El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-18

best arranged and most up to date
barrs cks that have ever been known
These buildings are now rising like
Aladdin's palace, which was built in
Take. for Instance, the officers
training camps ar Forr Sheridan That
camp required almost million and
half feet Of lumber. or enough TO
make q floor for a field Of over %
acres. or a board walk a foot wide
reaching from New York 10 Boston.
The contract was awarded 10 con-
srruCfr0n company IN CnlCa 80 on sat-
urday evening. April IS. and by noon
on Sunday the order for the material
was sent out That same afternoon
five auto rruckloads OF lumber were
shipped 90 build quarters for the
working force enga Eed on the JOB. and
ar 3 o'clock. sunday evening 80 empty
cars we've on the tracks OF the lum-
Der COMPANY
All Loaded In a Day.
The whole Of that lumber was load
ed the following day. and that not
WifnSta0dlnE more than one third OF
Dr. had 20 be run through the plan
INK mill before lr was shipped The
stuff was on the ground BY Tuesday
morning. and within 10 working DAYS
from the start the great barracks.
mess buildings and other structures
were completed. with their tables.
toilets shower baths and everything
The same kind OF work is gong on
IN the building or the great barracks
for the army OF million men These
are being erected al the mobilization
sites throughout the country Every
camp has been furnished with speci-
fcatlons for the kind and grade OF
lumber best adapted 10 its locality.
and these specifications have been
made interchange for the differ
ent regions.
The estimates. based upon the plans
OF the war department. are that IS
100000 feet or lumber viii be needed
for each infantry division Of $4,000
men, or ln all about 500. 600 900 feet
FOR barracks alone million feet Of
lumber would just about floor %
acres. so that the barracks for each
divisI on VIII need enough TO cover
14o acres. and those for the army
would make floor an iHch thick over
the whole 1000 acres and leave some
TO spare. Roughly spea king. IL vrouId
be sufficient 90 make board walk an
inch thick and four feeT wide around
The world AZ the equator. with enough
waste TO extend the walk from C6i-
caEo 90 where our allies are fighting
in northern France.
New ships VIII Require Much.
And then take the item OF Sims II
mas not vet been decided 7ust how
many viii be built but IL is pretty I
certain that 25o vessels Of standard I
type viii be constructed of wood. I
Each OF these viii need one and a Z
half million feet Of lumber. enough to I
floor 80 acres, and the total will be ]
something like four hundred million 4
feet or at least two thirds of The
amount required for the barracks /
At 5000 feet TO the mile, for easv fir-
uring. the ship lumber would NOE 1
than plank an automobile highway.
is feet wide. reaching from Boston
% san Francisco, and from St Paul
TO New Orleans.
Many Of these vessels are now I'M
der way New shipyards have been
created Tor them in many parts Of
me south and in the northwest. as
vel rs along the north Atlantic coast.
and the work is going on according
% plans and specifications. The ships
built in the eastern part or the coun-
Try are being largely made Of yellow
pine with select white oak for such
parts as require harder materials The
knees are or oak, spruce. tamarack.
cypress or cedar The Pacific coast
inipy are using Douglas fir in
place Of the yellow pine. and rhev
VIII use gum or iron bark where
lard wood Is required.
=. VI G.. A. 20 Use Much.
among the other buildings required
1Y we GOV ernment are some for the
J. N C. A. which viii probably be
similar TO those used at Panama for
he same purpose These have been
Manned by the war work council ana
will be situated At the army ana nav
raining camps throughout the conn
~. They Will number 200 and nm
Pc clubhouses OF amusement places
or the men in the camps. Facb
building viii take about 1000 fee-
II lumber. and 10 viii include 4 bsII
ga ting about thousand men. which ,
'lli Dc used for moving picture shows
nd lectures. as we'll as for reIirious
ddresses- There will also be cIsss-
ooms and probably .arranEementz Tor
thletlcs Of one kind or other.
me government will need as much :