The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-04

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training.
Camp Jackson, where National
army troops from North and South
Carolina and Tennessee will assemble.
is situated about four miles northeast
of Columbia Accommodations have
been provided for $4,000 men here al
so and great city of frame build
ings has spCng up on a site embrac-
ing thousands of acres where corn
and cotton grew in June. Since
June 25 more than 5000 .vorkmen
have been constantly at work getting
f.! the camp ready for occupancy this
month. The water supply for Camp
Jackson will be furnished by the city
] of Columbia from its permanent sta
ton. A double-track street railway
line has been built from the camp en-
trance to the city, and miles of steam
railways tracks have been laid in and
out of the camp, connecting it with
the nearest trunk line.
Camp Gordon, 8 1-2 miles north of
Atlanta, near picturesque Silver
Lake, will be the third National
Army cantonment in the southeast.
Here will be trained the men drawn
by selective conscription from Geor-
gia, Alabama and Florida The camp
occupies 1,16S acres of gently rolling
! land and two small streams traverse
the site. Part of the reservation still
is under cultivation and a portion of
it is wooded. The cfey of Atlanta
will furnish a water supply of $780,
900 gallons daily from its pumping
station, and the city has spent $780,
600 in running water mains to the
camp. The buildings are similar to
those erected Camp Lee and accom-
Ia i
the same number of men. The camp
is situated more than three miles dis
tant from the end of the nearest
street car line running to Atlanta A
single track extension is being con-
structed by the street railway COM
pany and until this is finished the
only rail connection between Camp
Gordon and Atlanta will be provided
by the Southern Railway, which ex-
poets to operate a shuttle train SER
vice. The city is making good its
promise for good roads between At
lanta and the camp, however, and the
latter will be of easy access by auto
mobile.
Camp Wheeler, near Macon, will be
the training camp for National Guard
troops from Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama. 1t is situated five miles from
Macon and covers $500 acres, in
Guiding beautiful groves with a large
lake in the center. Divisional head
quarters are located about 200 yards
from the LAKE in the edge of a grove
of virgin pines. A great hospital
has been erected at the extreme west
ern end of the camp. Provision has
been made to accommodate $4,000 men
in addition to remount station at
which $4,000 horses and -nanlas- Will he !
cared for and treated for the service.
To the east of the camp 10000 acres
of land are available for an artillery
target range. The water supply
will be furnished by the city of Ma
con from its pumping station.
Camp Sheridan, to which Ohio Ma
tional Guardsnen have been assigned,
is situated three miles north of Mont
gomery and covers 1000 acres The /.
site plan is in the shape of horse
shoe, with the divisional headquarters |
in the center If the upper cross bar. |
1t is located on a plateau of undulat- |!
ting lands with streams cutting the |
property in twp places. The extreme |
northeastern aid northwestern sec |
tions are wooded An electric line |
divides the site and two railroads cut |
through the reservation at opposite |
ends. Three cunty highways touch |
1t on three slde. The city has ex- |
tended its aresian water mains i
through the cam.
Until winter cts in the soldiers
will live in walld-up tents, but dur
ing cold weathe; they will be more
comfortably quTtered in wooden
buildings still to be erected Sep
arated from thecamp and half a
mile removed froa it. on a high knoll,
is an immense bse hospital covering
so acres. A graf remount station,
accommodating 1000 horses and
mules, is located just southeast of
the city.
Camp McClella lies six miles
northeast of AnrBton in close proxi-
nifty to a chain of the Blue Ridge
Mountains 1t enoraces 10000 acres
of rolling land an has natural drain
age throughout The water supply
comes from Cold'ater Spring, which
flows at the rate { 100000 gallons
daily. This caip also is of the
semi-cantonment sype More than
500 large frame buildings have been
erected in additio to a number of
smaller ones. Naonal Guard troops
from Maryland, lrginia, New Jer-