*Funds definitely allocated-construction not yet started. 350,000.00 469 1, 850, 000. 00 2,500.00 234 1, 200, SUD. 32 case UL 211 633, 231. 00 536 1, 690, 918. 00 15, 296.39 Constructed from ground up. Construction deferred after purchase 800 3,743, 000.00 Project now under con 350,000.00 469 1, 850, 000. 00 300 1,350, 000. 00 300 1,350, 000.00 Project now under construction. Construction not yet started. Plans and specifications prepared. being 300 1, 200, 000. 00 Construction not yet 300 1,200,000.00 Statement of the amounts expended, obligated, or allocated to individual projects under the various appropriations made for providing hospital facilities to bureau beneficiaries from March 3, 1919, to date, together with amounts actually expended for new construction out of the annual appropriation "Medical and hospital services' (status as of December 11, 1926)-Continued NOTE.-Amounts shown under appropriation "Medical and hospital services," include only expenditures for new patients' buildings and extensions to existing facilities; new utility and personnel buildings and additions thereto; and general reconditioning and alterations to existing facilities resulting in an increased number of patient beds. PATIENT POPULATION OF HOSPITALS AND AVERAGE PER DIEM COST Mr. WASON. We would like also a statement of population and per diem cost. General HINES. Yes; we have that. (The statement referred to is as follows:) 1 No. 64, Camp Kearney, Calif., closed Mar. 15, 1926. 2 No. 103, Aspinwall, Pa., opened Oct. 10, 1925. 3 No. 104, San Fernando, Calif., opened Mar. 1, 1926. Average patient turnover for those hospitals functioning 12 months. Fiscal year per diems were determined by dividing total yearly expense by total number of relief days furnished during the year. No. 37, Waukesha, Wis., changed to general hospital December, 1925. No. 105, North Chicago, Ill., opened Mar. 1, 1926. Average patient turnover for those hospitals functioning 12 months. Fiscal year per diems were determined by dividing total yearly expense by total number of relief days furnished during the year. No. 37, Waukesha, Wis., changed to general hospital December, 1925. 8 Per diem for No. 32, Washington diagnostic center, is not included in the average per diem for general hospitals. No. 69, Fort Thomas, Ky., closed Apr. 1, 1926. VOCATIONAL TRAINING General HINES. For the item of vocational training we are not asking for any more appropriation. Just as a brief summary to the committee, I may state that day after to-morrow there will be 600 men in training. They will all be in institutional training.__By June 30 of next year that load will be reduced to 200 men. They will continue practically to the end of next year, when vocational training will be completed. We have available some $9,600,000, which will cover whatever additional expense may be incurred, and we are not asking for any appropriation. Mr. WASON. Will you put in the record your statement No. 1, giving the analysis of the results of vocational training? General HINES. Yes, sir; we will be glad to put that in. (The statement is as follows:) 9761 Analysis of applicants registered for training [December 1, 1926, 334,053 applicants had been registered for training. Of this number 154,495 were terminated before entrance into training, 179,558 had entered training, 1,229 were in training status and 178,329 had terminated training, of whom 127,461 were rehabilitated, 48,883 had discontinued training, and 1,985 were deceased after induction into training.] General HINES. The next item, Mr. Chairman, is the appropriation for the adjusted service certificate fund. You will recall that last year you appropriated $116,000,000 to go into that fund. The purpose of the fund is well known. It is to redeem the adjusted service certificates as they become due under the law. |