The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24

ed yesterday in earnest on the big re-
mount station at Camp Joseph E.
Johnson, which is to embrace all the
land lying west of the main entrance
for full mile, and north to McGirt's
Creek, which will require seven miles
of fence for the inside enclosure. This
station will be built to accommodate
5000 animals at the start and while
there has been nothing said about the
balance Of the land in the tract, there
is enough left to build another station
as large. To give our readers a bet
ter idea of the size of the remount
station, the space it will occupy is
fully as large an area as that in the
entire reservation now covered with
the buildings for the men.
The site of the remount station will
require three and one-half miles of
fence to enclose, which does not in
clude that part along McGirt's Creek
on the north. Inside the enclosure
there will be about twenty-five cor
rails, blacksmith school, hospital cor
rails and corrals for weak animals; al
so officers quarters and barracks for
the men who will1be assigned to this
department.
There were four gangs of surveyors
at work yesterday, and they finished
up, so the constructing forces could
get right at things early this morn
ing, and no time was lost starting the
men setting posts for foundations,
and by tonight there should be a
number of the buildings far enough
along to enable the public passing
along the Orange Park road to see
what is being done. The Bentley
Company do not allow any time to be
lost when they break ground on
new section Of the camp, and the
same policy will be followed at the
remount station as in every other
section of the camp. The foremen in
charge had been given orders to have
their men ready at the remount site
and get busy the first thing this morn
ing. The gangs were on the job at
the time the whistle blew and started
things humming right along.
Major F. I. Wheeler, who gave out
the information concerning the work
on the remount station, was quite en-
thusiastic at the progress made on
the work under his supervision up to
date, and with the plans all laid in
advance. and the men ready to jump
right in, the same speed should be
maintained from now until the end
of the time the building forces will be
here. When asked how long it would
be before the Bentley Company would
finish their part of the work, Major
Wheeler smiled and said, might as
we'll ask me how long the war will
last, or some other simple little ques-
ton, as / know as little about one as
the other, except that keep in closer
touch with things at the camp than in
the other matter. though I read and
keep up as near abreast of the times
as possible. but to say how long it
will take to finish construction is
more than care to chance. We hope
1t will be some time at least"
There was nothing said about when
the horses and other stock that are
to be quartered in the remount sta
tion will commence coming in, as the
work is just starting. and while we
can tell within a very short time of
how long it will take to finish this
part, we can't say when the horses
will come. The place is being built
to care for 5000, and one knows that
number cannot be moved on a mo-
ment's notice. However, we will be
ready when the animals are
A CHEERFUL PERSON