all first year students in the three schools receive their first year training at PITTS. Thus the training program could continue to be conducted as a unit with clerical facilities available and at an estimated
reduction in cost per pupil from $1787 a year to S500 “ which would
amountto a yearly saving of approximately $40,000.
The Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Medical Center, Guam, concurred with the FieldTerPacls suggestions * but, in assessing the entire
situation in the light of concurrent developments, HiComTerPacls
disapproved the transfer to Truk ofall training and hospital facilities
for the natives. The start of the Korean emergency of “indefinite
duration” in Jate June 1950 madeit impossible to construct the necessary additional facilities. DepHiComTerPacls therefore recommended that: (1) a small number of replacements for medical and
dental practitioners continue to be trained at the Naval Hospital,
Guam,for as long as the Navy hadresponsibility for the Trust Territory and thereafter they be trained at Truk; (2) nureses’ training be
continued on the present scale at Truk where the necessaryfacilities
could be constructed at a cost of $12,000 in contrast to the $58,000 that
would have to be spent on Guam for similar construction.”
Finally, in September 1950, it was decided that the medical and dental schools would be kept at Guam aspart of the naval hospital where
the service of all personnel wouldbe utilized to the fullest extent possible and that nurses training should continue at the Guam Memorial
Hospital. The six months pre-school language and mathematics instruction would be given at PITTSstarting January 15, 1951. FieldTerPacls requested that the PITTS training not begin until the summer of 1951’ and HiComTerPacls, after first denying the request,”
orderedall plans for the Truk pre-schoolcancelled.”
Meanwhile the Naval Medical Center had been disestablished as of
July 1, 1950 andits functions assumed by the United States Naval
Hospital, Guam.”” As a result of this reorganization, the medical and
dental schools were placed under the military command and coordi* FieldTerPacls ltr ser 494 dtd 5 May50.
ay CO. U.S. Naval Medical Center, Guam, Itr ser 2064 dtd 17 May 5:.
1, DePHiComTerPacts memo dtd 25 Jul 50.
a HiComTerPacls ltr ser 1748 dtd 25 Sep so.
~~ PleldTerPacls msg of 13 Oct 50.
” HiComTerPacls msg of 20 Oct 50.
wp ttComTerPacls ltr ser go-6 dtd 25 Nov 50.
SecNav ltr ser 19g0Par dtd 9 Aug 50.
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