better use could be made of these funds than by maintaining sufficient extra officer personnel for the citizen-soldier organization and for the colleges, and by educating them in the schools that are now being operated. To reduce the number of officers and carry on the school system by taking officers away from their organizations would be of far less value than the present plan, because it is of prime importance that all troop units should be fully officered and have the proper quota of staff officers. Color Conr Dela Flor * Geor It is only by maintaining officers in addition to those required for troops and staff purposes that the National Guard, the Organized Reserves, the military instruction in the colleges and the Regular Army school system can be operated to advantage, and I hope that for the good of your Army you will li do your utmost to maintain this extra officer personnel, which I understand Ind you fully approve of and which I consider of prime importance. I trust that you will consider that my interest in your Army, which I had the honor of commanding in France, is ample justification for the foregoing letter on a matter of policy which I deem vitally important to that Army. F. FOCH. SUGGESTED WORDING $25,000,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby allocated from the funds hereby appropriated to provide suitable buildings at colleges and universities, hereinafter defined, for the instructional program of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Such Reserve Officers' Training Corps buildings shall contain the facilities essential and suitable for the physical education, tactical and technical training of students, including classrooms, laboratories, practice halls, storage space, and auxiliary quarters. Such buildings shall be erected upon sites owned by the colleges and universities concerned, and when built shall become the property of such colleges and universities, which shall thereafter operate and maintain them without expense to the Federal Government: Provided, That at no time shall the use of such buildings be diverted from their purposes as defined in this act: Provided further, That in the event of a national emergency or public disaster, the Secre tary of War shall be permitted, without charge, to make such use of them as he may deem necessary. The benefits of this act shall be restricted to colleges and universities maintaining Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units as follows: Land-grant colleges and universities, State colleges and universities which are not landgrant institutions, and other colleges and universities not operated for profit, whose real property is exempt from taxation by their respective States. The Secretary of War shall determine the institutions entitled to such buildings under this act; shall determine the funds to be allocated to each institu tion in accordance with its needs and importance to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program; shall examine and approve or modify in whatever way may be necessary under the provisions of this act, the location, plans, and speciffcations for said buildings which the several institutions shall be required to prepare and submit without delay after passage of this act; and shall employ such measures as he deems necessary to protect the interests of the Federal Government in the construction of such buildings by the several institutions. Estimated expenditure at cach institution Iowa: Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts__ 400, 000 400, 000 400, 000 Kansas: Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science____. 400, 000 400, 000 Kentucky University of Kentucky-- 350, 000 Louisiana Louisiana State University. 400, 000 A BRIEF IN BEHALF OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE RELATIVE TO ITS NEED FOR AN ARMORY FEBRUARY 16, 1934. BE The Virginia Polytechnic Institute, being a land-grant college, is much interested in the proposal to secure funds under the Public Works Administration 1 for the building of Federal armories as Federal projects at such institutions cul and respectfully submits the following statement: This institution, located at Blacksburg, Va., is an essentially military college with a normal enrollment of more than 1,200 cadets, who live in military bar-com racks, have meals at a mess hall, wear the cadet uniform, and are under mili tary discipline at all times. The enrollment has steadily increased and at pres ent is more than three times that of 1910 and more than twice that of 1920. There are here three senior units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, representing the Infantry, Engineer, and Coast Artillery branches. Approxi mately one-third of the enrollment is in the advanced course, and this number would be larger but for quota restrictions. The military work has been com mended by the War Department, but lack of facilities has been apparent. Each year graduates are given and accept approximately 200 commissions as Reserve officers. The record of alumni is notable both in war and in peace. At present this institution has no armory. A large amount of equipment, valued at $192,824, has been supplied by the War Department, and this is stored in an old building which is nonfireproof, is overcrowded, and should be demol ished. There is no drill hall and no strictly military classrooms. An airport is owned by the college, but no flying equipment is available. This institution is located in the Allegheny Mountains, at an elevation of 2,300 feet, and while 246 days are available for out-door military training during a college year, weather permitting, more than one-half of these days are lost because of inclement weather. The important and valuable training of the military department could be greatly improved, increased in efficiency, made more attractive to the cadets, and prepare a larger number for military service, if adequate facilities, espe cially for housing, were made available. An armory building is now the most outstanding need of the institution. For the foregoing reasons, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute respectfully requests that provision be made for the proposed Federal armories at the landgrant colleges. Respectfully submitted, JULIAN A. BURRUSS, President Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Lt. Col. FRED B. RYONS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Room 241, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. DEAR COLONEL RYONS: Acting for President Eugene C. Brooks, and in collaboration with Col. Bruce Magruder, commandant of the Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at State College, we have prepared a brief statement of facts and some supplementary sheets of information concerning the need for and the services to be rendered by an armory at State College. As you know, we have asked Congressman Edward W. Pou, of the Fourth District of North Carolina, to represent us in this matter. Strong letters were ent to him by Governor Ehringhaus, and resolutions have been adopted by the nayor and board of commissioners of the city of Raleigh, the alumni assoiation of State College, the Rotary and Lions Clubs of Raleigh, the chamber of commerce of Raleigh, and several other bodies that have contacted Mr. Pou lirect. Copies of the brief and information sheet have been placed in the hands of Mr. Pou and of each Congressman. We are ready to cooperate in any way possible in presenting this matter or assisting Mr. Pou and your associates. If there is anything further we an do, we shall appreciate a word from you. Very truly yours, THEODORE S. JOHNSON, BRIEF OF FACTS RELATIVE TO FEDERAL ARMORY AT LAND-GRANT COLLEGE IN 1. Name and location of institution: North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, at Raleigh, N.C. 2. Enrollment, 1933-34: Male, 1,451; female, 37. 3. Enrollment, basic course: First year, 392; second year, 267. Advanced course: First year, 73; second year, 72; total basic and advanced, 804. 4. Enrollment (male and female), 1910: Male, 550; female, none. 1,069; female, none. 1930: Male, 1,793; female, 75. 5. Present armory facilities: 1920: Male, (a) Year built: No armory building. Three store rooms used as such are located in basement of college gymnasium which was built in 1924. (b) Fireproof: No. (c) Value of Government property in use and in storage: $61,722.83. (d) Surplus storage space available for equipment: None. (e) Size of drill hall: There is no drill hall. (f) Size of classrooms and number: There are four classrooms, each about 18 feet by 30 feet, located in basement of administration building. 6. Other information regarding armory: (a) Days available for outdoor training in school year, weather permitting: Ninety. (b) Days lost for outdoor training because of inclement weather: (c) Aviation equipment available for aviation training: None. (f) How the training could be improved if proper facilities and equip- Better by dimas ir six-dering of Government prop Az issigned to the military department Jars Cabings n de campus. Several rooms W DIN TEZiel 3- the bereasing activiiszei ir property storage. Twice in ugazed it right, with some loss use strments). Classrooms 1% in the basement of the main adJe Bemiratiy crowded when the - Six for indoor drills, יד N mi anal cost of R.O.T.C. MAS Stoximately $51.722.83. DYAPO TRately $26.424.33 annually. Speciarent any are approximately 1987 $30 annually for expenditure by es am, maintenance thereof. crement portier.—An average of 12 drill days 2 preventing scheduled outdoor de sol nữ three school terms-fall, winter, es exzemei crid weather seldom prevents Our “IS “RETVI, but the efficiency of at least half a. teen & lowered due to the cold. Often masala ceress designed to keep the students warm must a shaled for the day. |