Evening star., 1935-10-15
$3,2OD,0)O SOUGHT.
FOR CONSTRUCTION
Of NAVY HOSPITAL
Budget Bureau Will Be
Asked to Approve Fund
for Building Here.
PRESENT STRUCTURES
ARE DECLARED HAZARDS
Capt. Ulys r. Webb Ordered De-
tached From Dispensary to
Command Medical Center.

The Budget Bureau will be asked
to approve the spending of some
$4,000, 900 for construction Of a new
Naval Hospital here. to replace the
present ramshackle buildings that are
considered f1re-trap and detrimental
to patients. This is proposed for in
clusion in the regular naval appro-
priation for the fiscal year starting
July /.
This was learned today, with the
announcement that Capt. Ulys r.
Webb is ordered detached next month
from command of the naval dispen-
sary at the Navy Department to COM
mand the Naval Medical Center here,
which replaces the Naval Hospital and
Naval Medical School administration
set up. Capt. Curtis B. Munger will
be detached from command Of Naval
Hospital about November and be
sent to command the Naval Hospi-
tai at Newport, r. I. Capt. Benjamin
H. Dorsey will leave the Naval Hos
pital at Newport next month and
come here to command the naval dis
penSary at the department.
Units Of Hospital.
The new Naval Medical Center will
consist of, the Naval Hospital, now
under supervision of the commandant
of the Washington Navy Yard, Rear
Admiral Joseph r. Defrees, and the
Naval Medical School, which has been
under direction of the Navy Depart
ment. These changes were ordered
recently by Secretary Swanson in q
new general order to the service.
For some years now the Navy De-
partment has had plans drawn for
the new Naval Hospital here. The
Navy secured 100000 for this work,
which was undertaken by some Of the
outstanding architects in this section
of the country. If Congress appro-
pirates the $3,2oo. 900 in the coming
session, it will be possible to start
building the new Naval Hospital
shortly after July Ia task expected
to take from two to three years.
Property to Be Developed.
The research branch Of the Public
Health Service proposes to develop its
new property on the Rockville pike,
about q mile and three-quarters be-
yond the Bethesda, Md, Bank, on the
west side.
When this Is done the National In
stitute of Health, now adjoining the
Naval Hospital. will move out to the
new location. This means that two
new buildings, occupied only last Sep
tember by the Public Health Service,
near the Naval Hospital, and other
property, will be turned over for the
use of the Navy. Originally, the ground
was secured from the Navy by the
Public Health Service. Now both have
grown to the point where there is not
room enough in the present location
for either one to expand.
Treasury Department officials hope
to start clearing the land on the
Rockville pike shortly, either with
Civilian Conservation Corps workers
or as a project under the Works Prog
ress Administration, to lay the ground
work for the first unit-a 100000
building.
The new commanding officer Of the
Naval Medical Center formerly COM
manded the Naval Hospital at San
Diego. He has been q captain since
December, 1921. He Is native Of Ten
nessee, where he was born January
l8, 1874 He entered the Naval Medi-
cal Corps in october In 1901 from his
native State.