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 610 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 511 . AUGUST 12, 1935. [CHAPTER 511 .] August 12, 1935. AN ACT [H. R. 7022.] To authorize the selection, construction, installation, and modification of perma- [Public, No. 263.] nent stations and depots for the Army Air Corps and frontier air-defense bases generally. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Arm y Air corps sta- Lions. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Loc ation of e ssential of War is hereby authorized and directed to determine in all strategic stations; enlargement areas of the United States, those of Alaska and our over- of existing, authorized. , seas possessions and holdings, the location of such additional per- manent Air Corps stations and depots as he deems essential, in c onnectio n with the exis ting Ai r Corps station s and de pots an d the enlargement of the same when necessary, for the effective peace-time training of the General Headquarters Air Force and the Air Corps er legions to be consid- components of our overseas garrisons. In determining the locations o f new sta tions and depo ts, consi dera tion shal l be give n to the follo w- ing regions for the respective purposes indicated : (1) The Atlantic Northeast-to provide for training in cold weather and in fog ; (2) the Atlantic Southeast and Carribbean areas-to permit training i n lon g-ra nge o pera tions, es pecia lly those inc ident to reinf orci ng th e Panama Canal ; (3a) the Southeastern States-to provide a depot essential to the maintenance of the General Headquarters Air Force (4) the Pacific Northwest-to establish and maintain air communi- cation with Alaska ; (5) Alaska-for training under conditions of extreme cold ; (6) the Rocky Mountain area-to provide a depot essential to the maintenance of the General Headquarters Air Force, a nd to af ford, i n additi on, opp ortunity for tr aining i n opera tions from fields in high altitudes ; and (7) such intermediate stations as will provide for transcontinental movements incident to the concen- tration of the General Headquarters Air Force for maneuvers. Selection of sites. In the selection of sites for new permanent Air Corps stations and Requirements to be cons idere d. depots and in the determination of the existing stations and depots to be enlarged and/or altered, the Secretary of War shall give conside ration t o the f ollowing requir ements First. The stations shall be suitably located to form the nucleus of the set-up for concentrations of General Headquarters Air Force units in war and to permit, in peace, training and effective planning, by responsible personne l in each strategic area, for the utilization and expansion, in war, of commercial, municipal, and private flying installations. Second. In each strategic area deemed necessary, there shall be provided adequate storage facilities for munitions and other essentials to facilitate effective movements, concentrations, mainte- nance, and operations of the General Headquarters Air Force in peace and in war. Third. The stations and depots shall be located with a view to affording the maximum warning against surprise attack by enemy aircraft upon our own aviation and its essential installations, con- sistent with maintaining, in connection with existing or contemplated addtional 1 landing fields, the full power of the General Headquarters Air Force for such close and distant operations over land and sea as may be requi red in the defe nse of the con tinental United States and in the defense and the reinforcement of our overseas possessions and holdings. Fourth. The number of stations and depots shall be limited to those essential to the foregoing purposes. I So in original. t