The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-11
Reed Describes
Panama System
sEs&s 81 81 s 81 YY se se Is Is M ss IS @ IS IS s * s.

all that Is required ti build cana,
when In truth digging the canal Is The
easiest part OF the work.
There are four departments in add
lion TO the divisions as above Gesig
nated. and these four depattm snts are
the ones that make Il possible 10 butid
canal. The sanitary department op
crates the hospitals and dlsDeu aries,
attending to the his OF all empl yes.
II goes further still and prevents ~
ness among the employees BY dltcaiuG,
draining. cutting vegetation, scattering
crude oil, operating incinerat0rs, op
crates hospitals all along ,he line and
IN addition q large sanitarium at Ia
boga where cOnHalescent patients are
sent r recuperation. The subsistence
department. under the able manage
ment OF Major Eugene T. Wilson, com
missary of subsistence. United States
army, operates twenty-one hotels for
feeding Americans, where g nice meal
Is served at cost OF thirty cents
fifty Spanish messas, where board
coats forty cents a day and fifty-twoI
@ clored labor messes where meals are
served at g cost OF thirty cents per
day. The department OF clyll adminls-I
tration is our government In the canal
zone. and operates schools. fire sta
fions. police stations: maintains roads,
waterworks. and everd dh,ng that a
large city W. uld have. This depart
ment has as head Mir. 10. 9. 8. Black
burn, an able jurlsi and o splendid
man for the position.
Where Supplies Come Fsm.
Last. but not least. the Quartermas-
tars department In charge OF Major
Carroll A. Devol, maicg ana quarter
master United States army, does all
the rest IN a most able Pld efiieieat
manner All persons emp, yed in the
United States In Spain, Cuba, hayba
dos. Jamaica or elsewhere are EN-.
Dloyed by this department, and at no
time since this department was cs.
tsblished han ihere beea 2 deartn Of
labor on the zone. Thls department
houses an the employees end supplies
and machinery Cor the construction ~
the canal, operates ala the s;oreaousta
along the line oi the canel and audis
all property rec ride o. accountable oi.
nclals OF tac c0mmisslcn.
This department Is the clearing
house OF troables ali aloag The l4ne and
Is 0rpani2ed "a GB almost perfect
basis. tt oVrrltes three general STORE
houses: one at Mount Hope. GEAR Girls.
toba. one al Empire, near Culc bra
and one Gt Gorgcna, where tfe Sen-
cral shops are located. ltis depart.
ment Is divided lntn fienu districts
earh presided yer by G disiric, G0ar
termaster wha "a ncceunia0ic SAD ecs-
ponsible Tor ail the property located In
| his particular district Tho adMniS-
trauve head 0i THIS 0epal tmout is MAJ
iof enroll a. DetOl. United states
army the man who housed the people
OF san Francisco after The earihplake
Il 1896 H.s assistants are i!eutenant
Robert y. Noed. THIRD Nli;ea states
/ cagaify an6 Csarles Il Manu late sis-
nai corps. Omitted states army
Departments Ia Harmeny
The executive force Of this depart,
/ ment Is divided into seven diyiaions.
each division having its particular
work SO arranged ihai Il does nc. en-.
croach another Lists are publish
ed showing the pagticu.af work han
iled by each division aud whan IN.
formation is wanted covering a par.
iicular point there is no delay ln aet.
Ting the proper distractions. The dl.
vision Of purchases Is handled hy Alr
Harry Leonard and TO his diyisi Is
referred an complaints as 10 qeantty
and quality OF goods purchased, re-
quests To- purchases and suggestions
as 10 the class Of machinery required
= The division Of stOrehouses Is undel
tho c ntrol Of Mr.. Max Dyer. who rex
nlatss the stock 10 be eaTriel al eaci
7 st3rehouse. and ascert4ies iillt s'yer'