21

74

57

13

64

10

15

102

108

198

63

3 115

58

42

107

27

81

22

50

331

26

6

112

108

15

36

22

100.0

2.2

3.0

1.0

9.9

1..0

0.5

0,8

0.5

5.7

3.0

0.6

3.0

1.9

0.6

2.1

1.1

1.9

1.0

1.3

4.1

2.9

0.6

2.0

1.6

0.3

1.8

0.3

0.4

2.8

3.0

5.4

1.7

0.1

2.9

0.7

2.2

0.6

1.4

9.1

0.7

0.2

3.1

3.0

0.4.

1.0'

0.6

$14,340,113

378,136

158,155

238, 897

808, 240

267,759

44,375

35,070

50,614

306,824

333,065

33,657

916, 311

770,111

142,117

488,937

233,525

288,602

37,713

310,837

320,734

658,465

225,059

233,845

458,425

42,107

226,404

164,163

9,848

394,535

105,211

'731,548

222,539

108

686,185

317,389

123, 561

437,760

15,605

124,964

64,928

394,240

1,209,287

167,683

6,512

463,890

252,088

123,235

281,403

35,447

100.0

2.6

1.1

1.7

5.6

1.9

.0.3

0.2

0.4

2.1

2.3

0.2

6.4

5.4

1.0

3.4

1.6

2.0

0.3

2.2

2.2

4.6

1.6

1.6

3.2

0.3

1.6

1.1

0.1

2.8

0.7

5.1

1.6

2/4.8

2.2

0.9

3.0

0.1

0.9

0.5

2.7

8.4

1.2

0.1

3.2

1.7

0.9

2.0

0.2

29,928

248

5,839

218

2,042

810

2

13

5

1,280

704

652

173

178

33

220

299

334

14

113

142

83

20

283

184

40

209

3,464

5

66

1,282

211

296

2

69

244

2,110

91

2

276

783

236

2,158

2,210

14

385

773

411

75

627

100.0

0.8

19.5

0.7

6.8

2.7

2/

2/

4.3

2.4

2.2

0.6

0.6

0.1

0.7

1.0

1.1

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.9

0.6

0.1

0.7

11.6

2'

0.2

4.3

0.7

1.0

2 0.2

0.8

7.1

2/0.3

0.9

2.6

0.8

7.2

97.4

1.3

2.6

1.4

0.3

2.1

$38,5751

129

144

1,330

5,690

132

60

6

76

3,730

748

5

2,057

136

42

627

115

483

5 604

2,195

2,113

94

41

636

7 310

2/

1

4,39431 6,090

1,022

7 1,582

101

264

1,306

131

98

25

185

909

82

0

215

650

46

5

2/ Eixcludes War Department-owned and

explanatory notes at end of section.

Ecludes annual rental costs. 2 Less then $500 or .05 percent.

sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants. See

64

100.0

0.3

0.4

3.4

14.9

0.3

0.2

J0.2

9.7

1.9

2 5.3

0.4

0.1

1.6

0.3

1.3

2' 1.6

5.7

5.5

0.2

0.1

1.6

0.8

11.*1

0.1

15.8

2.6

2 4.1

0.3

0.7

3.4

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.5

2.3

.0.20

0.6

1.7

0.1

2' 2'

..........

..........

..........
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY

Table CR-25--Housing capacity for military personnel

ties of the War Department by type of facility and

continental U. S.: 30 September 1945 /

at commend faciliby type of housing,

(In thousands of spaces)

Enlisted personnel

Officer Type of housing Type of facility Total personnel Total

Perma- Mobili- of Hut- T o - Prmmeof Tent nent zation ment fied

Total .... .......... 5,683 475 5,208 204 2,141 1,497 668 203 495

Army Air Forces tactical end training 1,255 145 1,110 38 418 592 42 20 0 Army Air Forces storage... ..... .108 11 97 J / h/ bJ b 97 Army Air Forces miscellaneous.. ..... 310 51 259 17 98 127 12 5 0 Ground and Service Forces training . 2,964 165 2,799 85 1,468 569 586 91 0 Service Forces storage .... ........ 84 7 77 b J b J J 77 General Hospitals.. ......... 80 21 59 9 20 28. 2 0 Ground end Service Forces miscelleneous 169 9 160 29 54 51 6 20 0 Harbor Defenses... .............. 101 4 97 20 40 23 10 4 0 Forts of Enbarkation end Staging Areas 352 31 321 / I/ h/ J 321 Prisoner of War Camps.......... 260 31 229 6 43 107 10 63 0

a/ Housing capacity shown above is "over-all housing capacity" (which is defined in War Department Circular 321 (1944)

as originally designed. See explanatory notes at end of section.

bJ Data by type of housing not available.

J Less then 500.

Table CR-26--Storage capacity at War Department commend facilities by

type of facility end type cf storage, continental U. S.:

30 September 1945 J/

(In thousands of square feet)

Covered space Open space

Type of facility Ttal

Total Warehouse Shed Igloo and Total Hard- Unsur- magazine stending faced

Total..... .. ......... 1,141,630 368,191 b h/ / 773,439 bY'

Army Air Forces tactical end training . 101,923 26,864 J 75,059 b./ Army Air Forces storage. . ........ 130,723 70,145 64,414 5,676 55 60,578 33,432 27,146

Army Air Forces miscellaneous.. ...... 55,076 7,774 J / / 47,302 bI bi Ground end Service Forces training 245,692 48,375 h/ J W 197,317 bI Service Forces storage. .. .473,607 168,882 129,543 13,526 25,813 304,725 175,605 129,120 Ground end Service Forces miscelleneous 35,931 4,656 31, 275 Ports of Ekbarkation end Staging Areas 77,632 33,634 b 43,998

Prisoner of War Camps.. ...... ..... 10,317 2,257 b 8,060 b Harbor Defenses........ ...... 4,113 2,531 1,582 b/ General Hospitals. .. ............ 6,616 3,073 J J 3,543

A/ See explanatory notes at end of section. 2/Data not available.

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CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-27--Cost, acreage and annual rental cost of leased space of ten War Department command facilities representing largest cost to the Government, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945 a/

Cost to Government -ce nst (thousands of dollars) Aceinst

Name and location _____ _____ Annual

of rental

facility of

Total Land Con- Total Owned Leased leases

struction

The Pentagon

Arlington, Va. . 78,079 $2,213 $~75,866 559 559 0 0 Camp Hood

'Camp HoodTax. 75,965 3,843 72,122 158,707 158,579 128 $~2,101

Fort Bragg

Fayetteville, N. 0,.. . 55,807 2,695 53,112 129,422 126,547 2,875. 3,025 Fabrt Dix"

Fort Dix, N. J.... ........ 54,493 2,551 51,942 26,719 26,719 0 0

Fort ..Knox

Fort Knox, Ky.... ....... 49,777 6,104 43,673 107,148 107,148 0 0

Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard, Mo.. . 49,548 1,459 48,089. 95,169 94,997 172; 722

Wright Field

Dayton, Ohio. ... ....... 48,817 452 48,365 2,191 2,190 1 1,800

Camp Campbell,,

Camp Campbell, Ky... ...... 48,519 4,719 43,800 102,418 102,418 0 0

Aberdeen Proving Grounds

d....... .... 46 4bree; ,2 69 4,464 41,805 72,880 70,881 1, 999 5,400

Camp Shanks

Orangeburg, N. J. ... ..... 45,527 1,257. 44,270 2,009 1,334 675 2,010

J/ Data represent costs as recorded on 30 September 1945, some of which were subsequently modified. See explanatory

notes at end of section.

b/ Excludes rental costs of leases.

* Table CR-28--Number and cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored

machine tools and production equipment facilities 1boated in private

plants, by agency, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945 A/

__________________________(Cost. in thousands .Q±' dollars.). ________________

War Department-sponsored

War Department- War Department- Defense Plant 'Corporation Totalownedsponsored andalleaed Bkergenoy Plant

Facliie WarDearten War Department Agepoy.und a edtmn usiiie contingent fundsused liability only

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost

Total..... .* 4,865 $1,024,544 4,357 $623,755 14 *15,182 284 $291,602 210 $94,005

Army Air Foroes. .. ..... 245 298,816 7 16,659 3 12,582 199 237,950 36 31,625 Army Ser'vice Fors Chemical Warfare Servios. 325 18,491 323 17,308 0 '0 1 1,103 1 80

Corp of gieers s 109 10,253 104 9,214 0 0 3 815 2 224

Orddemnoe D part nt' . 3136 615,291 3,078 570, 067 1.1. 2,600 2 .24,441. 27 18,) Production Div, Hq, ASP 144 43,480 0 0, 0 0 8 3,429. 136 401T

Qurtermast*& Corps. .. 739 5,523 736 5,154 0 0 1 188 2 181

,Signal Co0rps ........ 133 25,462 80 1,553 0 0 50 23,446 3 463

Treipctation Corps .. 34 7,228 29. 3,800 0 0 2 230 3 3xl98

i,/ See explanatory motes at end of seotion.

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CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 67

Table CR-29--Number of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by type of facility, continental U.S.: 31 March 1944 -

31 December 1946 /

Type of facility 31 30 30 31 31 30 30 31 31 30 31

and Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Dec

ownership 1944 1944' 1944, 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1946 1946 1946

Total ... . ........... ... 2,462 3,408 3,655 3,607 3,628 3,608 3,621 3,352 3,224" 3,009 2,718

War Department-owned and leased . . .. 2,003 ' 2,907 3,152 3,215 3,230 3,250 3,257 3,255 3,147 2,950 2,664

War Department-aponsored ... ....... 459 501 503. 392 398 358 364 97 77 59 54

Command - Total (all War Department-owned

and leased)....... 1,830;. 2,715. 2,947 2,963 2,973 2,997 2,996 2,997 2,905 2,804 2,552

Army Air Forces tactical end training 911, 1,098 1,139 1,126 1,029 987 948 929 921 919 877

Army Air Forces storage ... ...... 70. 96 97 108 103 133 130 133 125 117 107

Army Air Forces miscellaneous ..... 101 200 246. 286 408'' 423 437 455 437 425 391

Ground and Service Forces training . 185. 250 247. 251 242 235 231 231 221 213 199

Service Forces storage.144' 182 215 218 210 211 210 212 206 196 169

Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous 95, 289 311 258 251 252 259 253 213 204 . 172

General Hospitals... .......... 60 64 64 66 68 68 67 66 65 63 48

Harbor Defenses.. ............ 151, 272 313 305 292 1 289 297 298 294' 271 252

National Cemeteries.. ......... 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 113

Ports of Embarkation and Staging Areas 74 98 108 119 132 135 137 138 139 129 107

Prisoner of War camps. ............ 39, 52 93 112 124' 150 166 168 170 153 U7

Industrial - Total.............. 632' 693 708 644 655 611 625 355 319 205 166

Army Air Forces. .......... 311 336 338 250 250 227 231 101 92 70, 64

Chemical Warfare Service ..... 19' 19 25 28 31 31 33 29 25 20 21

Corps of Engineers ... .... 9 12 22. 23 24 24 28 27 28 20 15

Ordnance Department.. ........ 237 260 254 287 2541 238 247 189 168 89 60

Production Division, Hq, ASF .0 0 0 0 40. 38 35 0 0 0 0

Quartermaster Corps.. .......... 5 6 6 5 5' 5 6 5 5 3 3 Signal Corps. ............... 51 56 58; 45 46 44 41 3 0 3 3

Transportation Corps . ........ . 0 4 5' 6 5 4 4 1 1 0 0

War Department-owned and leased . . . 173": 192 205' 252 257; 253 261 258 242 146 112

Army Air Forces. .. ......... 23 28 33 33 32: 34 35 35 34 27 24

Chemical Warfare Service ...... 19 19 25' 28 29 28 30 29 25 20 21

Corps of Engineers .... ... 6 6 16 17 17' 17 18 19 22. 14 9

Ordnance Department... ....... ... .121 135 128' 170 174' 169 174 170 156' 83 56

QuartermasterCorps .... ......... 3 3 2 2. 2 2. 3 4 4 2 2

Signal Corps.... ..... 1 1 0: 0 l { 2 0 0 0 0 0

Transportation Corps.... ........ 0 0 l 2 2' 1: 1 1 1 0 0

War Department-sponsored:

Emergency Plant Facilities . . . 13 18 21: 26 25 21 21 21 22 15. 13

Army AirForces..... .......... 12 15 14 14 14; 10, 10 10 10 8 7

Corps of Engineers ........ . o.l 3 3 3 3. 3 3 3 3 3 4

Ordnance Department ... ...... . . 1 0 4 9 8 8. 8 8 9 4 2

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department funds ... . ....... 318: 349 359, 256: 264 244 248 68 5) 42: 39

Army Air Forces............ 222 239 243 161.: 162 147 150 53 45. 34: 32

Chemial Warfare Service 0 0, 0 0 2 3 3 0 0. 0 0

Corps of Engineers ........... .. 0 2' 21 21 3 3 4 2-1 2 2 1 Ordnance Department... ........ 54 56 49 52 49 50 9 3 2 2

Production Division, Hq, ASP . 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Quartermaster Corps... ........ 1' 2. 3 2 2' 2. 2 1 1 1 1

Signal Corps .... .... 46 51; 55 42 42 39 38 3 0 3 3

Transportation Corps. . ... o 1: 0 0 0: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department contingent liability 1281 134 123 11 109: 93, 95. 8 4 2 2

Army Air Forces........... 54 54. 48 42 42 36 36 3 3 1 1

Corps of Engineers. .. . 31 1 1 2 1 1 3. 3 1 1 1

Ordnance Department........... 661 71 66 59 20 12 15 2 0 0 0

Production Division, Hq, ASP . . ol 0. 0 0: 39 37 34i 0 0 0

Quartermaster Corps .... ... . . . 1' 1 1 1 1 1. 0 q D 0 Signal Corps 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0

Transportation Corps. . ....... . 0 3 4 4 3 3 31 0 0 0 0

A/ Excludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants. See

explanatory notes at end of section,

p Data not available.
68 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-3--Cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by type of facility, continentsl U.S.: 31 Msrch 1944 - 31 December 1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Type of facility 31 30 30 31 31 30 and March June September December March June ownership 1944 1/ 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945

Total...... ............ $13,641,755 $14,222,592 $14,215,576 $14,149,518 $14,347,596 $14,261,206

War Department-owned and leased . . . 10,942,203 11,039,891 11,090,360 11,218,220 11,329,926 11,405,416 War Department-sponsored.... ..... 2,699,552 3,182,701 3,125,216 2,931,298 3,017,670 2,855,790

Command - Total (all War Departmentowned and leased) .. ..... ... .... 6,791,483 6,826,285 7,011,237 7,043,725 7,121,835 7,202,045

Army Air Forces tactical and training 2,510,862 2,503,797 2,507,086 2,396,824 2,128,481 2,066,263 Army Air Forces miscellaneous . .. 30,223 22,688 36,961 121,854 414,297 437,618

Army Air Forces storage. ........ 315,300 322,491 340,440 370,768 377,495 458,259 Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous 105,604 118,729 147,932 185,233 168,427 169,842 Ground and Service Forces training . 2,380,671 2,378,816 2,373,019 2,321,606 2,266,468 2,282,716

Service Forces storage ...... 776,127. 774,440 842,667 850,615 865,788 886,105 General Hospitals ....... ......... 195,196 215,434 216,467 224,039 231,705 236,497 Harbor Defenses. .... . 108,115 113,720 124,713 113,570 113,967 113,792 National Cemeteries . "772 772 774 770 770

Ports of Ebarkation and Staging Areas 310,626 315,952 359,118 393,093 455,494 448,887

Prisoner of War camps..........58,759 59,446 62,062 65,349 98,943 101,296

Industrial - Total...............6,850,272 7,396,307 7,204,339 7,105,793 7,225,761 7,059,161

Army Air Forces. ......... 2,643,090 3,062,551 2,971,310 2,821,051 2,906,391 2,763,173 c0hemical Warfare Service ...... 228,612 223,934 247,261 246,557 242,498 244,613

Corps of Engineers . . . ... 44,934 43,556 130,261 136,762 136,928 104,389 Ordnance Department. ...... .. 3,873,502 3,995,771 3,784,809 3,838,151 3,833,732 3,846,620

Production Division, jq, ASF . . 0 0 0 0 40,928 39,618

Quartermaster Corps............ 4, 573 4,731 5,310 3,562 3,889 4,087

Signal Corps ............ . . 55,561 64,813 58,641 52,630 54,475 55,336 Transportation Corps 0 951 6,747 7,080 6,920 1,325

War Department-owned and leased . . . . 4,150,720 4,213,606 4,079,123 4,174,495 4,208,091 ' 4,203,371

Army Air Forces. ........... 346,830 340,260 332,686 346,657 338,963 374,376

Chemical Warfare Service .... 228,612 223,934 247,261 246,557 242,226 243,090

Corps of Engineers ......... 43,735 41,700 128,295 134,774 134,388 101,801

Ordnance Department . ....... .... 3,522,100 3,596,697 3,361,362 3,437,298 3,482,971 3,479,654

Quartermaster Corps . . ... . .3,997 3,997 3,726 3,096 3,097 3,097

Signal Corps..... .. .... 5,446 7,018 0 0 515 .1,022

Transportation Corps 0 0 5,793 6,113 5,931 331

War Department-sponsored:

Emergency Plant Facilities . .. 84,974 160,583 135,603 142,419 143,687 106,398

Army Air Forces ... ...... .. 84,722 160,128 127,062 128,851 130,103 92,844

Corps of Engineers 0....... 0 455 535 535 535 535

Ordnance Department.........252 0 8,006 13,033 13,049 13,019

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department funds ..... .... .1,992,913 2,354,528 2,351,668 2,153,463 2,194,931 2,183,139

Army-Air Forces.. .......... 1,736,284 2,042,734 2,026,478 1,858,996 1,909,060 1,859,0 38

Chemical Warfare Service . . 0 0 ' 0 0 272 1, 523

Corps of Engineers .... 0 250 248' 248 747 747

Ordnance Department......... .. 209,613 256,479 268,369, 244,845 233,709 270,177

Production Division Hq, ASF . . . 0 0 0' 0 157 157

Quartermaster Corps.... ........ 288 446 1,285. 158 479 ' 677

Signal Corps. ........ .. 4...6,728 54,350 55,288 49,216 50,507 50,820

Transportation Corps . . .. . 0 269 0 0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department contingent liability 621,665: 667,590. 637,945. 635,416 ' 679,052 566,253

Army Air Forces.... ....... 475,254 519,429 485,084 486,547. 528,265 436,915

Corps of Engineers....... 1,199: 1,151 1,183 1,205; 1,258 1,306

Ordnance Department ........ 141,537 142,595 147,072 142,975 104,003 83,770

Production Division, lq, AS .. . 0 0 0 0 40,771 39,461

Quartermaster Corps ..... . .... 288 288 299 308; 313 313

Signal Corps . . 3,387 3,445 3,353 3,414 3,453 3,494

Transportation Corps . 0. 682 954 967. 989 994

W, See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 69

Table CR30--Cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by type of facility, continental U.S.: 31 March 1944 - 31 Decembar 1946 a - Conluded

(In thousands of dollars)

30 31 31 30 31 Type of facility September December March June December and

1945 1945 1946 1946 1946 ownership

$14,340,113 $12,908,833 $12,450,353 $11,715,853 $11,133,414 _Total

11,529,441 11,490,166 11,583,084 10,936,969 10,427,847 War Department-owned and leaaed

2,810,672 1,418,667 867,269 778,884 705, 567 War Department-sponsored

Command - Total (all War Department- 7,295,558 7,314,790 7,368,378 7,468,928 7,478,859 owned and leased)

2,008, 211 1,877,185 1,867,760 1,904,310 1,889,061 Army Air Forces tactical and training

510,341 630,669. 631,357 577,063 596,147 Army Air Forces miscellaneous

473,055 504,371 505,156. 568. 551 620,847' Army Air Forces storage

'214,846 215,366 226,884 214,201 '253,102' Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous

2,262, 580 2,228,870 2,224,615 2,221,603 2,176, 576 Ground and Service Forces training

905,083 934,704 971,186 1,077,853 1,125,472 Service Forces storage

244,531 247,938 243,211 231,646 181,873 General Hospitals

126,598 128,545 135,906 128,991 130,568 Harbor Defenses

770 770 770 770 770 National Cemeteries

449,357 445,704 , 453,828 445,648 470,124 Ports of Enbarkation and Staging Areas

100,186 100,668 107,705 98,292 34,319 Prisoner of War camps

7,044,555 5,594,043 5,081,975 4,246,925 3,654,555 Industrial - Total

2,742,311 1,659,552 1,200,459 1,042,497 963,703 Army Air Forces

249,693 247,521 248,965 245,069 210,561 Chemioal Warfare Service

108,053 104,543 101,561 94,170 33,760 Corps of Engineers

3,854,504. 3,549,795 3,506,954 2,852,612 2,435,185 Ordnance Department

34,986 0 0 ' 0 0 Production Division, Hq, ASF

5,517 23,841 23,705 4,100 2,869 Quartermaster Corps

48,166 8,460 0 8,477 8,477 Signal Corps

1,325 331 331 0 0. Transportation Corps

4,233,883 4,175,376 4,214,706 3,468,041 2,948,988 O

4

ar Department-owned and leased

381,481 381,388 .374,719 300,557 288,278 Army Air Forces

24,40 247,521 248,965 245,069 210,561 Chemical Warfare Service

98,865 95,887 94,811 87,421 29,681 Corps of Engineers

3,500,286 3,426,997 3,472,765 2,831,484 .. 2,418,189 Ordnance Department

4,519 23,252 23,115 3,510 2,279 Quartermaster Corps

0 0 0 0 0 Signal Corps

331 331 331 0. 0 Transportation Corps

War Department-sponsored:

107.860 108,155 111,003 108,812 96,540 Energency Plant Facilities

94,035 94,330 93,947 102,497 91,685 Army Air Forces

535 535 535 535 3,20'? Corps of Engineers

13,290 13,290 16,521 5,780' 1,648 Ordnance Department

Defense Plant Corporation with War'

2,133,651 1,261,658 733,719 647,981 586,936 Department funds

1,829,009 1,162,101 709,990 618,096 562,393 Army Air Fordes

1,292' 0 0 0 0 Chemical Warfare Service

6,089 5,470 5,470 5,470 128 Corps of Engineers

251,759 85,038 17,669 15,348 15,348 Ordnance Department

157, 0 0 0 0 Production Division, Hq, ASF

685 589 590 590 590 Quartermaster Corps

44,660 8,460 0 8,477 8,477 Signal Corps

0 0 0 0 0 Transportation Corps

Defense Plant Corporation with War

569,161. 48,854 22, 547 22,091. 22,091 Department contingent liability

437,786 21,733 21,803 21,347 21,347 Army Air Forces

2,564 2,651 744 744 744 Corps of Engineers

89,169 24,470 0 0 0 Ordnance Department

34,829 0 0 0 0 Production Division, Hq, ASF

313 0 0 0 0 Quartermaster Corps

3,506 0 0 0 0 Signal Corps

994 0 0 0' 0 Transportation Corps

,/ Excludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants and r'ental costs of all leases., See explanatory notes at end of section.

J Data not available for National Cemeteries.
70, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table OR-31--Nunber and cost of War Departmant-ownd, leasad and sponsored facilities by typa of facility and by type of coat, continental U.S.: 30 Septambar 1945 _/

(Costs in thousands of dollars)

Cost

Number of

facilities

Total Land Type of facility and ownership

Percent Number Percent Amount Percent Amount of

total

Total. . ....... ... .. . . . .3,621 100.0 $14,340,113 100.0 12/

War Department-owned and leased ... 3,257 89.9 11,529,441 80.4 $359,277 3.1 War Department-sponsored 364 10.1 2,810,672 19.6 /

Command - Total (all War Departmentowned and leased) .. 2,996 82.7 7,295,558 50.9 279,110 3.8 Army Air Forces tactical and \training 948 26.2 2,008,211 14.0 39,448 2.0 Asmy Air Forces Forces storage 130 3.6 473,055 3.3 10,817 2.3 Army Air Forces miscellaneous . . . 437 12.1 510,341 3.6 11,449 2.2 Ground and Service Forces training . 231 6.4 2,262,580 15.8 110,325 4.9 Service Forces storage ........ 210 5.8 905,083 6.3 36,338 4.0 Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous 259 7.1 214,846 1.5 16,736 7.8 General Hospitals.... ...... . 67 1.8 244,531 1.7 11,399 4.7 Harbor Defenses... . ..... 297 8.2 126,598 0.9 11,997 9.5 National Cemeteries.114 3.1 770 / 770 100.0 Ports of Embarkation and Staging Areas 137 3.8 449,357 3.1 28,947 6.4 Prisoner of War camps ......... 166 4.6 100,186 0.7 884 0.9

Industrial 

Army Air 

- Total 

Forces 

.. 

.. ... 

......

....... 

625 17.3 7,044,555 49.1 W 231 6.4 2,742,311 19.1 / Chemical Warfare Service 33 0.9 249,693 1.7 b Corps of Engineers.28 0.8 108,053 0.8 Ordnance Department. ......... 247 6.8 3,854,504 26.9 b Production Division, Hq, ASF. 35 1.0 34,986 0.3 Quartermaster Corps.. ........ 6 0.2 5,517 / Signal Corps... .... ... . . .41 1.1 48,166 0.3 Transportation Corps 4 0.1 1,325

War Department-owned and leased . . . . 261 7.2 4,233,883 29.5 80,167 1.9 Army Air Forces.. .. .......... 35 1.0 381,481 2.7 3,517 0.9 Chemical Warfare Service 30 0.8 248,401 1.7 3,734 1.5 Corps of Engineers. . ...... 18 0.5 98,865 0.7 4,934 5.0 Ordnance Department ............. 174 4.8 3,500,286 24.4 67,940 1.9 Quartermaster Corps... ........... 3 0.1 4,519 J 42 0.9 Transportation Corps 1 / 331 0 0

War Department-sponsored:

Emergency Plant Facilities . .. . 21 0.6 107,860 0.7 335 0.3 Army Air Forces...........10 0.3 94,035 0.6 322 0.3 Corps of Engineers 3 0.1 535 0 0 Ordnance Department .... .... 8 0.2 13,290 0.1 13 0.1

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department funds I/ . .. . 248 6.8 2,133,651 14.9 25,809 1.2 Army Air Forces... .. ... 150 4.1 1,829,009 12.7 21,260 1.2 Chesical Warfare Service 3 0.1 1,292 / 13 1.0 Corps of Engineers 4 0.1 6,089 0.1 48 0.8 Ordnance Department . . ......... 50 1.4 251,759 1.8 3,447 1.4 Production Division, Hq, ASF . . 1 J 157 J 1 0.6 Quartermaster Corps....................2 0.1 685 / 15 2.2 Signal Corps ..... ... 38 1.0 44,660 0.3 1,025 2.3

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Dept contingent liability / 95 2.7 569,161 4.0 15,414 2.7 Army Air Forces.......... .36 1.0 437,786 3.1 12,911 3.0

Corps of Engineers . ... . 3 0.1 2,564 J 43 1.7

Ordnance Department....... ... 15 0.4 89,169 0.6 1,353 1.5

Production Division, Hq, AS . . 34 1.0 34,829 0.3 740 2.1

Quartermaster Corps..............1 / 313 / 22 7.0 Signal Corps ... ..... 31 0.1 3,506 222 6.3

Transportation Corps 3 0.1 994 / 123 12.4

a/ Excludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants and

rental costs of all leases. See explanatory notes at end of section.

h/ Totals and subtotals not applicable because of difference in cost distributions between War Departmsent-owned and

Defense Plant Corporation facilities.

Continued on next page
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 71

Table CR-3l--Number and cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by type of facility and by type of cost, continental U.S.: 30 Septembar 1945 -/ - Concluded

(Coats in thousands of dollars)

to Government

Construction Equipment and Other production machinery Type of facility and ownership

Percent Percent Percent Amount of Amount of Amount of

total total total

J J J J J J Total

$9,414,985 81.7 $1,244,987 10.8 $510,192 4.4 War Department-owned and leased bi J J J War Department-sponsored

Command - Total (all War Department- 7,016,448 96.2 0 0 0 0 owned and leased) 1,966,763 98.0 0 0 0 0 Army Air Forces tactical end training 462,238 97.7 0 0 0 0 Army Air Forces storage

498,892 97.8 0 0 0 0 Army Air Forces miscellaneous 2,152,255 95.1 0 0 0 0 Ground and Service Forces training

868,745 96.0 0 0 0 0 Service Forces storage

198,110 92.2 0 0 0 0 Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous

233,132 95.3 0 0 0 0 General Hospitals

114,601 90.5 0 0 0 0 Harbor Defenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 National Cemeteries 420,410 93.6 0 0 0 0 Ports of Enbarkation and Staging Areas 99,302 99.1 0 0 0 0 Prisoner of War camps

bJ hiIndustrial - Total

hi bJ12J b/ Army Air Forces i hi bJ Chemical Warfare Service

i J hJ b J Corps of Engineers i U/ J J J h. Ordnance Department

b i Ji h h h Production Division, Hq, ASF

i i i h hi h Quartermaster Corps i hi hi h bJ hi Signal Corps

h hi h hi h Transportation Corps

2,398,537 56.7 1,244,987 29.4 510,192 12.0 War Department-owned and leased

274,220 71.9. 86,515 22.7 17,229 4.5 Army Air Forces

170,053 68.5 56,592 22.8 18,022 7.2 Chemical Warfare Service

6 ,114 66.9 22,411 22.4 5,606 5.7 Corps of Engineers

1,885,037 53.9 1,078,224 30.8 469,085 13.4 Ordnance Department

2,966 65.7 1,261 27.9 250 5.5 Quartermaster Corps

147 44.4 184 55.6 0 0 Transportation Corps

War Department-sponsored:

54,770 50.8 48,191 44.7 4,564 4.2 Emergency Plant Facilities

48,387 51.5 41,572 44.2 3,754 4.0 Army Air Forces

535 100.0 0 0 0 0 Corps of Engineers

5,848 44.0 6,619 49.8 810 6.1 Ordnance Department

Defense Plant Corporation with War

717,386 33.6 1,378,403 64.6 12,053 0.6 Department funds ~ 609,874 33.3 1,188,885 65.0 8,990 0.5 Army Air Forces

851 65.9 428 33.1 0 0 Chemical Warfare Service

3,618 59.4 2,423 39.8 0 0 Corps of Engineers

82,862 32.9 162,703 64.6 2,747 1.1 Ordnance Department

63 40.1 93 59.3 0 0 Production Division, Hq, ASF

385 56.2 285 41.6 0 0 Quartermaster Corps

19,733 44.2 23,586 52.8. 316 0.7 Signal Corps

Defense Plant Corporation with War

251,701 44.2 288,552 50.7 13,494 2.4 Dept contingent liability / 212,923 48.6 198,767 45.4 13,185 3.0 Army Air Forces

536 20.9 1,974 77.0 11 0.4 Corps of Engineers

26,754 30.0 60,790 68.2 272 0.3 Ordnance Department

8,655 24.8 25,412 73.0 22 0.1 Production Division,'Hq, ASF

115 36.8 176 56.2 0 0 Quartermaster Corps

2,096 59.8 1,184 33.8 4 0.1 Signal Corps

622 62.6 249 25.0 0 0 Transportation Corps

ci Less than 0.05 percent. Cost distributions not identical with those for War Department-owned or Emergency Plant Facilities. Equivalent

cost distributions for Defense Plant Corporation Facilities are: land and improvements; buildings; machinery

and equipment, portable tools and automotive equipment; other.
72 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-32--Number of acres at War Departient-owned, leased and

sponsored facilities by type of facility, continental U.S.:

30 September 1945 A

Owned Leased

Type of facility and ownership Total

Percent Percent

of total of total

Total ........... ........... .. .. 29,928,041 25,179,736 841 4,748,305 15.9

War Department-owned and leased. ..... 29,881,779 25,134,977 84.1 4,746,802 15.9

War Department-sponsored ..... ........ 46,262 44,759 96.8 1,503 3.2

Command - Total (all War Department-owned

and leased). ........... . .. 29,102,631 24,367,640 83.7 4,734,991 16.3

Army Air Forces tactical and training . 18,170,035 15,499,470 85.3 2,670,565 14.7 Army Air Forces storage.... .......... 91,218 71,182 78.0 20,036 22.0 Army Air Forces miscellaneous .......... 1,437,740 569,191 39.6 868,549 60.4 Ground ond Service Forces training . . 8,135,967 7,287,124 89.6 848,843 10.4 Service Forces storage. . ..... 474,328 459,887 97.0 14,441 3.0

Ground and Service Forces miscellaneous 551,744 319,972 58.0 231,772 42.0

General Hospitals .. ...... 19,583 16,766 85.6 2,817 14.4

Harbor Defenses . ..... 63,327 54,016 85.3 9,311 14.7

National Cemeteries ... . .. 2,276 2,276 100.0 0 0

Ports of Ehbarkation and Staging Areas 76,508 58,362 76.3 18,146 23.7

Prisoner of War camps ....... ... . .79,905 29,394 36.8 50,511 63.2

Industrial - Total .............. . 825,410 812,096 98.4 13,314 1.6

Army Air Forces ... ............... 56,312 51,201 90.9 5,111 9.1

Chemical Warfare Service 55,687 53,441 96.0 2,246 .4.0

Corps of Engineers........... . . 17,192 17,091 99.4 101 0.6

Ordnance Department .. ...... .. .. 695,597 689,770 99.2 5,827 0.8

Production Division, Hq, ASF .85 . 85 73 85.9 12 14.1

Quartermaster Corps1... . ....... 14 14 100.0 0 0

Signal Corps. ........ ... ... 386 366 100.0 0 0

Transportrtion Corps . .. .. 137 120 87.6 17 12.4

War Department-owned and leased . . 779,148 767,337 98.5 11,811 1.5

Army Air Forces .. ............ . 12,777 9,132 71.5 3,645 28.5

Chemical Wrrfare Service 55,682 53,436 96.0 2,246 4.0

Corps of Engineers. ... .. 17,164 17,063 99.4 101 0.6

Ordnance Department. .......... 693,515 687,696 99.2 5,819 0.8

Quartermaster Corps. . ...... 10 10 100.0 0 0

Transportation Corps ... 0 0 0 0 0

War Department-sponsored:

Emergency Plant Facilities . . 1,127 1,075 95.4 52 4.6

Army Air Forces. .......... .1,127 1,075 95.4 52 4.6

Corps of Engineers . . . .. . 0 0 0 0 0

Ordnance Department . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War 87.7 1,372 12.3 Department funds ......... 11,111 9,739

Army Air Forces.... ...... 9,047 7,683 84.9 1,364 15.1

Chemical Warfare Service 5 5 100.0 0 0

Corps of Engineers . . . .. 11 11 100.0 0 0

Ordnance Department.. ... ......... 1,722 1,714 99.5 8 0.5

Production Division, Hq, ASP . . . 0 0 0 0 0

Quartermaster Corps . . . .. 2 2 100.0 0 0

Signal Corps...... ... .. ..... 324 324 100.0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department contingent liability 34;024 33,945 99.8 79 0.2

Army Air Forces ..... ... 33,361 33,311 99.9 50 0.1

Corps of Engineers 317 17 100.0 0 0

Ordnance Department .. .. 360 85". 360 100.0 0 0

Production Division, Hq, ASP 85 73 85.9 12 14.1

Quartermaster Corps . . 2 2 100.0 0 0

Signal Corps. . ........ 62 62 100.0 0 0

Transportation Corps 137 120 87.6 17 12.4

~ See explanatory notes at end of section.
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 73

Table CR-33--Number, cost, acreage, and annual rental cost of command

facilities of the War Department by state, continental U. S.:

30 September 1945 J

Cost to Government /

(thousands of. dollars) Acres Number

State of rennal rental facilities Con- Total Land struction Total Owned Leased

Total......2,996 $7,295,558 $279,110 $7,016,448 29,1)2,631 24,367,640 4,734,991 $37,141,693

Alabcma. . 65 169,273 6,731 162,542 205,238 190,166 15,072 124,435

Arizona......... . . ... 102 149,339 800 148,539 5,836,814 5,710,566 126,248 138,728

Arkansas . . .. ..... . 31 100,085 5,482 94,603 144,385 141,882 2,503 1,329,883

California. ....... ... 326 696,038 26,658 669,380 2,040,465 1,964,326 76,139 5,647,428

Colorado. ........ 31 189,059 1,417 187,642 787,027 674,334 112,693 126,063

Connecticut ..... 9 10,201 119 10,082 2,487 471 2,016 60,039

Delaware. . ........ 26 33,347 418 32,929 13,070 10,244 2,826 5,668

District of Columbia . . 17 46,861 2,851 44,010 5,450 5,402 48 76,112

Florida............. 205 306,824 6,883, 299,941 1,280,325 801,632 478,693 3,730,283

Georgia. ........ . 107 287,179 15,117 272,062 700,355 581,575 118,780 748,345

Idaho.... ..... 21 33,657 108 33,549 652,065 95,178 556,887 4,843

Illinois..... ........ 53 130,982 8,884 122,098 83,704 83,079 625 1,894,553

Indiana . . 33 104,831 5,631 99,200 60,727 58,524 2,203 120,321

Iowa .......... 17 28,188 874 27,314 8,439 6,186 2,253 41,512

Kansas.......... . . 69 185,747 5,615 180,132 190,530 132,393 58,137 429,090

Kentucky..... ...... .27. 168,363 16,259 152,104 282,319 279,172 3,147 70,799

Louisiana . . 63 205,317 4,779 200,538 317,393 260,705 56,688 482,980

Maine... ....... 37 36,476 1,480 34,996 14,451 12,839 1,612 5,247

Maryland. ....... .... 36 117,781 8,780 109,001 108,687 104,787 3,900 599,956

Massachusetts . 121 165,828 5,853, 159,975 140,591 111,189 29,402 1,944,195

Michigan. ........ 46 61,295 5,582 55,713 78,569 44,025 34,544 1,872,904

Minnesota . . . . 9 1,602 149 1,453 3,028 2,520 508 4,708

Mississippi ... . 72 192,841 3,489 189,352 267,310 194,178 73,132 39,274

Missouri.............. 42 153,101 8,865 144,236 159,051 155,271 3,780 627,323

Montana . . . . 13 42,107 287 41,820 40,366 21,098 19,268 7,469

Nebraska. ........ 60 145,160 2,267 142,893 178,147 77,527 100,620 305,787

Nevada.......... .9 31,468 115 31,353 3,435,554 3,434,558 996 3

New Hampshire 14 9,299 667 8,632 5,229 4,718 511 663

New Jersey . .. .. 75 217,447 10,810 206,637 60,244 50,350 9,894 4,303,886

New Mexico.. ........ 108 105,211 1,062 .104,149 1,281,852 1,134,301' 147,551 30,549

New York... .......... 141 330,694 27,878 302,816 202,233 166,907 35,326 5,978,422

North Carolina . . 61 217,793 6,168 211,625 295,305 239,927 55,378 l,022?366

North Dakota . ... 3 108 1 107 1,780 1,156 624 7,201

Ohio. ... .......... 43 157,308 3,973 153,335 21,279 18,496 2,783 1,506,841

Oklahoma ........ . . . 50 164, 592 1,914 162,678 227,163 188,396 38,767 95, 572

Oregon.......... . 40 123,183 5,316 117,867 2,109,717 2,081,839 27,878 264,311

Pennsylvania 66 199,779 5,886 193,893 75,562 57,495 18,067 1,165,196

Rhode Island 25 12,864. 1,169 11,695 1,947 1,094 853 130,845

South Carolina . . 81 124,964 5,541 119,423 276,358 193,115 83,243 97,539

South Dakota 22 64,928 1,322 63,606 782,647 330,985 451,662 25,398

Tennessee .. .. 38 133,919 4,877 129,042 184,867 73,201 111,666 184,424

Texas.......... . 305 823,361 26,849 796,512 2,079,591 778,118 1,301,473 891,740

Utah.. ............. 24 166,870 2,291 164,579 2,209,615; 2,196,493 13,122 79,703

Vermont .3 1,919 419 1,500 13,533, 13,533 0 0

Virginia. ........ .105 354,940 13,189 341,751 373,772 368,325 5,447 214,862

Washington. ....... 101 198,870 9,597 189,273 771,570 409,204 362,366 649,528

West Virginia 8 9,339 3,340 5,999 401,756 353,276 48,480 45,585

Wisconsin 15 56,122. 1,048 55,074 63,499 62,507 992 5,581

Wyoming . . . . . 21 29,098. 300 28,798 626,565 490,377 136,188 3,533

a/ See explanatory notes at end of section.

/ Excludes rental costs of leases.
74 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-34--Number, cost, acreage and annual rental cost of War Department-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by state end major

type of facility, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945 a/

Total Command

State Number Cost . Number Cost P' of (thousands Acres Annual of (thousands

facilities of dollars) rental facilities of dollars)

Totl . . 3,621 $14,340,113 29,928,041 $38,574,675 2,996 $7,295,558

Alabama 79 378,136 247,888 128,982 65 169,273 Arizona 104 158,155 5,838,573 144,188 102 149,339 Arkansas . . . 36 238,897 217,619 1,330,028 31 100,085

California . . 360 808,240 2,042,127 5,690,153 326 696,038

Colorado . . . 35 267,759 810,107 131,628 31 189,059 Connecticut . . 18 44,375 2,535 60,040 9 10,201

Delaware " 28 35,070 13,086 5,668 26 33,347

District of Columbia . 18 50,614 5,466 76,112 17 46,861

Florida .. . . 205 306,824 1,280,325 3,730,283 205 306,824

Georgia 109 333,065 703,999 748,345 107 287,179 Idaho 21 33,657 652,065 4,843 21 33,657 Illinois . . . 108 916,311 173,335 2,057,129 53 130,982

Indiana . . . . 68 770,111 178,519 136,323 33 104,831

Iowa........... . 22 142,117 33;139 41,512 17 28,188

Kansas .. . . 76 488,937 220,207 627,413 69 185,747

Kentucky . .. .. 39 233,525 299,533 115,267 27 168,363

Louisiana ..... 70 288,602 334,313 482,980 63 205,317

Maine .. .. 38 37,713 14,451 5,247 37 36,476

Maryland . 47 310,837 113,015 603,556 36 117,781

Massachusetts . . . 148 320,734 14,557 2,194,671 121 165,828

Michigan .. . 106 658,465 82,721 2,112,519 46 61,295

Minnesota . .. 21 225,059 19,711 94,471 9 1,602

Mississippi . 74 233,845 282,966 40,945 72 192,841

Missouri . ... 57 458,425 184,383 635,723 42 153,101

Montana 13 42,107 40,366 7,469 13 42,107

Nebraska . 64 226,404 208,790 309,927 60 145,160

Nevada .. . . . 10 164,163 3,464,281 3 9 31,468

New Hampshire . . . 15 9,848 5,233 663 14 9,299

New Jersey . 102 02 394,535 65,599 4,303,86E 75 217,447

New Mexico . ... 108 105,211 1,281,852 30,549 108 105,211

New York . . 198 731,548 211,208 6,090,250 141 330,694

North Carolina . . 63 222,539 295,593 1,022,366 61 217,793

North Dakota . 3 108 1,780 7,201 3 108

Ohio................ 115 686,185 68,960 1,582,327 43 157,308:

Oklahoma. . 58 317,389 244,425 101,316 50 164,592

Oregon .. . . 42 123,561 2,109,734 264,311 40 123,183

Pennsylvania .... 107 437,760 90,692 1,306,079 66 199,779

Rhode Island . .. 27 15,605 1,952 130,845 25 12,864

South Carolina . . . 81 124,964 276,358 97,539 81 124,964

South Dakota . . 22 64,928 782,647 25,398 22 64,928

Tennessee . . 50 394,240 235,719 185,035 38 133,919

Texas . . 331 1,209,287 .2,158,053 909,047 305 823,361

Utah ........... 26 167,683 2,209,626 82,143 24 166,870

Vermont . . . . 6 6,512 13,553 0 3 1,919

Virginia .. . 112 463,890 384,844 214,862 105 354,940

Washington .. 108 252,088 772,537 649,531 101 198,870

West Virginia . . . 15 123,235 41,029 45,586 8 9,339

Wisconsin . . . 36 281,403 74,972, 5,583 15 56,122

Wyoming . .. . 22 35,447 626,598 4,733 21 29,098

See footnotes at end of table.

Continued on next page
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY'

Table CR-34--Mumber, cost, acreage and annual rental cost of War De- partment-owned, leased and sponsored facilities by state and major type of facility, continental U. S.: 30 September 1945 ,- concluded

facilities Industrial facilities

Acres Annual rental Number of Cost n State (thousands Acres rntal

facilities of dollars) rental

29,102,631

205,238

5,836,814

144,385

2,040,465

787,027

2,487

13,070

5,450

1,280,325

700,355

652,065

83,704

60,727

8,439

190,530

282,319

317,393

14,451

108,687

140,591

78,569

3,028

267,310

159,051

40,366

178,147

3, 435,554

5,229

60, 244

1,281,852

202, 233

295,305

1,780

21, 279

227,163

2,109,717-

75,562

1,947

276,358

782,647

184,867

2,079,591

2,209,615

13, 533

373,772

771, 570

401,756

63,499

626,565

$37,141,693

124,435

138,728

1,329,883

5,647,428

126,063

60,039

5,668

76,112

3,730,283

748,345

4,843

1,894,553

120,321

41,512

429,090

70,799

482,980

5,247

599,956

1,944,195

1,872,904-

4,708

39,274

627,323

7,469

305,787

3

663'

4,303,886

30, 549:

5,978,422

1,022,366.

7,201

1,506,84

95,572

264,311

1,165,196

130,845

97,539

25,398

184,424

891,740

79,703

0

214,862

649,528

45,585

5,581

3,533

a/ Excludes War Department-owned and

eplnatory notes at end of section.

/ Excludes rental cost of leases.

$7,044,555

208,863

8,816

138,812

112,202

78,700

34,174

1,723

3,7530

45,8860

755, 329

665,280

113,929

303,190

65,162

83,285

1,237

193,056

154,906

597.170

223,457

41,004

305,324

0

81,244

132,695

549

177,0880

400,854,

4,7460

528,877

152,797

378

237,981

2,740

0

260,321

385,926

813

4,593

108,950

53,218

113,896

225, 281

6,349

825,40

42,650

1,759

73, 234

1,662

23,080

48

16

16

0

3,6440

89,631

117,792

24,700

29,677

17,214

16,9200

4,328 966

4,152

16,683

15,656

25,332

0

30,643

28,727

4

5,355

0

8,975 288

0

47,681

17, 262

17

15,130

5

0

0

50,852

78,462

1

20

.11,072

967

9,273

11,473

33

$1,432,982

4,547

5,460

145

42,725

5,5651

0

0

0

0

0

162,576

16,0020

198,323

44,468

0

0

3,600

250,476

239,615

89,763

1,671

8,400

0

4,140

0

0

0

0

111,8280

0

75,486

5,744

0

140,883

0

0

0 611

17,307

2,4400

0

3

1

2

1,200

Total

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

Mew Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Morth Dakota

Chic

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

,Wyoming

sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants. See

75
CONSTRUCTION AND RAL ESTA 1E

Table CR-35--Number, cost, acreage and annual rental cost of industrial

facilities of the War Department, by state, continental U. S.-

30 September 1945 a/

Number Cost Acres

State of' thousands rental facilities of dollars) Total. Owned Leasedreta

Total ............... 625 $7,044,555 825,410 812,096 13,314 $1,432,982

Alabama........ ........... 14 208,863 42,650 42,586 64 4,547 Arizona ....... ............ 2 8,816 1,759 9 1,750 5,460 Arkansas .. ...... ........... 5 138,812 73,234 '73,224 10 145

California. ...... ........... 34 112,202 1,662 1,004 658 42,725

Colorado . .. . .. .. . . 4 78,700 23,080 20,110 2,970 5,565 Connecticut . . 9 34,174 48 47 1 1

Delaware.... .... .......... 2 1,723 1.6 16 0 0 District of Columbia . 1 3,753 16 16 0 0 Florida ... ....... ......... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Georgia....... ........... 2 45,886 3,644 3,644 0 0 Idaho ... .. ...... ... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Illinois.... .. ........... 55 785, 329 89,631 89, 591 40 162, 576

Indiana. ...... .......... 35 665,280 117,792 116,911 881 16,002 Iowa. ...... .. ...... ........ 5 113,929 24,700 24,700 0 0 Kansas. .... ............... 7 303,190 29,677 29,634 43 198,323

Kentucky. ........ .......... 12 65,162 17,214 17,186 28 44,468

Louisiana ........ . .......... 7 83,285 16,920 15,845 1,075 0 Maine . ,...,,. . ,,. 1 1,237 0 0 0 0

Maryland........ .......... 11 193,056 4,328 2,514 1,814 3,690

Massachusetts .. ... ............ 27 154,906 966 874 92 250,476

Michigan .. ...... ........... 60 597,170 4,152 3,941 211 239,615

Minnesota .. ....... ......... 12 223,457 16,683 16,299 384 89,763

Mississippi. ....... ... ........ 2 41,004 15,656 13,184 2,472 1,671

Missouri .. .. .... 15 305,324 25,332 25,284. 48 8,400

Montana..................... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nebraska . 4 81,244 30,643 30,643 0 4,140.

Nevada. ...... ............. 1 132,695 28,727 28,727 0 0

New Hampshire...... .. .. ........ 1 549 4 4 0 0 New Jeraey.... ... ......... 27 177,088 5,355 5,355 0 0 New Mexico .. .. ........ 0 0 0 0

New York...... .... .........57 400,854, 8,975 8,924 51 111,828 North Carolina . 2 4,746 288 288 .0 0 North Dakota .. ...... ......... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ohio .. ...... ... ......... 72 528,877 47,681 47,282 399 75,486

Oklahoma . . . . . ..... 8 152,797 17,262 17,232 30 5,744

Oregon....... .. ............ 2 378 17 2 15 0

Pennsylvania.. . ............. 41 237,981 15,130 15,030 100 140,883

Rhode Island . . .,. , 2 2,741 5 5 0 0

South Carolina . 0 0 0 0 0 0

South'Dakota . . . .0 0 0 0 0 0

Tennessee ... ,. .,,. . 12 260,321 50,852 50,023 29 611

Texas . ... . . ,. ,. .. 26 385,926 78,462 78,322. 140 17,307

Utah... .... ............ 2 813 11 10 1 2,440

Vermont .. ...... ............ 3 4, 593 20 20 0 0

Virginia . ... .,.. ... 7 108,950 11,072 11,072 0 0

Washington.... . . . . 7 53,218 967 962 5 3

West Virginia. .. ...... ........ 7 113,896 9,273 9,272 1 1

Wisconsin ...... ............ 21 225,281 11,473 11,471 2 2

Wyoming . . . . . .. .... 1 6,349 33 33 0 1,200

SExcludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production oquipment located in private plants. Sec explanatory notes at end of section. ~/Excludes ;ental costs of leases.

76'
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY

Table CR-36--Number and cost of industrial facilities of the War

Department, by state and type of ownership, continental U.S.:

30 September 1945 J/

(Costs in thousands of dollars)

War Department-sponsored

War Department- Total owned and Defense Plant Defense Plant

State leased Emergency Plant Corporation with Corporation with

Facilities War Department War Department funds contingent

liability

Number Cost Number Cost Number fCost Number Cost Number Cost

Total. . ....

Alabama ........

Arizona ........

Arkansas. .......

California.......

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida ...........

Georgia ....

Idaho. ........

Illinois........

Indiana......

Iowa. .........

Kansas. ........

Kentucky. .. ...

Louisiana .

Maine .

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana............

Nebraska........

Nevada. ........

New Hampshire .......

New Jersey. ... .

Mew Mexico

New York. ....

North Carolina .

North Dakota...

Ohio

Oklahoma. ......

Oregon. ........

Pennsylvania......

Rhode Island......

South Carolina .

South Dakota.....

Tennessee. ..

Texas. ........

Utah

Vermont.........

Virginia........

Washington....

West Virginia........

Wisconsin ..........

Wyoming ... ........

$7,044, 555

208,863

8,816

138,812

-112,202

78,700

34,174

1,723

3,753

0

45,886

0

785,329

665,280

113,929

303,190

65,162

83,285

1,237

193,056

154,906

597,170

223,457

41,004

305,324

0

81,244

132,695

549

177,088

0

400,854

4,746

0

528,877

152,797

378

237,981

2,741

0

0

260,321

385,926 813

4,593

108,950

53,218

113,896

225,281

6,349

$4, 233,883

172,'836

7,000

138,812

50,659

78,595

6,808

0

3,753

0

45,7650

388,698

327, 228

112,402

273,466

41,277

49,732

1,237

140,211

130,766

134,968

207,091

41,004

258, 282

0

81,244

0

0

39, 570

0

95,392

0

0

246,317

149,072

0

145,483

0

0

0

251,865

240,90177

0

107,409

2,285

107,328

150,001

6,349

$107,860

0

0

0

4,570

0

6,5770

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

308

0

37,784 982

37,4750

0

0

0

0

01

0

0

0

1,526

0

0

2,7960

2,053

1,1320

0

0

0

0

2,096

85

9,700

776

0

0

248

1

1

0

13

1

2

2

0

0

1

0

25

18

1

2

5

4

0

2

7

24

3

0

6

0

0

0

1

21

0

25

2

0

30

3

1

19

1

0

0

3

10

1

1

1

2

2

7

0

$2,133,651

15,221

1,816

0

42,328

105

462

1,723

0

0 121

0

380,633

313,666

1,527

29,724

18,879

33,245

0

4,782

19,352

330, 518

16,193

0

46,887

0

0

0

549

137,127

0

285,318

4,746

0

215,149

3,72579

78,244

1,609

0

0

6,759

65,384 736

2,497

1,008

3,942

5,792

63,805

0

$569,161

20,8060

0

14,645

0

20,3270

0

0

0

0

15,998

24,386

0

0

5,006

0

0

10,279

3,806

94,209 173

0

155

0

0

132,6950"

391

0

18,6180

0

64,6150

299

12,2010

0

0

1,697

79,6410

0

448

37,291

0

11,4750

/ Excludes War Department-owned and sponsored machine tools and production equipment located in private plants and rental costs of all leases. See explanatory notes at end of section.

77

I i
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-37--Acreage of industrial facilities of the War Department

by state end type of ownership, ,continental U.S.: 30 September 1945 a/

War Department-sponsored

Wsr Department- Total owned and Defense Plant Defense Plant Cor- State leased Emergency plant Corporation with poration with War

facilities War Department Department coatinfunds gent liability

Total 1Owned Leased Total Owned Leased Total Owned Lees- Total [Owned Lees- Total Owned fLeasTotal

Ala

Ariz

Ark

Calif

Cobo

Con

Del

D. C.:

Fla

Ga

Idahol

Ill

Ind

Iowa

Ken

Ky

La

Me.

Md

Mass

Mich

Minn

Miss

Mo

Mont

Nab

Nay

N. H.

N. J,

N. N.

N. Y.

N. C.

N. D.

Ohio

Okla

Ore

Penn

R. I.

S. C.

S. D.

Tenn

Tex

Utah

Vt

Va

Wash

W. Va.

Wisec

Wye

825,410

42, 650

1,759

73,234

1,662

23,080

48

16

16

0

3,644 . 0 89,631

117,792

24,700

29,677

17,214

16,920

0

4,328

966

4,152

16,683

15,656,

25,332

0.

30,643.

28,727

4

5,3550

8,975

288

0

47,681

17,262

17

15,130

5

0

0

50,852

78,462

11

20

11, 072

967

9,273

11,473

33

812, 096 13,314 1779,148 I767,337 111,8111I 1,127 11,0751 52 111,111

42,586

9

73,224

1,004

20,110

47

16

16

0

3,6440

89, 591

116,911

24,700

29,634

17,186

15,8450

2,514

874

3,941

16,299

13,184

25,284

0

30,643,

28,727

4

5,3550

8,924,

288

0

47,282,

17,232

2

15,030

5

0

0

50,823

78,322

10

20 11, 072

962

9,272

11,471

33.

64

1,750

10

658

2,970

1

0.

0

0

0

0.

40

881

0'

43

28

1,075

0

1,814

92

211

384

2,472.

48

0

0

0

0

0

0

51

0

0

399

30

15

100

0

0

0

29

140,

1

I)

0

5

1

2

0

42,240

1,750

73,234

1,143

23,076

24

0

16

0

3,644+0

88,740

116, 545

24, 696.

29,486

17,054

15,835

0

3,218

878.

342

16,599

15,656,

25,186

0

30,6430

0

4,948

0

7,137

0

0

46,270

17, 2500

14,4730

0

0

50,730

76,635

11,067.

17

9,242

11,340.

33

42,234

0

73,224

491

20,106

24

0

16

0

3,644

0

88,700

115,704

24,696

29,443

17,026

15,835

0

1,404

786

188

16,215

13,184

25,186

0

30,643

0

0

4,948

0

7,088

0

0

45,988

17,220

0

14,373

0

0

0

50, 715

76,561

0

0

11,067

16

9,241.

11,338

33

6

1,750

10

652

2,970

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

841

0

43

.28

0

0

1,814

92

154

384

2,472

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

49

0

0

282

30

0

1000.

0

0

15

74

1

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

92

0

0

0

0

0

0

U

0

0

0

0

0

0.

0

977

0

52

0

0

0

0

0.

0

0

0.

0

2

0

0

2

0

.0

2

0

0.

0

0

0

0

0.

0

0.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.

0.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

52

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.

0.

0

0

0

0

0

0.

0

0

0.

0.

0

0.

0

0.

0.

0

0.

9,739.

254

9

0

240

4

2

16

0

0

0

0 869

1,069

4

191,

154

10~

0*

39,

74 2, 305:

69'

0

98'

0,

0:

0'

4.

406,

0

1,363'

288

0

885

12

0:

590;

5

0

0.

107;

490

10,

20.

5,

5

31:

1110

1,372 134,024 33,9451 79

312

9

0

246

4-

3

16

0

0.

0

0

869

1,109.

4 191

154

1,085

0

39

74

2,308

69

0

146

0,

0

0.

4

406

0

1,363

288

0

992

12

0,

590,

5.

0

0

121

506

10.

20

5,

9,

31

111:

58

0

0

6

0

1

0

0

0

0.

0

0C

40

C

0

0

1,075.

0

0

0

3

0

0

48

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

107

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

16.

0

0

0

4

0

0

0.

98

0

0

181

0:

21

0".

0*

0.

0

0

22

138

0

0

6

0.

0

94

14

1,450,

15

0.

0.

0

0

28,727.

0

1

0

473

0

0

417

0

17

65

0

0

0.

1

1,321,

0

0

0

941

0

22

0

98

0

0

181

0

21

0

0

0

0

0

22

138

0

0

6

0

0

94

14

1,448

15

0

0

0

0

28,727

0

1

0

471

0

0

407

0

2

65

0

0.

0

1

1,271

0

0

0.

941

0

22

0

aSee explanatory notes at end of section.

78

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

10

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

50

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 79

Table CR-38--Number .of War Department-owned and sponsored machine

tools and production equipment facilities located in private

plants, by type of facility, continental U.S.: 31 March 1944 -

30 September 1945 Li/

31 30 30 31 31 30 30 Type of facility and ownership March June September December March June September

1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945

Total .. .. ..... ........... 2,578 2,579 3,550 4,012 4,381 42612 4,865

Army Air Forces.... ... ......... 180 180 184 274 276 243 245

Chemical Warfare Service. ........... 268 322 348 301 327 338 325

Corps of Engineers... .......... 36 48 71 86 98 102 109

Ordnance Department ... ......... 1,958 1,804 2,588 2,907 2,900 3,000 3,136

Production Division, Hq, ASF 0 0 0 1. 162 145 144

Quartermaster Corps... ... . ....... 39 116 253 308 449 624 739

Signal Corps..... .... ........ 78 80 75 98 129 120 133

Transportation Corps.... .......... 19 29 31 37 40 40 34

War Department-owned ........ ...... 2,060 2,138 3,077 3,430 3,785 4,101 4,357

Army Air Foroes................2 8 8 7 6 7 7

Chemical Warfare Service..........210 321 347 300, 325 336 323

Corps of Engineers .. .. . ........ 32 42 64 79 90 96 104

Ordnance Department .. ... ........ 1,749 1,592 2,347 2,662 2,809 2,942 3,078

Quartermaster Corps. ... .......... 33 111 250 305 446 622 736

Signal Corps ....... ............ 17 37 33 43 73 63 80.

Transportation Corps .. ............ 17 27 28 34 36 35 29

War Department-sponsored:

Emergency Plant Facilities . 84 2 27 15 15 14 14

ArmyAir Forces...............6 2 2 3 3 3 3

Chemical Warfare "Service .. 57 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ordnance Department .... .. ........ 3 0 25 12 12 11 11

Signal Corps................18 0 0 0 0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department funds .. .. .......... 196 208 209 317 329 286 284

Army Air Forces... ............ 130 132 135 218 221 197 199

Chemical Warfare Service . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Corps of Engineers. .. ............ 2 4 5 5 5 3 3

Ordnance Department. ........... 21 28 28 40 35 20 20

Production Division,. Hq, ASF . . 0 0 0 0 12 8 8

Quartermaster Corps .. .. ........... 3 2 1 1 1 1 1

Signal Corps.. .. .. ......... 40 41 39 52 53 54 50

Transportation Corps .. . 0 1 1 1 1 2 2

Defense Plant Corporation with War Department contingent liability . 238 231 237 250 252 211 210.

Army Air Forces....... ....... 42 38 39 46 46 36 36

Chemical Warfare Service .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Corps of Engineers .... .......... 2 2 2 2 3 3 2

Ordnance Department... ........ 185 184 188 193 44 27 27

Production Division, Hq, ASF . . . 0 0 0 1 150 137 136

Quartermaster Corps .. .. .......... 3 3 2 2 2 1 2

Signal Corps....................3 2 3 3 3 3 3

Transportation Corps .. .2 1 2 2 3 3 3

J/ See explanatory notes at end of section.
80 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-39--Cost of War Department-owned and sponsored machine

tools and production equipment facilities located in private plants by type of facility, continental U.S.: 31 March 1944 - 30 September 1945 a/

(,In thousands of dollars)

31 30 30 31 31 30 30 Type of facility and ownership March June September December March June September

1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945

Total. .... ........... .... $738,700 $793,802 $844,776 $1,080,086 $1,100,181 $1,049,680 $1,024,544

Army Air Force..............99,895 103,710 112,523 266,606 277,281 299,718 298,816 Chemical Warfare Service..........14,936 16,866 15,377 15,997 18,246 16,759 18,491

Corps of Engineers.. .......... 7,071 7,372 11,665 11,547 11,006 10,603 10,253 Ordnance Department .. .......... 593,827 639, 586 685,739 754, 569 715,946 642,439 615, 291 Production Division, Hq, ASF 0 0 0 522 48,165 43,797 43,480

Quartermaster Corps .. .. ......... 1,083 1,197 1,219 1,525 2,298 3,374 5,523 Signal Corps... ............. 16,555 19,126 14,632 23,622 23,863 25,485 25,462 Transportation Corps. .. ......... 5,333 5,945 3,621 3,696 3,376 7,505 7,228

War Department-owned ...... . ..... 536,288 597,993 600,616 669,220 641,654 '649,215 623,755

Army Air Force .. ..... ........ 4,911 16,533 16,846 10,975 10,853 16,821 16,659 Chemical Warfare Service...........11,535 16,803 15,323 15,930 16,099 16,398 17,308

Corps of Engineers..............6,023 5,355 8,429 7,993 8,770 9,478 9,214

Ordnance Department....... .....507,744 552,460 554,444 627,861 600,374 -597,957 570,067 Quartermaster'Corps..............652 737 906 1,228 1,981 3,162 5,154 Signal Corps.... .............. 746 840 1,838 2,329 1,106 1,308 1,553 Transportation Corps. . ........... 4,677 5,265' 2,830 2,904 2,471 4,091 3,800

War Department-sponsored:

Fkaergency Plant Facilities. .. ...... 21,038 393 16,005 8,307 8,068 8,098 15,182

Army Air Force.. .... ....... 14,321 393 393 5,499 5,499 5,498 12,582 Chemical Warfare Service .. ........ 3,481 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ordnance Department .. .. ........ 1,844 0 15,612 2,808 2,,569 2,600 2,600 Signal Corps .. ... ........ 1,472 0 0 0 0 0 0

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department funds ............ 106,669 116,138 113,023 282,090 329,688 298,089 291,602

Army Air Fcrce... .......... 69,169 74,191 73,368 220,396 228,586 245,237 237,950

Chemical Warfare Service . 0 0 0 0 2,080 328 1,103

Corps of Engineers. .. .. ........ 952 1,860 3,153 3,441 1,996 814 815

Ordnance Department...... ... .... 22,128 21,510 23,855 37,168 70,973 24,172 24,441

Production Division, Hq, ASF ... 0: 0 0 0 3,526 3,453. 3,429 Quartermaster Corps .............. 303 302 151 135 141 140 188

Signal Corps.. ............ 14,117 18,230 12,424 20,878 22,310 23,714 23,446 Transportation Corps ....... 0 45 72 72, 76 231 230

Defense Plant Corporation with War

Department contingent liability 74,705' 79,278 115,132 120,469 120,771 94,278 94,005

Army Air Force..............11,494 12,593 21,916 31,738 32,343 32,162 31,625 Chemical Warfare Service'. 0 .63 54 67 67 33 80

Corps of Engineers .. ............ 96. 157 83 113 240 311 224 Ordnance Department.... ........ 62,111 65,616 91,828 86,732 42,030 17,710 18,183

Production Division, Hq, ASF . . 0 0 0 522 44,639 40,344 48,051

Quartermaster Corps.. .... ........ 128 158 162 162, 176 72 181

Signal Corps .. ..... ......... 220 56 370 415 447 463 463 Transportation Corps ..... ..... 656 635 719 720 829 3,183 3,198

,a/ See explanatory motes at end of section.
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 81

Table CR-40--Number and cost of War Department-gowned and sponsored

machine tools end production equipment facilities located in

private plants by state and type of ownership, continental U.S..:

30 September 1945 ~

(Costs in thousands of dollars)

War Department-sponsored

War Defense PlantnsPlt

State Total Department- Corpoatio witht

owned IEsergency Plant Corporation with Wrpatmnth

Facilities War Department WrDprmn

funds contingent

liability

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Coat Number Cost

Total. .. ..... 4,865 $1,024,544 4,357 $623,755 14 $15,182 284 $291,602 210 $94,005 Alabama.. ........ 60 6,543 59 6,261 0 0 0 0 1 282 Arizona............ 3 57 3 57 0 0 0 0 0* 0 Arkansas. .. ........ 14 . 39 14 39 0 0 0 0 0 0

California. .. .......231 17,377 212 13,139 1 345 12 2,995 6 898 Colorado... ....... 37 9,356 37 9,356 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connecticut .... .... 174 63,479 148 -33,895 0 0 14 21,417 12 8,167

Delaware....... ...... 9 404 9 404 0, 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia.. 7 25 7 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida ... ........ 34 1,313 33 1,229 0 0 0 0 1' 84

Georgia .. ......... 57 2,532 57 2,532 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Idaho............... .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Illinois... ....... 481 93,796 444 78,953 0 0 17 9,572 20 5,271

Indiana .. .... ..... 184 39,908 150 27,629 1 120 21. 9,056 12, 3,103 Iowa. .. ... ....... 65 6,559 64 6,407 0 0 0 0 1 152 Kansas. .. .......... 15 852 12 174 0 0 2 624 1 54

Kentucky. .. ........ 32. 11,151 29 3,350 0 0 2 2,688 1: 5,113

Louisiana.. ...... 29 5,067 28 4,452 0 0 0 0 1 615 Naine .. .......... 16 725 15 597 0 0 1. 128 0 0

Maryland. .. ........49 8,166 46 3,858 1 49 1 2,136 1 2,123 Massachusetts... ..... 227 20,490 199 11,598 1 56 12 4,957 15 3,879

Michigan. .. ........556 186,231 469 108,132 0 0 43 49,832 44 '28,267

Ninnesota.. ....... 87 6,134 83 5,408 0 0 3 295 1' 431 Mississippi .. ...... 9 480 9 480 0 0 0 0 0) 0 Missouri ... ...... 127 18,511 119 16,012 0 0 6 2,278 2 221

Montana. .. ......... 4 30 4 30 0' 0 0 0 0 .0 Nebraska. .. ........ 18 5,950 15 1,358 0' 0 2 4,010 1 582

Nevada ............ 1 325 .1 325 0 0 0 0 0 0

New Hampshire . 20 839 17 343 0 0 2 189 1 307

New Jersey.... ..... 166 33,761 131 10,128 1 153 25 18,494 9 4,986

New Mexico .... ...... 2 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

New York. .. ........ 545 97,940 489 58,865 6 700 32 35,118 18 3,257

North Carolina .. .. .... 40 594 39 388 0 0 1 206 0 0 North Dakota.......... 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ohio .. .. ......... 521 188,706 436 65,974 0 0 48 107,964 37 14,768

Oklahoma...... ..... 21 860 21 860 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon. .... ..... .. 22 1,348 20 604 0 0 2 744 0 0

Pennsylvania. ... .... 496 100,000 ,465 83,162 0 0 15 9,565 16 7,273

Rhode Island..........47 8,118- 40 4,084 0 0 6 3,920 1 114 South Carolina . . 5 36 5 36 0 0 0 0 0 0

South Dakota. .. ....... 9 2,814 9 2,814 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tennessee..........53 4,563 51 4,156 0 0 2 407 0 0

Texas... .... .... .... 109 10,474 106 9,784 1 633 2 57 0 0

Utah .............. 5 8,205 5 8, 205 0, .0 0 00" 0 0

Vermont...........10 1,921 5: 55 0 0 2 327 3 1,539 Virginia... ...... 16 248, 16; 248 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington .. .. ...... 30 18,449 26 5,247. 1 12,189 3' 1,013 0 0

West Virginia. 39 5,649 38 5,592 0 0 0 0 1 57

Wisconsin ......... 178 34,508 165, 27,499 1 937 8 3,610 4 2,462

Wyoming .. .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0: 0 0. 0

a See explanatory notes at end of section.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES

All data presented in Tables CR-20 through CR-40 were obtained from reports entitled "Quarterly Inventory - Owned, Sponsored and Teased Facilities - War Department" for

the period 31 March 1944 through 31 December 1946. Basic data for these publications were

prepared from real property records maintained by post engineers.

The Quarterly Inventory reports were intended to cover all real properties and

certain personal property (industrial machinery and equipment) located in the continental

U. S. which were owned, sponsored or leased by the War Department with 2 exceptions specified below:

1. Properties having a security classification of secret (such as the Manhattan

District atomic bomb facilities) were omitted from the reports.

2. Leases for space consisting primarily of office space such as procurement

district offices were likewise excluded.

Other leases were reportable where any one of the following conditions applied:

a. The total annual rental exceeded $50,000.

b. A special purpose facility such as a hotel, laundry or pier was involved

regardless of annual rental.

c. Government construction or alterations costing more than $40,000 had

been 'made.

d. Substantial acreage such as municipal airports.

These exclusions tended to make the annual rental figures derived .from the

inventory (Tables CR-23, etc.) considerably smaller than those derived from ASF Monthly

Progress Report, Section 4, Construction (Tables CR-ll, 12 and 14). The total annual

rental shown. for 30 September 1945 in Table CR-23 was $38,575,000 which is $9,718,000 less

than the total ($48,293,000) shown in Table CR-11.

The Quarterly Inventory report (and Tables CR-20 through 40) included all surplus properties while they remained in the custory of the War Department. When surplus

properties were disposed of, final inventory reports indicating disposal were required of

the reporting facility, and the final report was included in the consolidated Quarterly

Inventory report one time and omitted thereafter. Thus a facility disposed of in January

1946 would be included for the last time in the 31 March 1946 Quarterly Inventory report.

The summary tabulations in the report included all of the facilities listed. The cost of

disposed of facilities accounted for a small part of the total cost until 31 December
CONTINENTAL U. S. INVENTORY 83

XPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

1946. The 30 June 1946 Quarterly Inventory contained 332 disposed of facilities (11 percent of the total) with a cost of $117,996,000, only 1 percent of total. The 31 December

Quarterly Inventory contained 369 disposed of facilities (14 percent of the total) with a

cost of $766,896,000 (7 percent of the total).

Special terms used in Tables CR-20 through CR-40 are explained below:

Faiility

Each unit of property reported separately in the Quarterly Inventory report.

In actual practice throughout World War II the terms facility and installation were used

more or less interchangeably to refer to a physical location or unit of real estate under

control of the War Department such as a camp, hospital, airfield, depot, port of embarkation or industrial plant. No clear, exact definition of these two terms was adopted,

however, and the terms were subject to varying interpretation.

The term facility has been chosen for use throughout this section since that was

the term employed in the title of the source report, "Quarterly Inventory - Owned,

Sponsored and Leased Facilities - War Department". Within the report both terms, installation and facility are used.

The individual inventory report form used to collect data on command properties

was W.D. AGO Form 818, entitled "Quarterly Inventory of Command Installations". Instruc-*

tions printed on the back of the form called for this report to be submitted for "existing

command facilities (as defined in War Department Circular No. 8, 1944)". The referenced

circular contained the following definition. "A command installation is any unit of real

estate under administration of the Military Establishment primarily used or useful for

activities of the Army other than production of materiel, munitions or suppiies". The

reporting instructions further provided that in the case of Air Forces installations that

auxiliary landing fields, bombing and gunnery ranges, radio range station sites and other

similar installations assigned to specific Army airfields would be reported on separate

reports. Likewise in the case of harbor defenses, forts, major seacost battery positions, large fire control stations and similar installations 'assigned to officially

designated harbor defenses were to be reported on separate reports but where there were

numerous small scattered harbor defense positions all were to be consolidated into a

single report. These instructions illustrate the variety of units of real estate that are

contained in the Quarterly Inventory report. Thus one facility might be a large training
84 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NOTES - Continued

camp, another might be a large airfield, another might be a radio range site, another

might represent a number of scattered cost defense positions.

This circular (No. 8, 19441,) defined an "industrial installation" as any uni.t of

real estate under War Department administration and control primarily used or useful for

production of materiel, munitions or supplies.

The individual inventory report form for use on industrial properties was W.D.

AGO Form 819 entitled "Quarterly Inventory of Industrial Facilities". The instructions

printed on the back of the form stated that the purpose of this report was to provide information on government-owned or leased land, buildings and equipment used for industrial

purposes and called for a single form to be executed for each plant in which the reporting

service had real or other property for which it was accountable.

TYpe of Facility

Command. Facilities primarily used or useful for activities of the Army other

than production of materials, munitions or supplies. Such facilities included camps, airfields, hospitals, depots, cemeteries and non-manufacturing arsenals.

Industrial. Facilities primarily used in connection with production of materiel, munitions or supplies. Such facilities included manufacturing plants and arsenals.

Machine Tools and Production Eqiuipment. Facilities that consisted of War Department-owned or sponsored machine tools and production equipment which were located in

privately owned plants. Figures on the number and cost of these facilities are included

in Tables CR-28, 38 and 39 only.

Type of Ownership

All command facilities were owned or leased (in whole or in part) by the War Department and were financed with funds allotted to the War Department. Industrial facilities were classified as follows:

War Department-Owned and Leased. Facilities owned or leased by the War Department and financed with funds allocated to the War Department.

War Department-Sponsored. Facilities owned and financed under the following

arrangements:

a. Emergency Plant Facilities Contracts. Facilities initially owned and

financed by the contractor,: with ultimate reimbursement by the Government, and transfer of
CONTINENTAL U..s. INVENTORY 85

PLANATORY NOTES - Continued

ownership to the Government upon termination of the contract, subject to the contractor's

option to purchase the Government's interest.

b. Defense Plant Corporation. Facilities financed with Defense Plant

Corporation funds and owned by the Defense Plant Corporation, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Such facilities were either leased to the contractors (who

generally had an option to purchase on termination) or were operated for the DPC on a

management contract basis. The DPC facilities included in the Quarterly Inventory reports

were limited to those for which the War Department had some liability. The liability

varied with individual facilities but in all cases the War Department agreed that if the

Congress provided funds, the Department after termination of use of the facility would

reimburse the DPC for any net loss.

1. Defense Plant Corporation with War Department Funds. Facilities for

which the War Department assumed contingent liability and in addition also paid or agreed

to pay DPC part of the estimated cost of the project as soon as it was started.

2. Defense Plant Corporation with War Department Contingent Liability.

Facilities for which the War Department made no payments to DPC and the monetary liability

was contingent upon the availability of funds from Congress in the future.

Costs

Data on costs represent actual costs to the Government rather than estimated

market or replacement value. Reporting instructions originally specified that only those

costs incurred from 1 July 1940 through the date of the report were to be included; beginning with the report for 31 December 1946 they were changed to include costs incurred

prior to 1 July 1940 as well. Rental payments were excluded but construction costs on

leaseholds were included. Costs categories were as follows:

Land. The actual cost of land acquired in fee by the Government. This did not

include allowances for the value of land withdrawn from the Public Domain for the use of

the War Department.

Construction. The actual cost of building and construction completed (excluding

work ' in process) as of the date of the report. These construction costs for War Department-owned and leased facilities, which are shown in Tables CR-21 and 31, are somqwhat

smaller than figures shown in Table CR-l which were obtained from a different source.
86 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NJTES - Concluded

Total construction costs for 1 July 1940 through 30 September 1945 are shown as

$9,415,000,000 in Table CR-21 as compared with $10,577,000,000 in Table CR-i. The differences msy be attributed to the following: (1) a large part of the "equipment and production machinery" costs snd "other" costs reported separately in Table CR-21 (particularly the costs for installing equipment in plants) were included as "construction" in Table

CR-l; (2) the construction costs reported in Table CR-21 were considerably understated in

a number of instances as indicated by comparison with more recent (1947 and 194) inventory reports; and (3) costs for some facilities which had been disposed of were not included in the Table CR-21 as explained above in these notes.

Equipment and Production Machinery. The manufacturer's f.o.b. cost of all

equipment (including office, cafeteria, first aid, etc.) and production machinery in the

plant as of th' date of the report. This category applied to industrial facilities only.

Other. The actual cost of installation, transportation, rehabilitation, rearrangement, perishable tools and fixtures provided under facilities contracts, miscellaneous minor items, and overhead and fees relating only to the facilities provided. This

category applied to industrial facilities only.

Type of Housing

Permanent Type. Housing of masonry construction based on a minimum life expectancy, with normal maintenance, of twenty-five years; designed in consonance with similar

facilities in the surrounding locality; and suitable for the climate end insect conditions

of the area.

Mobilization Type. Housing generally of frame construction on concrete piers

one or two stories high, with heating system, and a life expectancy of from five to ten

years.

Theater of Operation (T/0) Type. Hcusing of wood frame construction, one story,

interiors generally unfinished, exteriors of roofing paper, heated by space heaters, and

built, to meet absolute minimum housing requirements.

Hutment Type. Housing converted from existing tents by erecting frame members,

and installing prefabricated roof sections, wood floors and wood flaps instead of canvas.

Aents. Canvas shelters.
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 87

Before 1 July 1940 War Department real property holdings outside the continental

U. S. were limited to a relatively few installations (about 100 in April 1940)1/ in U. S.

territories and possessions (Alaska, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico and Panama

Canal Zone). During 1940 and 1941 the U. S. acquired rights to additional bases in the

North Atlantic area (Newfoundland, Iceland and Greenland) and in the Caribbean area (Jamaica, Trinidad and Bermuda). Army installations were in process of construction in these

areas by July 1941.

Nearly 3,300 Army installations were reported for 31 March 1944, the first date

for which the inventory report of War Department installations outside continental U. S.

became available. These installations occupied about 5.1 million acres of land, had an annual rental cost of $6,500,000 and an acquisition and construction cost of $1,900,000,000.

These figures did not include installations located in the British Isles or in several

other countries in which U. S. Army forces were located at that time.

The report for 31 December 1947 (which included the British Isles and was much

,r±'wre complete) showed that the War Department had held or acquired 4,750 installations

which occupied 10.1 million acres of land, had an 'estimated annual rental cost of about

$230,000,000 per year, and a total acquisition and construction cost of $4,333,000,000.

The Army had disposed of many of these installations by December 1947. As shown in Table

CR-41 only 1,230 installations with a cost estimated at $2,183,000,000 were on hand (or

remained under War Department control) on 31 December 1947 while 3,520 installations with

a cost of about $2,150,000,000 had been disposed of (removed from War Department control).

Cost of Installations

About $3,945,757,000 or 90 percent of the estimated acquisition and construction

costs recorded on 31 December 1947 for installations outside the continental U. S. represented expenditures by the War Department. Many of these expenditures were for the construction of airfields, buildings and other facilities on property acquired through leases

or reciprocal aid or on commandeered property. The remaining $387,346,000 represented

facilities, materials and services furnished the U. S. by allied governments as reciprocal

aid (or reverse lend-lease) and costs borne by occupied countries (such as Germany and

Japan) for facilities constructed for use by the U. S. Army.

J Estimate based on information contained in "Army Directory" 20 April 1940 published by

WD-AGO and "WD Military Reservation" Alaska - April 1938.
88 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

For properties leased directly by the War Department or under the reciprocal aid

program and for properties commandeered or confiscated, the total estimated annual rental

was $230,369,000 on 31 December 1947. Only $ll,982,000 or 5 percent of this amount was

reported as'a direct cost to the War Department, while $218,387,000 or 95 percent represented the estimated value of the annual rental of properties furnished as reciprocal aid

and of commandeered or confiscated properties.

Tes of Installations

Of the 4,750 installations reported as of 31 December 1947, about 21 percent

were classified as airports and airbases. These airports and airbases, however, accounted

for 48 percent of all acquisition and construction costs, 61 percent of total acreage reported, and a larger portion of the total annual rentals than for any other type of installation.

Installations classified as- camps, barracks and cantonments accounted for 22

percent of the total number of installations and 18 percent of total acquisition and

Chart CR-19--Number and cost of War Department installations,

by type of installation, outside continental U. S.:

31 December 1947

NUMBER . TYPE OF COST (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

1500 1000 500 0 INSTALLATION O 0.5 1.0 1.5

AIRPORTS AND i f

AIR BASES

DISPOSED OF ON HAND ON HAND DISPOSED OF

31 DEC 1947 SEAPORTS, WHARVES 31 DEC 1947

AND DOCKS

STORAGE

FACILITIES TOTAL

TOTAL ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED TRANSPORTATION

FACILITIES

CAMPS, BARRACKS

AND CANTONMENTS

HOSPITAL

FACILITIES

MISCELLANEOUS

FACILITIES

Source: Table CR- 11.
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 89

Chart CR-20--Number and cost of War Department installations,

outside continental U. S.: 31 December 1947

AREA NUMBER COST IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

0 100 200 300 400. 500

AMERICAN

ALASKA 50 .....................

CANADA 129 ::::::::::.....................

PANAMA CANAL ZONE 49 . ...

BRITISH WEST INDIES 49 *******~*~.....

ICELAND 36

PUERTO RICO 57

NEWFOUNDLAND 30

GREENLAND I 9

OTHER 162

EUROPEAN: mm

FRANCE 503 1

ITALY 327 ~

ENGLAND 6 53

IRAN 68

GERMANY 107

OTHER 468 ::::::::::::::::: .

PACIFIC:

INDIA 2 12 ::::::::........

CHINA 194

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 255

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 281

MARIANAS ISLANDS 78

JAPAN 306

RYUKYU ISLANDS 59

NEW GUINEA 100

AUSTRALIA 225

OTHER 333-- - .... ....

Source: Table CR-C3..
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construction costs. Numbers and costs of these and other major types of installations are

shown in Chart CR-19.

Geographic Areas

Table CR-42 presents a distribution of the acquisition and construction costs of

installations for each of the seven major types by geographic area.. Installations in the

Pacific area accounted for 42 percent of the total costs recorded; those in the American

area, 41 percent; and those in the European area, the remaining 17 percent. The low proportionate cost for the European area. installations resulted from the fact that most of

the installations there were acquired as reciprocal aid which involved no United States

acquisition and construction costs. The Pacific area accounted for the largest proportion

of costs for only three of the seven types of installations (storage facilities, hospital

facilities; and miscellaneous). The American area accounted for the largest cost in the

other four types (airports, and airbases; seaports, wharves and docks; transportation facilities; and camps, barracks and cantonments).

The 4,750 Army installations on record on 31-December 1947 were located in the

107 different areas shown in Table CR-43. The greatest number of installations (1,591)

were recorded for the Pacific Theaters.

Alaska headed the list of individual areas in terms of cost of installations - a

total cost of $526,474,000 was reported for the 50 installations there. As may be seen

from Chart CR-20 acquisition and construction costs exceeded $50,000,000 in each of 22

different areas. On this chart data taken from Table CR-43 have been regrouped into only

three major areas instead of eight. The American area on the chart is the same as it is

on the table. The European area on the chart includes the European, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Africa-Middle East areas shown on the table; and the Pacific area on the

chart includes the China, India-Burma, and Pacific areas shown on the table.

The relatively small cost ($71,600,000) reported for the 653 installations in

England resulted from the fact that many of them were acquired on a rental basis as reciprocal aid. The estimated annual rental rate for reciprocal aid installations in England

amounted to $118,231,000 or 51 percent df the estimated annual rental rate for all installations made available through leases or reciprocal aid outside the continental U. S.

Table CR-44 shows by theater and area, the cost, acreage and annual rental rates

for the 1,230 installations still on hand (under War Department control) on 31 December

1947.
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 91

Selected Installations Outside Continental U. S.

Data for 24 of the 4,750 individual installations outside continental U. S. reported on 31 December 1947 are shown separately in Table CR-45. These were chosen by

selecting the three with greatest acquisition and construction cost from each of the eight

theater groupings. The Stilwell (or Ledo) Road with cu estimated cost of $148,554,000 was

the most costly installation listed in the inventory report for 31 December 1947.
92 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-4l--Number, coat, acreage a'bd annual rental of War Department installations by status and type, outside continental U.S.:

acquired through 31 December 1947 ~./

Acquisition and construction cost, Acres Annual rental (thousands of dollars) (thousands) (thousands of dollars)

Status Number

of and o instal- Recip- Owned Lees- Recip- Recip- type lations 

Total DeartWar rocal by ed by rocal War rocal Ad and Total Total ar W ar d and Dept. Aid and ment other Dept. Dept. other other

Total... ....... 4,750 $4,333,103 $3,945,757 -$387,346 10,051 7,301 795 1,955 $230,369 $11,982 $218,387

Airports and air

bases...... . 993 2,070,387 1,904,379 166,008 6,106 4,602 514 990 103,365 3,144 100,221

Seaports, wharves

and docks . . . 81 158,750 150,245 8,505 257 242 3 12 5,318 1,327 3,991

Storage facilities . . . . 695 338,274 294,538 43,736 304 5 23 276 27,697 1,146. 26,551

Transportation

facilities . . 138 571,477 551,273 20,204 2,103 2,081 9 13 391 371 20

Camps, barracks

and cantonments 1,044 764,356 676,816 107,540 991 356 161 474 37,316 1,282 36,034

Hospitals . . . . 344 90,162 68,686 21,476 73 / 3 70 19,022 696 18,326

Miscellaneous .. 1,455 319,697 299,820 19,877 217 15 82 120 37,260 4,016 33,244

On Hand - 31 Decemher 1947 . . . . 1,230 2,183,415 2,063,228: 120,187 6,028 5,195 496 337 39,249 2,572: 36,67'r

Airports and air

bases...... ... 176 1,204,135 1,170,662 33,473 5,067 4,594 385 88 11,367 156 11,211

Seaports, wharves

and docks . . . 27 53,203 52,145 1,058 238 236 1 1 552 87 465

Storage facilities . . . . 188 180,867 170,160 10,707 52 5 12 35 7,044 453 6,591

Transportation

facilities . . 34 105,581 104,668 913 2 1 1 3 / 3

Camps, barracks

and cantonaents 256 443,114 383,414 59,700 602 345 59 198 8,519 390 8,129

Hospitals . . . . 47 24,747 21,087 3,660 2 1 1 ,0i5 136 879

Miscellaneous . . 502 171,768 161,092 10,676 65 15 37 13 10,749 1,350 9,399

Disposed Of . . . . 3,520 2,149,688 1,882,529 267,159 4,023 2,106 299 1,618 191,120 9,410 181,710

Airports and air

bases....... . 817 866,252 733,717 132,535 1,039 8 129 902 91,998 2,988 89,010

Seaports, wharves

and docks . . . 54 105,547 98,100 7,447 19 6 2 12 4,766 1,240 3,526

Storage facilitties 507 157,407 124,378 33,029 252 / 11 241 20,653 693 19,960

Transportation

facilities . . 104 465,896 446,605 19,291 2,101 2,081 8 12 388 371 17

Camps, barracks

and cantonments 788 341,242 293,402 47,840 389 11 102 276 28,797 892 27,905

Hospitals . . . 297 65,415 47,599 17,816 71 / 2 69 18,007 560 17,447

Miscellaneous . . 953 147,929 138,728 9,201 152 / 45 107. 26,511 2,666 23,845

./ See explanatory notes at end of section. Less than 500 acres or. $500.
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S.

Table CR-42-Acquiition and construction cost of War Department installations by type and area, outside continental U.S.: acquired

through 31 December 1947 a/

93

(Costs in millions of dollars)

European area Pacific area

Type Total American Africa- area Mediter- Persian Middle India- P

Total" European ranea Gulf Total China Burma Pacific Tet raea Glf East Total Theater Theaters Theater Theater Command Theater Theater

Cost - Total . . $4,333 $1,784 $731 $399 $115 $68 $149 $1,818 $296 $381 $1,141

Airports and air

bases....... 2,070 937 296 156 60 3 77 837 210 126 501

Seaports, wharves

and docks 159 66 58 43 5 9 1 35 / / 35

Storage facilities' 338 56 82 42 13 2 25 200 1 17 182

Transportation facilities...... 572 274 52 2 13 37 b/ 246 20 192 34

Camps, barracks and

cantonments . . 784 324 167 119 11 13 24 293 56 22 215

Hospitals . . 90 4 33 19 2 1 11 53 / 6 47

Miscellaneous .. 320 123 43 18 11 3 11 154 9 18 127

Percant - Total 100.0 41.2 16.9 9.2 2.7 1.6 3.4 41.9 6.8 8.8 26.3

Airports and air

bases ...... . .100.0 45.3 14.3 7.5 2.9 0.2 3.7 40.4 10.1 6.1 24.2

Seaports, wharves

and docks . . 100.0 41.5 36.5 27.0 3.2 5.7 0.6 22.0 / L/ 22.0

Storage facilities 100.0 16.6 24.3 12.4 3.9 0.6 7.4 59.1 0.3 5.0 53.8

Transportation facilities... . 100.0 47.9 9.1 0.3 2.3 6.5 b/ 43.0 3.5 33.6 5.9

Camps, barracks and

cantonments . . 100.0 41.3 21.3 15.2 1.4 1.7 3.0 37.4 7.2 2.8 27.4

Hospitals. ... .100.0 4.5 36.6 21.1 2.2 1.1 12.2 58.9 bJ 6.7 52.2

Miscellaneous . . 100.0 38.5 13.4 5.6 3.4 1.0 3.4 48.1 2.8 5.6 39.7

a/ Covers installations on. hand and disposed of. See explanatory notes at end of section.

b/ Less than $500,000 or less than 0.05 percent.

Table CR-43--Number, cost, acreage and annual rental of War Department installations by theater and country, outside continental

U.S.: acquired through 31 December 1947 a/

Acquisiition and construction cost Acres Annual rental

(thousands of dollars) (thousands) (thousands of dollars)

Theater Number

or of War Recip- Owned Lees- Recip- War Recip- area instal- rocal by ed by rocal rocal

lations Total Depart- Total Total Depart- Aidnd lation ment Aid and War War Aid and e ;ian

other Dept. Dept. other other

Total.........4,750 $4,333,103 $3,945,757 $387,346 10,051 7,301 795 1,955 $230,369 $ll,982, $218,387

American area . . 581 l,783,53l 1,768,004 15,527 7,642 7,222 352 68 1,216 1,138 78

Alaska 50 526,474 526,474 0 7,170 7,167 3 0 78 78 0

Ascension Island 1 7,250 7,250 0 b/ 0 / 0 b/ / 0

Azores . 2 29,550 29,550 .0 2 0 2 0 / 0

Bahamas 5 8,362 8,308 54 3 0 / 3 W /

Bermuda 12 45,666 45,666 0 1, 0 1 0 38 38 0

Brazil . . . 22 43,295 43,295 0 13 0 13 0 I 0

British Guiana 2 14,603 14,603 0 18 0 18 0 J b/ 0

British West

Indies . .. 49 127,497 127,497 0 54 0 52 2 113 55 58

Canada .. 129 396,307 396,307 0 80 0 35 45 434 434 hi Costa Rica.. 4 11,343 11,343 0 / 0 c 0 b/ b 0

Cuba. ........ 3 22,190 22,190 0 4 0 / 4 hi 2/

See footnotes at end of table

Continued on next page
94 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table Ct-43--Number, cost, acreage end annual rental of War Department installations by Theater and country, outside continental

U.S.: ecquired through 31 December 1947 a/ - continued

Acquisition end construction cost Acres Annual rental

(thousands or dollars) (thousends) (thousands of dollars)

Theater Number

or of

area instal- War Recip- Owned Lees- Recip- War Recip- lation Total Drocal Total by ad by rocal Total rocal Depart- Aid and War War Aid end Depart- Aid and ment ment other Dept. Dept. other other

American area

continued

Dutch Guiana . 8 6,770 5,718 1,052 10 0 3 7 / J h El Salvador . 1 604 604 0 i 0 / 0 J J 0

Ecuador 3 6,188 6,188 0 8 0 8 0 2/ 0

French Guiana 1 3,721 3,721 0 5 0 0 5 h 0 hi Greenland 19 55,084 55,084 0 15 0 15 0 hi hi 0

Guatemala 3 7,910 7,910 0 1 0 1 0 2/ a 0

Honduras 1 7,673 7,673 0 h 0' h 0 b/ hi 0

Iceland . .. 36 96,181 83,729 12,452 31 0 31 0 121 121 0

Labrador or 3 842 842 0 78 0 78 0 h h 0

Mexico .... 1 9 9 0 c/ j 0 0 0 0 0

Netherlands

West Indies 23 8,106 6,137 1,969 2 0 2/ 2 20 hi 20

Newfoundland . 30 77,548 77,548 0 19 0 19 0 5 5 0

Nicaragua . 3 10,522 10,522 0 1 0 1 0 J J 0

Panama

Canal Zone . 49 135,627 135,627 0 34 34 hi 0 50 50 0

Other . 48 37,005 37,005 0 67 / 67 0 339 339 0

Peru.......1 2,003 2,003 0 3 0 3 0 J J 0

Puerto Rico . 57 90,603 90,603 0 20 19. 1 0 14 14 0

Venezuela .. 1 247 247 0 hi 0 h 0 2/ i 0

Virgin Islands 14 4,351 4,351 0 3! 2 1 0 4 4 0

European . 1,451 398,839 367,742 31,097 591 2 2 589 172,296 1,338 170,958

Austria ... 16 987 987, 0 3 J 2 1 453 295 158

Belgium . . . 88 17,692 16,281 1,411 13 h hi 13 4,763 973 3,790

Denmark 1 14 14 02 J 2/ 2/ 2 2/

England . 653 71,600 71,160 440 220 0 1 220 118,231 2 118,231

France...... 503 239,677 221,381 18,296 292 hi 0 292 28,258 0 28,258

Germany . . . 107 60,350 49,496 10,854 49 0 0 49 11,401 0 11,401

Ireland . . 22 5,122 5,122 0. 5 0 0 5 5,772 0 5,772

Luxembourg . . 13 90 80 10 hi 0 0 h 817 0 817

Netherlands . 7 1,205 1,119 86 4 0 0 4 30 0 30

Norway . . ... . 2 32 32 0 w 0 0 2 73 0 73

Scotland 4 48 48 0 2 0 0 2 973 0 973

Sweden 2 -39 39 0 4/ 0 2 0 70 70 0

Wales . . 33 1,983 1,983 0 3 0 0 3 1,455 0 1,455

Mediterranean . 361 114,767 114,767 0 245 0 h 245 9,444 2/ 9,444

Corsica . . . 15 4,367 4,367 0 7 0 0 7 11 0 11

'Greece . . 6 3,188 3,188' 0 2 0 hi 2 75 2 75

Italy 327 105,717 105,717 0 233 0 0 233 9,353 0 9,353

Sardinia. .. 6 650 650 0 2 0 0 2 hi 0 2

Sicily 5 587 587 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 5

Yugoslavia 2 258 258 0 h 0 0 J hi 0 J

Persian Gulf . . 78 67,865 63,123 4,742 .16 0 16 0: 351 351 0

BahreinIslands 2 12 12 0 2 0 h .0 2/ / 0

Iran....... . 68 67,620 62,878 4,742 15 0 15 0 273 273 0

Iraq . . ... 6 226 226 0 1 0 1 0 78 78 0

Trucial Oman. 2 7 7 0 h 0 2/ 0 h h 0

Africa-Middle

East . . . 236 149,290 118,828 30,462 127 0 30 97 1,689 441 1,248

Algeria . . . 67 22,978 22,864 114 52 0 0 52 580 0 580

Anglo Egyptian

Sudan . . 6 4,272 3,829 443 2 0 0 2 2/ 0 hi Arabia .. 5 5,251 5,203 48 20 0 19 1 2 2/ 2 Belbian Congo. 3 1,587 1,453 134 h 0. 0 hi 18 0 18

tgypt 18 20,987 15,600 5,387 6 0 3 3. 441 441 h Eritrea . . 14 28,501 21,792 6,709 3 0 0 3 3 0 3

French Equator- O

ial Africa 2 276 248 28 hi 0 0 2 / 0 hi French Morocco . 48. 16,943 15,990 953. 13 0 hi 13 43 2/. 432

See footnotes at end of table. Continued on next page
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 95

Table CR-43--Number, cost, acreage and annual rental of War Department installations by theater and country, outside continental

U.S.: acquired through 31 December 1947 a/ - concluded

Acquisition and construction cost Acres Annual rental

(thousands of dollars) (thousands) (thousands of dollars)

Theater Number

or of

area instal- Reciplations War Recip Dwned Les- Recip War rocal Total Depart- rocal Total by adby rocal ent- War War Aid and Total Depart- Aid and Aid and mn te

ment other Dept. Dept. other ment other

Africa-Middle

East continued

Gold Coast .. 5 13,21D 4,482 6,726 3 0 0 3 1D6 U 106

Kenya Colony . 3 557 517 40 -/ D C/ / / C/ J Liberia . . 8 4,559 4,559 0 5 D 5 U b D

Libya 6 6,319 7,365 934 2 0 0 2 1 D 1

Mauretania , 3 65 65 U c 0 0 ' W U bJ

Nigeria .. . 10 2,725 1,829 896 1 0 1 27 D 27

Palestine . . 5 6,776 3,440 3,336 1 0 0 1 4 D 4

Rio de Oro ,, 4 165 165 U / U / D 0D

Senegal . . 4 4,914 4,496 416 4 0 3 1 77 77

Transjordan , 1 10 10 0 0 0 / / D

Tunisia . .. 18 6,847 4,559 2,288 15 U 0 15 / D /

Turkey . . . . 6 346 34D6 / U / 0 / 0

China...... .. .194 296,554 296,554 U 95. c/ 95' C/ 5,045 5,028 17

China . . 194 296,554 296,554 D 95. c/ 95 J/ 5,D45 5,028 17

Inui-surma . . 258 380,858 236,426 142,432. 213 D 2/ 2131 7,5D6 13 7,493

British Malaya 1 8 8 D / C 0 - / D 0 /

Burma . . . 38 24,653 22,561 2,092 18 0 0 16 9 U 9

Ceylon . . . 5 338 144 194 2/ 0 0 / 1 D 1

French Indo

China .... 1 8 6 0 2 / U 2/ 0 /

India. ..... . 212 355,625 215,679 140,146 195 0 / 195' 7,495 13 7,482

Thailand.... 1 26 26 0 / 0 0 1 U 1

Pacific...... ... .1,591 1,141,399 978,313 163,086 1,122 79 300 743 32,622 3,673 29,149

Admiralty

Islands 3 3,476 3,459 17 / / / / / J/

Australia . . 225 75,377 15,614 59,563 373 D C 373 1,230 D 1,23D

Caroline Islands 2 5,132 5,132 D 3 D C 3 2/ D

Cook Islands 2 2D6 206 U 1 D 1 D' / 2/ 0

D-Entrecasteux

Isles ... 3 1,54D 1,496 44 / J / dJ 2/

Ellice Islands 1 37 35 2 J/ 0 0 0 C

Fiji Islands 14 6,506. 4,933 1,573 2 U D 2 44 D 44

Gilbert Islands 4 7,43 '7,D43 D / D / 2 2 2/

Hawaiian Islands 255 254,844 254,644 0 77 32 45 0/ 613 8D8 5

Japan.. 306 111,328 28,650 82,678 118 D / 116 155 22,196

Korea...... . 53 23,944 13,D19 10,925 12 0 0 12 2,921 D 2,921

Line Island.. 3 5,339 5,339 D 159 0 150 9 / J/

Marianas Islands 76 169,593 169,593 D 39 / 19 2D / 2

Marshall Islands 3 5,293 5,293 D 1 0 0 1 b U 2/

Netherlands

East Indies 27 1D,759 10,285 474 27 0 0 27, / U J

New Britain 4 2,D54 1,999 55 / J / W &

New Caledonia 69 16,700 16,262 436 24 D 6 16 52 6 44

New Guinea 100 78,666 71,419 7,249 71 D 0 71 / 0 2/

New Hebrides 14 7,995 7,995 D 27 2 14 13 26 26 J

New Zealand . ., 22 147 126 21 1 0 0 1' 2,685 C 2,685

Philippine ..

Islands . 281 2D1,458 2D1,458 D 126 47 52 27. 2,696 2,674 22

Phoenix Island . 2 5,700 5,700 D 1 D C 1 0 U /

Ryukyu Islands . 59 63,128 83,081 47 42 0 0 42 / D /

Society Islands 1 634 634 D 13 C 13 D 2 D

Solomon Islands 51 34,136 34,138 D 0 D /

Trobriand

Islands 3 3,676 3,676 C 2 C 2/ 0 J C

Volcanic Talands 4 24,76D 24,760 U 5 C C 5 D

Woodlark Islands 2 1,724 1,724 D J 2 W 2 &

/ Covers installations on hand and disposed of. See explanatory notes at end of section.

Not reported: War Department paid no renital.

c/ Less than 500 acres or $500.

2 Not reported.
96 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-44--Number, cost, acreage, and annual rental of War Department installations by theater and country, outside continental

U.S.: on hand 31 December 1947 ./

Acquisition and construction cost Acres Annual rental (thousands of dollars) (thousands) (thousands of dollars)

Theater Number of or

area instal- War Recip- Owned Leas- Recip- War Recip- lations Total Depart- rocal by ed by rocal T e ocal

ment Aid and War War Aid and T Depart- rca

other Dept. Dept. other other

Total ........... .1,230 $2,183,415 $2,D63,228 $120,187 6,028 5,195 496 337 39,249 $2,572 $36,677

American area . . 23D 1,228,985 1,228,229 756 5,381 5,119 253 9 346 296 50

Alaska. ....... 34 487,877 487,877 0 5,069 5,066 3 C 18 18 0

Ascension Island. 1 7,250 7,250 0 b 0 b 0 2' J 0

Azores ........... 1 13,000 13,000 0 b D b D b b D

Bahamas 4 8,345 8,291 54 4 D 2/ 4 C/ C/ 0 Bermuda. ...... . 12 45,666 45,666 0 1 0 1 0 38 38 D

British Guiana. . 2 14,603 14,603 0 18 0 18 0 2/ 2 0

British West Indies 25 122,651 122,651 D 52 D 52 92 42 50

Canada .. ....... 13 124,715 124,715 0 23 0 23 2/ J /

Dutch Guiana .. . 1 4,622 3,977 645 3 0 3 0 J 0 b/

Ecuador 1 2,000 2,000 0 6 0 6 0 J / 0

French Guiana ... 1 3,721 3,721 0 5 0 0 5 J 0 2/ Greenland 14 50,891 50,891 0 13 0 13 0 2/ b 0

Guatemala 2 3,728 3,728 0 1 0 1 0 / 2 0

Iceland 1 22,321 22,264 57 8 0 8 0 2 d 0

Labrador.......3 841 841 0 78 0 78 0 2 , 0

Newfoundland. . . 20 76,022 76,022 0 18 0 18 0 1 1 0

PFnarna

Canal Zone . . . 42 34,884 134,884 0 34 34 2/ 0 50 50 0

Other. ...... . 12 15,476 15,476 0 28 2 28 0 134 134 0

Puerto Rico . . . 36 88,037 88,037 0 19 18 1 0 13 13 0

Virgin Islands . 5 2,335 2,335 0 1 1 / 0 , J 0

European . . . . . 108 72,373 53,611 18,762 62 2/ 1 61 11,995 295 11,700

Austria. ...... .. 1( 986 986 0 2 2 1 1 453 295 158

Belgium . .. 2 354 354 0 2 , 0 c/ ' 111 0 111

En.1and .... 2 109 109 0 1 0 0 1 501 0 501

France. . ...... . .10 18,526 10,618 7,908 26 0 0 26 531 0 531

Germany. ....... 78 52,398 41,544 10,854 33 0 0 33 10,399 0 10,399

Mediterranean . . . 25 8,820 8,820 0 2 0 0 J 157 0 157

Italy ..... 25 8,820 8,820 0 2/ 0 0 , 157 0 157

Africa-Middle East 27 16,037 14,939 1,098 20 J 19 1 20 0 20

Algeria .. 4 27 0 27 c/ 0 0 J 2 0

Anglo Egyptian Sudan 3 745 682 63 c/ 0 0 2/ J 0 2 Arabia..... ..... 1 3,054 3,054 0 16 0 16 0 2/ 0 J

Eritrea 3 1,250 1,209 41 2/ 0 0 2 3 0 3

French Morocco . .. 3 0 0 0 c/ 0 2 2 J J J Gold Coast 1 389 250 139 2/ 0 0 c 4 0 4

Liberia 3 3,026 3,026 0 3 0 3 b 2/ 0

Libya ..... .. 2 7,142 6,377 765 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

Nigeria ... 1 404 341 63 J 0 0 2 12 0 12

Tunisia 6 0 0 0 c/ 0 0 2/ 2/ 0 2/

China .. 34 9,742 9,742 0 5 2/ 5 2/ 810 793 17

China. ....... . 34 9,742 9,742 0 5 2/ 5 2/ 810 793 17

India-Burma 1 60 60 0 2/ 0 2/ 0 13 13 0

India ..... 1 60 60 0 2/ 0 2/ 0 13 13 0

Pacific ..... 805 847,398 747,827 99,571 560 76 218 266 25,908 1,175 24,733

Australia ... 1 31 31 2/ 2/ 0 0 2/ 0 0 0

Caroline Islands 1 4,390 4,390 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0

Fiji Islan dsds 1 1,335 1,060 275 2 0 0 2 1 0 1

Gilbert Islands . 1 3,967 3,967 0 J/ 0 2/ 0 2 2 0

Hawaiian Islands 142 233,768 233,768 0 63 31 32 J 119 . 114 5

Japan....298 10,260 27,698 82,562 116 0 , 116 21,943 155 21,788

Korea.. .... 53 23,944 13,019 10,925 12 0 0 12 2,920 0 2,920

Line Islands . . . 1 5,264 5,264 0 150 0 150 0 d 2 0

Marianas Islands . 76 167,541 167,541 0 38 2/ 19 19 d 2 2.

Marshall Islands . 2 5,293 5,293 0 , 0 0 , 2 0 2/ New Guinea . . . 68 60,427 54,665 5,762 67 0 0 67 2/ 0 2

Philippine Islands 101 121,591 121,591 0 62 45 17 c/ 923 904 19

Ryukyu Islands .. 55 82,622 82,575 47 42 0 0 42 2/ 0 2 Solomon Islands 1 2,205 2,205 0 2/ 0 J 2 2 2 J Volcanic Islands 4 24,760 24,760 0 5 0 0 5 2/ 0 2/

2/ See explanatory notes at end of section.

2 Not reported: War Department paid no rental

2/ Less than 500 acres or $500.

d/ Not reported.
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 97

Table CR-45--Cost, acreage and annual rental of selected War Department installetions outside continenental U.S.: 31 December

1947 /

Acquisition and construction coat Acres Annual rental Installation (thousands of dollars) and

Theater

or area War Recip- Owned Leas- Recip- War Recipor reaWar rocal by ed by rocal oa Total Depart- Total Wa ar Ai an Total Depart- Aidan Aid and War War Aid nd Aid and ment Adadment

other Dept. Dept. other other

American area

Alaska Highway and bridges,

Dawson Creek, Canada to Alaska $/ 97,824 $97,824 C j J J / b' b/ bJ Adak Island Airfield and Army

garrison, Adak, Alaska....... 87,531 87,531 C 183,000 183,000 0 C C 0 C Shemya Island, Airfield and Army

garrison, Shemya Island, Alaska . 85,028 85,028 0 3,520 3,520 0 0 0 0 0

European Theater

Staging Area No. 1

Marseille, France ....... ... .19,845 19,845 C 1,920 0 0 1,920 15,660 0 $ 15,660

Crly Airfield

Paris, France g/. ........ 18,020 10,27C 7,750 1,700 0 0 1,700 89,802 0 89,802

Le Havre Port of Embarkation

La Havre, France .... ........ 16,415 15,785 630 47 0 0 47 200,000 0 200,000

Mediterranean Theater

Amendola HB Airfield

Foggia, Italy.......... . 4,284 4,284 C 4,570 0 C 4,570 13,065 0 13,065

Naples Port of-Satellite Ports

Naples, Italy . .. . . . . . . . . 3,252 3,252 0 217 0 0 217 392,140 0 392,140

2010th Labor Super. Co. Roane BU

Airfield, Rome, Italy...... . 2,899 2,899 0 550 0 0 550 6,600 0 6,600

Persian Gulf Command

Aio to Russia Highway

Khorramshahr to Kazvin, Iran . 35,263 35,006 257 e/ 0 j 0 / e/ 0

Port of Khorramahahr

Khorramshahr, Iran. .. .8,414 6,358 2,056 306 0 306 0 e/ e/ C

Abadan Air Base Airfield

Abadan, Iran ........... 2,744 2,273 471 725 0 725 0 / 0

Africa-Middle East Theater

Gura Airfield

Gura, Eritrea.......... .. .. 10,576 9,032 1,544 1,816 0 0 1,816 0 0 e/ Accra Airport

Accra, Gold Coast. ....... . .8,754 1,781 6,973 1,680 0 0 1,680 85,000 0 85,000

Massawa British Naval Base,

Ertrea ..... ............. 7,940 5,609 2,331 240 0 0 240 0 0 eI

China Theater

SOS Headquarters Depot and Camp

Kunming, China........ . .. 52,061 52,061 0 230 0 230 0 0 e/ C

Peng-ahan Airfield, Group VHS

Peng-shan, China ........ . 37,861 37,861 0 741 0 741 0 29,555 $29,555 0

Kuang-han Airfield, VHS Staging

Field, Kuang-han, China...... 24,096 24,096 0 770 0. 770 0 42,350 42,350 0

India-Burma Theater

Stillwell Road, Ledo,India to

China Supply Road, Wanting, China d/... .. 148,554 134,339 14,215 7,537 0 0 7,537 0 0

Tinsukia-Myitkyina Pipeline,

petroleum 6 inch pipeline, India to Burma... 11,634 11,214 420 146 0 0 146 0 0 ./ Tinsukia-China border pipeline,

4 in. pipeline, India to China 11,057 9,663 1,394 522 0 0 522 0 0 /

Pacific Theaters

Hickam Field,

Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii . . . . 68,657 68,657 0 2,136 2,136 0 0 0 0 0

Northwest Army Air Base, Agana, Guam, Marianas Islands . 30,720 30,720 0 5,700 0 5,700 0 N NI 0

North Army Air Base

Agana, Guam, Marianas Islands . 25,736 25,736 0 5,000 0 5,000 0 e/ eI 0

J Covers installations on hand and disposed of. See explanatory notes at end of section.

b Includes coat of 11 highway maintenance camps reported separately. Troop labor not included in coat. Land furnished rent free, acreage not reported. This does not represent entire Alcan Highway but only that portion reported as one unit.

a/ Includes base weather station.

d/ Item covers only road proper. Depots, airfields, and supporting installations reported separately.

N Not reported: War Department paid no rental.
98 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Statistical data presented in Tables CR-41 through CR-45 are based on information contained in the inventory reports, "Army Installations Outside Continental U. S.,"

which were published quarterly from 31 March 1944 through 30 June 1947 and semiannually

thereafter. The title of the inventory publication was changed on 31 December 1947 to

"Army and Air Force Installations Outside Continental U.S." because of the reorganization

of the War Department into the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force.

The coverage of installations in the inventory publication was not affected, however, and

data presented in all of these tables include figures for the Department of the Air Force

or its predecessor, the Army Air Forces.

The inventory publications were prepared, at the direction of the Chief of

Staff,, by the Office of the Chief of Engineers from individual installation reports transmitted from the various commands outside the continental U.S.

General Coverage

The inventory reports were required for all installations owned or leased by

the War Department which had any of the following characteristics:

1. Acquisition and construction costs in excess of $25,000 financed directly

by the U.S.,, through reciprocal aid, or through indigenous funds chargeable against reparations payments.

2. Annual rental costs in excess of $25,000, of installations occupied by the

U.S. Army (or Air Force) for more than 120 days, financed directly by the U.S., or provided as reciprocal aid or through indigenous funds chargeable against reparations payments.

3. Any installation which in the opinion of the reporting office was of such

strategic importance as to warrant inclusion in the report.

The cost of installations omitted from the reports was believed to be relatively small.

Separate reports were required for each reportable installation but there was

considerable variation among the commands in interpreting the instructions. In some commands a main or headquarters installation with a number of smaller installations under

the command of the main installation (such as seacoast battery positions) was reported as

one installation. In other commands each battery position might be reported separately.
INSTALLATIONS OU JTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. S. 99

EXPTANATORY NOTES - Continue d.

The published inventory reports were not limited to an accounting of properties

on hand but included all installations acquired and subsequently disposed of by the War

Department which had been reported by the commands outside the United States through the

date of the report. Both the summary tabulations.and the detailed listings in the inventory report distinguished between those installations remaining under Army jurisdiction

and those which had been disposed of.

During the war period installations located in combat zones were exempted from

the reporting requirement but when boundaries moved forward such installations were to be

included. There was, however, a very considerable time lag in the reporting of such installations. For example, data on installations in Germany were not included in the inventory until the 30 June 1945 publication and no data were shown for installations in

Japan until the 31 March 1946 inventory report. Moreover, after the close of the war,

lags occurred in reporting disposals of installations. Because of these lags in reporting

the inventory publications were never entirely accurate in their portrayal of real property holdings of the Army as of a given date.

Almost all the data presented in this section are based on material in the 31

December 1947 inventory publication because it was felt that this issue of the series is

more accurate and more complete in coverage than earlier issues.

Despite the limitations pointed out herein the data presented are considered the

best available as to comparability and coverage for portraying a. measure of the relatively

large amounts of the real property used by the U.S. Army overseas during World War II.

Installation - (general) This term was defined in the instructions for the outside U.S. inventory as follows: A unit of real estate leased, purchased, commandeered or

acquired, together with any improvements constructed thereon, for the use of the U. S.

Army, at which a specific military function is performed; or a unit of real property at

which there have been accomplished repairs, modifications or replacements to existing facilities such as roads, railroads, bridges, utilities, ports, airfields, depots, and similar properties, utilized by the U. S. Army, where the repairs, modifications, or replacements are of such type construction as to have a. potential postwar economic value.

Costs

United States Costs. Actual or estimated expenditures from War Department funds

for property purchased and for construction, including payments to contractors, overhead
100 CONSTRUCTION' AND REAL ESTATE

EDPLANATORY NOTS - Concluded

costs, local expenditures (for labor, materials, supplies, and installed machinery and,

equipment), troop labor, and materials, supplies and installed machinery and equipment

requisitioned from the United States. Construction equipment including rental and operat-.

ing costs were also included.

Reciprocal Aid and Other Costs - Estimates made by the U. S. Army of the value

of facilities, materials and services furnished the U. S. by allied governments as reciprocal aid (or reverse lend-lease). Reciprocal aid costs did not include value of facilities when it was understood that reciprocal aid charges would be on a rental basis. Also

included were estimated costs for materials and services furnished by occupied countries

such as Germany and Japan, in the construction of facilities for the U. S. Army.

Annual Rentals

United States. Actual or estimated cost of leases negotiated with property

owners by the U. S. Army (or Air Force) for which the U. S. Government was directly responsible. The War Department paid no rental for some property leased in this manner.

Reciprocal Aid and Other. Actual or estimated annual rental value of property

furnished the. U. S. Army by an allied government as reciprocal aid (or reverse lend-lease)

and estimated annual rental values of property commandeered or confiscated by the U. S.

Army in occupied areas.

Theater classifications

The theater groupings of geographic areas used in this section are with but one

exception identical with the groupings employed in the inventory report publication of 31

December 1947 which was for the most part based on official War Department boundaries-as

of 1. December 1945. The exception was that thirteen separate base commands, departments

and engineer divisions which were reported separately in the inventory publication were

arbitrarily grouped into one classification "American Commands.? The thirteen grouped

under this heading were: Pan American Highway; Alaskan Department; Great Lakes Engineer

Division; U. S. Army Forces, Central Canada; North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command; Greenland Base Command; Iceland Base Command; Newfoundland Base Command; Azores;

Bermuda Base Command; Antilles Department; Panama Canal Department; and U. S. Army Forces,

South Atlantic.
REPAIRS AND UTILITIES 101

The functions of maintaining ana repairing the War Department's real property

and providing and operating utilities were carried out at each individual installation by

the post engineer under supervision of the service command or army area engineer. Responsibility for staff supervision of these function was vested in the Repairs and Utilities

Branch, Construction Division, Office, Chief of Engineers.

The total cost of repairs and utilities operations in the Continental U. S. was

about l,484,000,000 for the three and half year period, 1 July 1943 through 31 December

1946. About 65 percent of this total cost was for regular maintenance, repairs, and utilities operations which are shown separately in Chart CR-21. These included buildings and

structures whichaccounted for 17 percent of all repairs and utilities costs; grounds and

roads (S percent); fire protection (10 percent); utilities (17 percent) and other costs

(13 percent). The remaining 35 percent of the total cost consisted of fuel costs (11 percent of the total); alterations and minor new construction (11 percent); and undistributed

shop and overhead costs (13 percent).

Chart CR-21--Monthly costs of repairs and utilities,

continental U. S.

MILLION

40

30

20

FY 1944

Source: Table CR-C7.

TOTAL COST

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102 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

These figures were a product of a uniform cost accounting system established in

July 1943 for all repairs and utilities operations at all of the War Departments stations in the continental U. S., with the exception of government-owned, agent-operated

plants.

Monthly costs of all repairs and utilities operations averaged $43,755,000 in

fiscal year 1944 and decreased considerably each subsequent year to an average monthly

cost of *21,714,000 for the last six month period (1 July 1946 - 31 December 1946) covered

by this summary. The decrease resulted chiefly from the inactivation and disposal of both

camps and industrial facilities. This decrease is somewhat understated because the fiscal

year 1944 and 1945 cost figures did not include costs for some stations which were included subseqtently. (See explanatory notes).

Costs of repairs and utilities at Army Air Forces installations totaled about

*542,000,000 for the period 1 July 1943 through 31 December 1946 and accounted for 37 percent of total recorded costs. The remaining 63 percent were for costs of this function at

installations of the Army Ground Forces and the Army Service Forces. Table CR-48 shows

repair and utilities costs by army areas for those stations under supervision of the army

areas (and prior to May 1946 under service command supervision), and shows separately the

costs for stations under supervision of AAF commands. Prior to September 1944 repairs and

utilities operations_ for all stations were under control of service commands but at that

time responsibility for this function at AAF installations was transferred to AAF commands. Data shown in this table for AAF commands, however, include costs for all AAF installations from 1 July 1943 through 31 December 1946.

Costs of repairs and utilities operations were reduced to a unit cost basis for

purposes of comparing costs for similar work performed among different installations within commands and also for comparing costs among the service commands.- These unit costs

were derived by dividing costs for a specific account by an appropriate physical quantity

unit. For example, the costs charged to the permanent type building account were divided

by the number of square feet of such buildings and a resulting cost per square foot-was

obtained. Table CR-49 shows unit costs for selected repair and utility cost accounts by

fiscal year.
REPAIRS AND UTILITIES 103

Table CRr-46--Estimated cost of War Department repairs and utilities,

by types of cost, continental U.S.: 1 July 1943 - 31 December

1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

1 July 1946-

Type of coat Total Fiscal year Fiscal year Fiscal year 31 December- 1944 1945 1946 1946

Total .... ................ $1,483,943 $525,057 $464,919 $363,682 $130,285

Maintenance, repaira and operations .. .. .... 959,452 325,551 296,518 251,950 85,433

Buildings and structures ..... .... ... .247,498 91,904 90,403 45,375 19,816

Grounds and roads .. ............ .. . 116,631 47,937 34,837 23,803 10,054

Grounds ....... .... .. 49,926 22,544 14,421 9,342 3,619

Roads, surfaced areas and walks 39,067 16,275 11,969 7,825 2,998

Airfield pavements. ............ . 8,853 3,644 3,156 1,432 621

Railroads....... ................. 18,785 5,474 5,291 5,204 2,816

Insect, rodent and vermin control......... / 2,205 / 1,656. 549

Fire protection....... ................ 146,147 46,695 51,447 33,212 14,793

Utilities ..... .................. 256,181 83,210 72,766 72,189 28,016

Water spatst and supply...... ........ 36,073 12,739 11,718 8,295 3,321

Sewer systems. .............. . . 18,038 6,779 6,026 3,859 1,374

Electric systems and supply........ . . 101,460 34,804 34,721 22,914 9,021

Gas distribution systems.. .......... . 715 254 227 169 65

Huting systems ............... . .. 68,947 20,803 11,829 26,446 9,869

Ice manufacturing and cold storage . 10,381 2,937 2,336 3,659 1,449

Refuse collection and disposal. ...... .. 20,567 4,894 5,909 6,847 2,917

Other ..... ................. .. ./ 190,790 j/ 55,805 / 47,065 75,715 12,205

0ff-post minor govlrnrsent-owned f oilities 20,914 4,961 9,290 4,762 1,901

0ff-post minor leased facilities.. ...... 21,597 9,742 7,477 3,674 704

Maintenance machine tools end equipment . 33,091 13,154 10,174 7,003 2,760

Fortification maintenance ....... 1,348 540 425 285 98

Deleted facilities ... ... 65,984 21,374 3,935 40,589 " 86

Miscellaneous ..... .............~ 47,856 /6,034 ~ 15,764 19,402 6,656

Fuel ........................... . . 166,860 60,770 58,063 38,003 10,024

Purchased gas and steam ......... 30,191 10,374 10,523 7,152 2,142

Coal........ .......... ......... 103,251 38,660 35,563 23,481 5,627

Oil......... ................... ... 13,449 4,277 4,998 3,085 1,089

Other fuel.. ................. ..1,373 592 477 252 52

Fuel storage end distribution......... . . 18,596 6,867 6,502 4,113 1,114

Alterations and minor new construction .. ..... .157,048 76,108 50,949 23,181 6,810

Off-post facilities - all projects. ..... . . 12,456 8,500 2,995 766 195

Government-owned ................. . 10,484 8,500 1,453 405 126

Leased ... .................. . . 1,972 0 1,542 361 69

Main post facilities.. .. ......... . . 144,592 67,608 47,954 22,45 6,615

Projects $1,000 and under ........ 67,466 29,994 25,822 8,772 2,878

Projects over $1,000 .............. 68,328 33,602 18,867 12,596 3,263

Disaster restorations . . ........ . . 8,798 4,012 3,265 1,047 474

Undistributed costs............. . . . 200,583 62,628 59,389 50,548 28,018

Undistributed shop costs ... . ... 47,214 18,911 14,529 10,226 3,548

Annual end sick leave.. ............. 75,345 16,335 20,313 22,22& 16,41

Post Engineer's office .. .......... . 78,024 27,362 24,547 18,036 8,059

a/ Cost for Army Air Forces control depots included beginning with 1 July 1945 only. See explanatory notes at end of

section.

J Insect,rodent end vermin control costs include(. in "other, miscellaneous" prior to 1 July 1945.
CONSTRUCTION: AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR-47--Estimated cost of War Department repairs and utilities,

by major types of cost, continental U.S.: 1 July 1943 - 31

December 1946 1!

________________________________ (Th thousands of dollars)________ _______

Maintenance, Alterations

Period Total repairs Fuel anid IUdistributed,

and minor new overhead

operations jconstruction

Total...... .. .. ..

Fiscal year 1944....... .. .. ..

1943 July........ .. .. ... August.... .. .. .. ....

September.... .. .. .. ..

October......... ..

November...... .. ..

December . . . . . .

1944 January..... .... .. ..

February........ ....

March...... .. .. .. ..

April..... .. .. ...

May....... . .. .. ... June........ .. ..

Fiscal year 1945.... .. .. .. ...

1944 July............ .

August.. ...... ... September... .. .. .. ..

October.........

November..........

-December.........

1945 January ',. .. .

February ... ....... ..

March... .. ...

April..... .. .. ... May......... .. . ..

June....... .. .. .. ..

Fiscal year 1946........ ..

1945 July....... .. ...

August.... .. .. .. ...

September....... ..

October.......... ..

November.... .. .. .. ..

December.... .. .. ...

1946 January...... .. .. ..

February.... .. .. .. ..

March....... .. ..

April..........

May........... ..

June....... . .. ...

1 July - 31 December 1946.......

1946 July.......... . ..

August...... . ...

September... .. .. ....

October...... .. .. ..

November...... ....

December.... .. .. .. ..

$1,483,943

525,057

42,692

42,715

44,118

46, 207

48,551

47,926

47,556

45,143

43,456

40,495

38,427

37,771

464,919

35,842

37,032

37,355

37,707

39,839

43,005

42,362

39, 163

40,200

37,365

37,615

37,434

363,682

35,240

35,453

33,352

35,013

32,626

32,784

34,126.

27,448

25,649

24,373

22,725

24,8193

130, 285

22,498

24,190

21, 59,

22,623

-20,-094

19,301

$959,452

325,551

30,844

29,603

29,784

29,643

28,402

26,886

26,616

25,098

24,832

25,910

24,615

23,318

296,518

24,325

24,072

24, 527

23,789

24,604.

25,573

24,476

23,974

26,010

25,116

24,926.

25,126

251,950

24,336

24,001

23,354.

23,737

21,218

19, 443

22,390

17,741

18,939

19,225

18,207

19,359

85,433

15,351

16,94

14, 781

14,620

12,231

11,509

$166,860

60,770

2,426

2,478

3,384

4,303

6,351

8, 213.

9,116

8,151

6,415

4, 204.

3,332.

2,397

58,063

2,083

2,321

2, 578

4,063

5,865

8,249.

8,918

7,257

5, 892.

4,101

3,941

2, 79 5

38,003

1,667

1,762

2,234

3,851

4,732'

6,486

6,147~

4,984.

2,862'

1,511'

631

1L,136

10,024

896

932

988

1,879

2,371

2,958

$157, 048

76,108

4,355

5,554

5,719

6,770

8,003

7,085

6,137

6,500

7,019

5,540

5,883

7,543

50,949

4,376

5,383

5,300

4,952

4,620

4,028

4,093

3,198

3,423

3,361

3,784

4,431

23,181

3,756

3,593

2,781

2,602

1,887

1,987

1,441

1,235

971

901

873

1,154

6,810

1,294

1,543

1,227

1,134

977

635

$200, 583

62,628

5,067

5,080

5,231

5,491

5,795

5,742

5,687

5,394

5,190

4,841

4, 597

4,513

59,389.

5,058

5,256

4,950

4,903

4,750

5,155

4,875

4,734

4,875

4,787

4, 964

5,082

50,548

5,481

6,097

4,983

4,823

4,789

4,868

4,148

3,488

2,877

2,736

3,014

3, 244

28,018

4,957

4,774

4,583

4,990

4,515

4,199

~Cost for Army Air Forces control depots

of section.

included beginning with 1 July 1945 only. See explanatory notes at end

104
REPAIRS AND UTILITIES 105

Table OR-48--Estimated cost of War D« partment repairs and utilities

by major types of cost and command, continental U. S.: 1 July

1943 - 31 December 1946 a/

(In thousands of dollars)

Army Army Areas Period Airy

and Total Frces

major type of cost orces

First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth MDW

Total...... ....

Maintenance, repairs and

operations. . ..

Fuel. . ......

Alterations and minor new

construction......

Undistributed-cost

Fiscal year 1944. ....

Maintenance, repairs and

operations.......

Fuel. . . ...

Alterations and minor new

construction. . ..

Undistributed cost

Fiscal year 1945.....

Maintenance, repairs and

operations. .

Fuel. .......

Alterations and minor new

construction. .

Unuistributed cost

Fiscal year 1946.......

Maintenance, repairs and

operations.......

Fuel. ........

Alterations and minor new

construction.....

Undistributed cost

1 July - 31 December 1946

Maintenance, repairs and

operations.....

Fuel...........

Alterations and minor new

construction......

Undistributed cost

$1,463,943:1 $542,169 I $157,585 I $161,186 I $161,009 i $126,304 I $148,578 1 $165,966 1$21,146

959,452

166,860

157,048

200, 583

525,057

325,551:

60,770

76,108

62, 628

464,919'

296, 518

58,063'

50,949

59,389

363,682

251,950;

38,003;

23,181

50,54,8

130,285

85,433

10,024'

6,810;

28,018'

356,301

50,569:

57,374

77,925

206,320

131,243

18,417

31,091

25,569

179,885

117,48

18,904

19,021

24, 542

108,638

76,561

9,877!

4,978.

17,222

47,326

31,079,

3,371

2, 284

10, 5921

100,099

22,60b

15,133.

19,745

50,614,

30,629'

7,984!

6,651

5,350.

48,191;

30,590:

7,339;

5,010

5,252

44,068

29,160

6,089

2,790;

6,029

14,712

9,720,

1,196

682

3,1141

102,848

21,956

16,228

20,154

53,016

31,361

7,884

7,754

6,017

46,217

29,337

6,878

4,550

5,452

45,514

31,162

5,679

3,237

5,436

16,439

10,988

1,515

687

3,249

104,466

19,632

16,110

20,801

58,694

36,416

7,770

7,606

6,902

50,497

32,140

7,071

4,995

6,291

40,766

28, 501

4,042

2,858:

5,365

11,052:

7,409;

749

651

2,243.

83,387

12,216

14,153

16,548

.46, 235

27,938

4,814

7,903

5,580

38,642

25,499

4,734

3,760

4,649

32,123

23,609

2,203

2,036

4,275

9,304

6,341.

465:

454

2,044,;

93,467

17,592

16,990

20,529

48,903

28,793

6,423

7,685'

6,002.

43,926

27,217..

5,541

5,481

5,687

41,060

27,795

4,530

3,102

5,633

14,689

9,662

1,098

722

3,207

105,647

19,074

19,297

21,948

54, 707

35,107

6,392

6,886

6,322

51,939

30,805

6,725

7,582;

6,827

45,635

31,485

4,671

3,689

5,790

13,685

8,250

1,286

1,140,

3,009

13,237

3,213

1,763

2,933

6,568

4,064

1,086

532

886

5,622

3,512

871

550

689

5,878

3,677

912

491

798

3,078

1,984

344

190

560

./ Costs for Army Air Forces control depots

end of section.

included beginning with 1 July 1945 only. See explanatory notes at
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Table CR49-Estimated base unit quantity total cost, and unit cost

for selected types of War Department repair and utilities cost

accounts, continental U.S.: 1 July 1943 - 31 December 1946 a/

Fiscal year 1944 Fiscal year 1945 Unit

Selected types of of cost measure Base unit Total Unit Base unit Total Unit

quantity cost cost quantity cost cost

Buildings

Permanent type... ........ Square feet

Mobilization type. ....... Square feet

Theater of operation type ... Square feet

Grounds

Improved......... .. Acres

Other post areas. ..... .... Acres

Roads

Concrete. ...........

High type bituminous.....

Low type bituminous. ......

Gravel, stabilized, etc.

Parking - open storage areas

Walks ... ......... . ..

Airfields

Concrete. ..........

High type bit eminous......

Low type bituminous.......

Miscellaneous..........

Railroads..... . ......

Insect, rodent, vermin control

Buildings

Grounds .

Water systems

Distribution mains and srrvices

Water pumping stations -

operation..........

Water pumping stations -

maintenance'and repair

Water filtration - operation

Water filtration - maintenance

and repair

Purchased water ............

Sewer systems

Sanitary collection mains

Storm collection mains .

Sewage treatment - operation

Sewage treatment - maintenance

and repair

Electric systems

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Square yards

Linear feet

Square feet

Acres

Linear feet

1,000 gals.

1,000 gals.

1,000 gals.

1,000 gals

1,000 gals.

Linear feet

Linear feet

1,000 gals.

1,000 gals.

0verhead electric lines .. Linear

Underground electric lines . Linear

Purchased electricity ....... KWH

Gas systems

Distributidn mains....

Purchased gas ...........

Fuel

Coal issued .... .....

Fuel oil issued . ..

Coal storage and distribution

308,364,970 $20,779,179

620,680,136 43,264,546

329,41,223 23,495,974

1,543,028

20,909,005

20, 570,299

64,123,352.

70,606,613

139,981,376

98,446,447

17,999,282

bJ

bJ

21,754,991

64,899,284

51,177,761

30,145,150

18,282,431

bJ

feet 99,181,018'

feet 15,047,976

2,801,601,413

Linear feet

Therms

Tons

1,000 gals.

Tons handled

14,831,228

455,539,315

7,161,277

85,029

LI

.067

.070

.071

16,811,266 10.895

1,834,646 .088

744,193

2,835,588

3,822,236

5,297,975

2,324,228

1,196,360

bJ

5, 326, 215

2,042,884

bJ

5,133,084

658,519

530,527

1,867,104

223,788

30,719,983

254,587

10,373,649

.036

.044

.054

.038

.024

.066

.245

bJ

.031

bJ

bJ

.100

.022

.029

.019

.015

.011

.017

.023

38,660,304 5.399

4,276,565 50.295

LI LI

291,352,471 $11,718,407

640,720,454 26,533,431

317,092,130 13,063,572

1,163,163

11,590,224

19,931,780

54,045,763

76,147,049

146,350,110

129,191,392

17,098,810

114,678,987

91,073,302

45,027,233

17,693,938

20,807,145

65, 779,405

100,823,455

100,823,455

27,677,553

27,677,553

47,620,036

45,575,655

19,422,963

66,835,381

66,835, 381

86,785,183

12, 344,102

2, 730, 253, 297

26,230,530

486,753,234

5,858,326

90,814

11,382,832

11,097,156

785,637

483,414

2,034,797

3,679,736

2,946,447

1,729,668

677,588

1,313,467

1,105,312

410,206

160,179

5,186,550

1,613,451

3,092,123

592,797

1,118,220

116,604

4,637,851

677,357

396,433

3,410,730

496,314

1,215,211

224, 176

29,040,967

169,617

9,714,773

0 .040

.041

.041

9.540

.068

.024

.038

.048

.020

.013

.040

.011

.012

.009

.009

.249

.025

.032

.006

.040

.004

.097

.015

.020

.051

.007

.014

.018

.011

.006

.020

34,618,279 5.909

4,641,576 51.111

5,284,516 .464

a/ See explanatory notes at end of section.

bJ Data not available.

106
Table CR-49-Estiaated base unit quantity total cost, and unit cost

for selected types of War Department repair and utilities cost accounts, continental U.S.: 1 July 1943 - 31 December 1946 a/- Concluded

Fiscal year 1946 1 July 1946 - 31 December 1946

Unit

of Selected types Base unit Total Unit Base unit Total Unit measure of cost

quantity coat coat quantity cost cost

21,512,958

58, 264,347

77,356,760

150,531,055

139,732,955

15, 325, 879

103,236,003

69,024,035:

36, 237,084"

14,678,626

26,124,984.

1,295,454,960

6,692,796

63,774,968

83,092,999

83,070,331'

20,977,637-

20,977,368,

33,843,791:

41,287,409

20,466,674

50,580,993'

50,580,993:

84,578,558;

13,163,732,

2,116,394,655;

13,997,002

344, 518,639

4,210, 455

77,295 6,968,846

.021 Square feet

.011 Square feet

.009 Square feet

4.107 Acres

.022 Acres

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Linear

$13,254,656

19,128, 891

5,648,586

8,440,650

515,737

841,957,

1,605, 572

2,248,859

1,853,807

1,243,424

423,290

725,126

515, 562'"

261,198

59,280'

5, 287,947

636,986%

1,087,293'

1,415,253.

2,225,927

384,560

900,637

101,518

3,364,529

464, 521

280,752;

2,278,883

298,143

808,485

177,315

22,622,980

376,826,994

631,199,895

234,106,124

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

yards

feet

feet

feet

gals.

gals.

gals.

.035

.030

.024

9.283

.053

.039

.028

.029

.012

.009

.028

.007

.007

.007

.004

.202

.162

.022

.027

.005

.043

.005

.099

.011

.014

.450

.006

.010

.013

.011

.010

.021

355,628,470

566,817,614

166,594,066

747;617

8,760,487

20,070,819

54, 842, 579

63,904,570

146,774,431

125,987,096

13,055,666

78,845,594

58,058,567

29,969,173

11,950,227

24,781,682;

1,094,623.188

8,208,628!

56, 863,420

28,416,456

28,416, 456

8,127,444

8,127,444

10,419,505

35, 517,905

17,875,883

13, 507, 578

13,507,578

72,783,724

11,896,377

720,053,773

11,377,366

90,700,159

891,302

18,648

1,974,154

$7,539,290

6,012,569

1,539,091

3,070,663

194,116

361,884

430,878

1,000,532

571,353

443,835

126,176

440,484

111,457

21,838

47,392

2,805,810

261,025

285,048

617,946

860,076

146,106

374,801

36,129

1,115,064

148,365-

113,735

751,261

92,854

295,059

123,863

7,908,056

56,276

2,054,785

5,564,388

1,070,965

895,61

feet

feet

feet

6.243 Tons

57.431 1,000 gals.

.454 Tons handled

Buildings

Permanent type

Mobilization type

Theater of operation type

Grounds

Improved

Other post areas

Roads

Concrete

High type bituminous

Low type bituminous

Gravel, stabilized, etc.

Parking - open storage areas

Walks

Airfields

Concrete

Higi type bituminous

Low type bituminous

Miscellaneous

Railroads

Insect, rodent, vermin control

Buildings

Grounds

Water systems

Distribution mains and services

Water pumping stations -

operation

Water pumping stations -

maintenance and repair

Water filtration - operation

Water filtration - maintenance

and repair

Purchased water

Sewer systems

Sanitary collection mains

Storm collection mains

Sewage treatment - operation

Sewage treatment - maintenance

and repair

Electric systems

Overhead electric lines

Underground electric lines

Purchased electricity

Gas systems

Distribution mains

Purchased gas

Fuel

Coal issued

Fuel oil issued

Coal storage and distribution

c/ Less then 0.0005.

REPAIRS AND UTILITIES 107

.018

.009

.016

.004

.J04

.010

.006

.002

.001

.004

.113

c/ Square

.035 Acres

141,280

,245, 532

.004 1, ,000 gals

.107 1,000 gals

909,221

,718,145

24,571,523 5.836

3,286,993 42.525

3,547,593 .509

Linear

1,000

1,000

1,000

Linear feet

Linear feet

1,000 gals.

1,000 gals.

.004 Linear

.010, Linear

.011 KWH

.005: Linear

.023 Therms

.011

.030

.005

.046

.004

.006

.056

.097
COMBINED ARMS RESEARCH LIBRARY FORT LEAVENWORTHK

3 1695 00578 3014

108 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

EXPLANATORY NOTES

All statistical data presented in Tables CR-46 through 49: were provided by' a

letter of 19 October 1949, to Chief, Historical Division, SSUSA from Chief, Engineer Historical Division, OCE, Subject: Engineer Statistics on Wartime Construction. The data

were compiled especially for this chapter from-records maintained in the Office, Chief of

Engineers which were based on summaries of monthly reports transmitted to the Office,

Chief of Engineers from each installation on Repairs and Utilities, cost cards (Reports

Control Symbol EFP-61) and on WD-AGO Forms 5-95 and 5-96, (Reports Control Symbol EUG-84).

The repairs and utility cost reporting system covered all government-owned War

Department installations in the continental U.S. for the period 1 July 1943 through 30

June 1945 with the exception of installations operated by contractors and AAF control depots. Repair and utility costs for the Continental U. S. depots which were excluded were

estimated at $21,121,000 for fiscal year 1945 but no estimate is available for fiscal year

1944.

Table CR-45 shows repair and utility costs by army area since these agencies replaced the service commands in June 1946. Time series records on costs were revised in

order to have data for all years available for comparisons on the same organizational

basis. The service commands were changed over to army areas as follows:

Army Area Service Command

1st 1st and 2nd

2nd 3rd and 5th

3rd 4th

4th 8th

5th 6th and 7th

6th 9th

Definitions and descriptions of the cost accounts and the individual installation-'s record keeping system may be. found in War Department Technical Manual TM 5-602,

Cost Accounting - Repairs and Utilities, September 1945.

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