top of document) Aside from the Army, are other federal agencies located at Fort Monmouth?
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation Information Technology Center is located on Main Post, in a complex with 83,438 square feet of building space. • The Veterans Administration utilizes 6200 square feet in the Patterson Army Health Clinic, which has a total square footage of 117,657. (top of document) How did the Federal Government acquire Fort Monmouth property? Fort Monmouth (originally called Camp Alfred Vail) was originally leased on May 16, 1917 with an option to buy (468 acres from Melvin Van Keuren of Eatontown). The land was subsequently purchased, Authority of the Army Purchase Act 25 February 1920. The Army Appropriation Act approved 11 July 1919 (41 Stat. 104, 128) prohibited the use of appropriations for the purchase of real estate or the construction of Army camps. However, in February 1920 Congress enacted a law (41 Stat. 452, 454) which modified the restriction which permitted the completion of Camp Vail. The authorization consisted of two lines in the Army appropriati
