Evening star., 1932-09-15
WORK STARTS SOON
AT NEARBY POSTS
Military Construction Pro-
gram in Capital Area Will
Amount to $500, 900.

Work is to begin within very short
time on building projects calling for an
expenditure Of $780, 900 at military
posts in the District Of Columbia and
nearby Maryland and Virginia, 1t was
said today at the War Department.
This Is part Of the $15.709, 900 Army
housing program which President Hoo
yer has directed the War Department
to speed up for. employment relief,
along with Federal works in practi-
cally every section of the country under
the $200. .00o, 900 authorized in the emer-
gency relief and construction act. .
The projects at Fort Myer and other
military establishments in the District
1t was said at the War Department,
would be built under private contracts.
Even in the event outside contractors
are awarded the bids. this would re-
suit in local communities benefiting
chiefly from the expenditures. Other
projects in Maryland and Virginia call
for expenditure Of ss15,ooo.
River Projects Approved.
Earlier in the week, the War Depart
ment announced the approval OF SAL
000,00o river and harbor projects, but
only a small sum is to be expended in
this section of the country. for work in
the James River. The Army housing
program in Washington, however, Is ex-
pected to give employment to hundreds
Of local laborers over a considerable
period. Bids are to be received and
contracts awarded on a strictly COM
petitive basis as soon as details are ar
ranged.
Walter Reed General Hospital and
Boiling Field will be the chief benefl-
ciaries under the local building pro-
gram. At the big Army medical plant
a total Of $420, 900 is to be expended as
follows: $4,000, non commissioned Of
hcers' quarters; 100000 for an addi-
ton to the nurses quarters.
At Boiling Field expenditures Of $274.-
900 will be distributed among these
projects: $4,000, non commissioned Of
ficers' quarters; $780, for completion
Of the dispensary; $45,000 for compile
ton of the post exchange, theater and
gymnasium; $4,000 for an officers
mess, and $4,000 for enlargement Of
the heating plant to provide for quar-
tiers area.
100000 Barracks at Myer.
Fort Myer Is to have a new 100000
barracks for enlisted men, project
that is very much needed, 1t was said.
Other projects in this immediate Sec
tion were listed as follows: Fort George
G. Meade, non-c commissioned officers
quarters, $150,000; officers quarters,
$50,
Edgewood Arsenal. Md-Non- COM
missioned officers quarters. $4,000.
Fort Howard, MdAHospital, $3.50, 900.
Fort Hoyle, Md.-Non-commission
officers quarters, $4,000.
Holabird Quartermasfter Depot, Md.
Hospital, s120,000
Langley Field, Va-Central heating
plant, $50, 1000; quartermaster mainte-
nance building, $4,000: fire house, $40
900; barracks, medical detachment,
$4,000; completion of garage. $4,000;
completion Of magazine, $4,000.
Fort Humphreys, Va.-Ofhcers' quar-
ters. $150,000.
Practically all projects in the Army's
$l5,000,000 program are absolutely
needed to improve conditions at the
post and some of them have been hang
ing fire for a long while. Now that
Secretary of the Treasury Mills has in
formed the President that the funds fol
the. emergency building projects are
| available, work will be rushed on Fed
eral projects in all sections Of the coun.
try.