The Pulaskian., 1917-06-15
CANTONMENT FOR LITTLE ROCK MAY
 TURN OUT 10 RE DOUBLE BARRELED
War Department Authorizes Encampnent Site for Capta City Instead of One Division, Two Expected One for State Militia and One for the Regulars Gath
 cred Under the COnscrption Law.

big game with such zeal that all of Little Rocks influential citizens fol lowed his lead. He met with enough Encouragement to have turned back whole flock of men less determineo but MT. Firmin kept right on the job When objection was raised, he dis played remarkable reeuperative pow CTS by uncoyering an antidote, and kept on hammering away. He found objection to water. lights, street car facilities, lack of amusements, and just one thing right after another. Mir. Firmin retaliated by calling a number of leading citizens into a conference, laid the whole thing before them, and the 5000 acre site was secured. with 10000 acres additional under option of lease. The other objections were removed, one right after another, until g serious snag was encountered in a report on mosquitoes. and consequents ly on malaria. The members of the committee doubted the injustice of the report, yet they did not hesitate, but provided fund of $25, 100 for the draining of little creek which was flowing through the camp ground. This sum will permit the strengthening or this creek and providing it with a ee- ment bottom, so there can never be standing water
 By this time the applicants for the camp had narrowed to Meridian, Miss, and Little Rock. Meridian of. fered 40,000 acres of level land, and had a friend or two at court
 Business Men Sent.
 Then the Little Rock business men began to work in earnest. A. D. Cohn and Moorhead Wright started out scouting. MT Cohn was close friend of a staff officer in Gen. Woods head quarters. so he went to Charleston. where he expected to encounter Ger. Wood Moorehead Wright dropped off at Chattanooga and doubled back to Nashville, where he discussed miIi- tary affairs with Gen. Wood.
 Two days later W. L. Hemingway and Ed Cornish departed for Wash ington and laid the entipe matter be- fore Senator Joe T. Robinson and Congressman H. M. Jacoway. They could not have taken their case to better pair of legislative attorneys. These two members of Congress went before the War Department and wax ed eloquent, as well as excelled in argument At the conclusion of a days session, in which they offered to do anything the government desired to make it an ideal training ground, the officials stated that Little Rock had made 8 good case.
 Whether this was a mere polite dis missal, or was encouragement, the Little Rockers and Congressmen could not determine. but they were hopeful
 On Saturday, George Firmin, who had joined MT. Cohn in Charleston. ar rived in Washington with MT. Cohp, and the augmented forces renewed the attack on the War Department.
 Malaria Report a Canard.
 The malarial report evidently was the tough nut to crack at this time, for on Sunday a request came for da- ia on malaria in Little Rock and the surrounding country came. It was se- cured and wired to Washington The next morning came the announcement that the camp was to come to Lit tie Rock
 In selecting Little Rock the govern ment has secured a camp site amid q chain of small hills. and which very much resembles the battle-ground Of France. This gave it a decided ad- vantage over other sites. There was 2 question of an artillery range, bur this was provided for, and if it cannot he to the satisfaction of the army of ficers in charge, then it is only a few miles to a prairie country in any di- rection.
 Two Land Grant Roads.
 One of the factors in securing the camp was the fact that Little Rock has three trunk line railroads, the principal of which is land grant rail-
  a land grant road. This means that these roads when constructed, receiv- cd a subsidy from the government in the way of land grant. for which the railroads are forever to haul without compensation, government troops, supplies and other freight. The Iron Mountain is obligated most in this way. and officials of the railroad claim the system has paid for all the lana t secured during the last two months It is further asserted that the railroaf could return the land, pay the gov ornment s1.000.00O in addition for release. and still make money on the deal. The Rock Island is a land grant road between Little Rock and Mem phis.
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