| Show Army Requests 10 Million to Reopen Dugway PI Proving oving Grounds in Utah V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 16 UP iThe j i The The army has asked congress to authorize to reopen I Du Dugway vav ay proving ground Utah for fora a secret chemical corps project In submitting submitting- new public works proposals to the house armed services services ices committee the army said the Dugway project eventually would cost While no specific information was given about the nature of the project the army said the proving pro ground was required for field tests of new methods of dissemination dissemination I nation protection and nation It called attention to the fact that the chemical corps generally is concerned with chemical and biological warfare and radiological defense Officers assigned to Dugway proving proving- grounds have been aware for some time lime that department of the army was considering re reopening reopening reopening re- re opening the wartime testing base Col Raymond T. T Beurket Dugway commanding o 0 officer f f fIe i c e r disclosed Thursday At present the station is on a stand-by stand basis with a detachment detachment detachment de de- de- de of 12 soldiers assigned for guard purposes only Col Beurket Beurket Beur Beur- ket Iet said mid There are also a few civilians attached to the base to operate utilities there It is my understanding that the arm army is planning extensive construction in the area but at quite a distance from the present site the colonel reported ted Santo Property Stolen The small army detachment was ordered to the ba base e for guard work after investigation disclosed that there was considerable loss in stolen property following its deactivation deactivation de- de activation Col Beurket explained The army placed the testing grounds on inactive status in May 1917 1947 Dugway way 50 line air miles southwest southwest southwest south south- west of Salt SaIL Lake City is near the recently expanded Tooele army ordnance depot and the Deseret chemical warfare storage depot It is on the southeast rim of the Bonneville salt flats During the tho war the sagebrush flats sand dunes and salt marshes around Dugway one one of the most desolate places in western America Amer Amer- AmerI I ica were lea were used for scores of military military mili mili- mili-I mili tar tary experiments j i |
