Evening star., 1916-07-16
Well Shaded, Man-Made Town
Set Down in Arid
Desert.
DISTRICT GUARDSMEN
ARE PLEASED WITH SITE
Washington Soldiers Are More For.
tunate Than Many State Troops
in Sun-Baked Towns.
BY ]. CROSBY MCCARTHY.

CAMP ORDWAY NO. 2, Warren, Ariz.
July IA garden spot in a desert
this is Warren, Ariz., where the Signal
Corps and Field Hospital Units of the
organized militia Of the District of Co.
actual war service.
Mountains that are almost entirely
devoid Of vegetation surround the town
and beyond them are barren plains
spotted here and there with clumps OF
wiry grass and cactus. But Warren
. has green lawns, shade trees, pretty
bungalows. electric street lights and
cars, concrete roadways and a little
park that would be a credit to any
city in the land no matter how fertile
may be the section in which it is To-
Gated
Warren is man-made community;
handicapped by the lack of rain. nature
never could have produced such a
beautiful spot in this dry waste land.
d. C. Guardsmen Are Lucky.
OF the scores of places in the border
country where troops are being mobil-
ized none is so quaint and pretty; none
has finer climate or people. That the
militiamen from the National Capital
should have been selected to come here
should make every member of the COM
mand feel proud. Certainly War De-
partment authorities did not order the
organization here because they had a
grudge against it. Had it been as
signed to some of the fiat. sun-baked d
border towns passed en- route to this
beauty spot some thought could have
been given such pOSsiOilitieS
To obtain a mind picture of the camp
of the Signal Corps and Field Hospital
the general lay of the land in this To-
cality. Picture a series Of foothills that
gradually grow until a rugged mountain
range is formed. 1t is cut by thousands
ged of these is Bisbee. typical mining
town Not the mining town of years gone
by. with its odd assortment Of habita-
tions hurriedly thrown together. but a
community of solid. substantial structures
and the best of mining equipment.
The town is in narrow gulch. One or
two winding streets extend through it
longitudinally in roller-coaster fashion,
first up and then down. There are al
most no cross streets. One gets from one
side of the town to the other largely by
stepped inclnes.
Bsbee is one Of the country's biggest
copper towns. Although by no means the
largest, it ranks well up toward the lead.
Two great companies control all the
per Queen and the Junction. Much Of the
ore is low grade, but with copper at top
notch war prices every particle of it is
pay dirt" these days.
5000 Employed in Mines.
About 5000 men are employed in the
mines at Bisbee. Most of them live in
several small communities that have been
built in the gulches nearby The resi-
dences of the mine superintendents and
other high-salaried officials are in War.
rem This is purely residential town
there being little or no business here.
Bisbee is all business
warren Is about two miles from Bis-
bee as the bird flies and about three
miles by road. Eetween the two places
Is a smaller town called Lowell An
eiectric car line provides means of COM
munication between Warren and BIS
bee and several other communities
nearby.
Warren is in a bowl. with mountains
on all sides. There are about ESQ resi-
of the well known California bungalow
type There are several large two
story brick structures which house the
officers for the mining companies. A
modern hreproof high school is a re-
cent addition to the town.
The railroad enters the bowl through
pass to the south of the town. Hills
about 1000 feet in height rise above the
pass. base ball field and a public
park occupy the only two fat areas OF
any appreciable size in the town, the
remainder of the community being on
hiilsides. The railroad skirts the
west side of the town and the homes
are on the slopes to the eastward. The
camps of the Signal Corps and the Field
Hospital units are on the slope to the
west of the railroad tracks and over
look the town at an elevation of about
$50 feet.
Camps on Rocky Hillside.
The camps are on a rocky hillside
that of the Signal Corps lying to the
south of the medical unit camp. Both
camps are supplied with running water
pipes having been laid prior to the ar
rival of the District troops. The water
has been examined and pronounced A
No. from the health standpoint It is
much better than most of the drinking
water in this country. having none OF
the disagreeable tastes to be found
here The water contains considerable
soda. but not enough to make 1t OBJ
5ectionable. 1t is the kind of water
that never seems to "fill you up"
I The water is pumped to Warren and
! also to Bisbee and other communities
tEiS Sttllpil from -NhCO, on tHG Dor
der line about seven miles south and
slightly west of here. There it is oh.
tained from deep-drilled wells. The
LIST Separate Battalion of the Distric,
troops and regulars are encamped a,
Naco standing guard over the wells
and the extensive pumping equipmen,
necessary to drive the water up tc
Bisbee. which is about 1900 feet highe,
than the plain on which the water sup
ply is located.
On the mountain side a few hundred
yards above the District militiamen's
camp are three metal tank reservoirs
having a total capacity OF 900.0 gal.
Ions. Several OF these reservoirs also
are located on the hills above Lowell
and Bisbee.
Refuse Water for Irrigation.
Between the nlilitiamen's camp ant
the three tanks is sluice which skirt,
the mountain side. II is about three
feet wide and deep and carries off the
water which is pumped from the mines
at Bisoee. The water has yellowisf
color and is not fit for drinking /,
lie carried In the sluice to ranch about
six miles from here. where IL is used TO,
irrigation purposes The ranch is thu
property of the largest of the two biz
mining companies of Bisbee :.
In the bottom of the bowl in which
Warren is built. and several hundred
yards east OF the camp, is the public
park. 1t Is about a city block in widtt
and twice that length. Fringing 1t ar.
rows OF shade trees. The park is en-.