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B-118030 1 (1954-07-23)

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             COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                          WASHINGTON25


                                      July 23, 1954


B-118030





Honorable Deuey Short, Chairman

Armed Services Committee

House of Representatives

Dear lir. Short:

     During the course  of a recent examination of the accounts

and records of the Rock Island  Arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois,

in connection with  a survey of procurement practices in the Anmy

Ordnance Corps, the following  facts were disclosed.

     Under date of December  9, 1905, the then Secrotary of war,

illiam   hward Taft, executed  a license to an organisation known

as the Rock Island Arsenal  Golf Club, composed of residents of

Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island  and Loline, Illinois.  Under the

terms of the license, which was  revocable at  il  by the Secretary

of War, the club members were  authorized to use a golf course

oreviously constructed on the  Arsonal grounds, said to occupy

208 acres, and to erect  a elub buil&ng  on the site for the ex-

clusive use of the members.  The  license is silent with respect

to the payment by the  club of any fee or other monetary concid-

eration to the United States for the property  occupied.

     Present personnel of the club, 'totaling approximatel; 600,

includes the 12 Army officers  stationed at the Arsenal, who

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