The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-02
Camp Dodge" Will Be
Ready September |.

Des Moines, Ia, July 26.-"Camp
Dodge" the official title of the
thirteenth division cantonment of
the new national army, will be ready
September / for the 10000 or more
men drafted from Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa, &C.
of construction.
Work is being pushed on the bar
racks and other buildings and elec-
trio lights have been strung for pos
sible night work, if that becomes
necessary. More than 1000 civilian
laborers are now engaged and as
more are to be added shortly, it is
likely the total working force will
be brought up to 1000.
Camp Dodge covers tract about
21a miles wide and 51I miles long,
with an artillery range extending six
miles with a width of about one-half
mile. Some of this land constituted
the original site Of Camp Dodge, the
rendezvous of the Iowa national
guard, but most of it has been used
for farming purposes.
From a tranquil pastoral scene,
the camp grounds have been trans
formed into a beehive of industry.
Trenches for water, lighting and
sewage are being dug; camp streets
| laid out; buildings erected and
transportation facilities to and from
Des Moines improved. The camp is
about six miles from the northwest
, edge of town, and about eleven miles
from the central business and amuse-
ment district.
Five-MiIe Zone
About the camp will be five-mile
zone under jurisdiction of the mill
tary, policed with the cooperation
, of city and Polk county authorities.
Stringent rules to protect the morals
of the soldiers will be enforced not
! only in this zone, but also in the
! city of Des Moines.
Various local and national or
CARNATIONS are planning amuse-
ments for the men, both in camp and
in the city. The local street car
company has announced fare of
10 cents for soldiers to or from Des
MOines, while civilians will be re-
quired to pay 20 cents for the same
service.
Camp plans call for 243 company
barracks, but it is likely that many of
these will not be needed until some
time after the first assignment OF
men is called. With construction
facilities at the maximum of speed,
it is expected to complete the bar
racks at the rate of six day.
Other buildings to be erected in
clude from fifteen to twenty supply
depots. officers quarters. five or ten
aeroplane hangers, stables for more
than 5000 horses and mules, and
various other minor establishments.
A further idea of the equipment
of the camp can be gained from the
number of motor trucks and auto
mobiles required totalling at least
1,500 supplemented by scores Of mo-
torcycles This includes the officers
cars.
There will be eleven miles of paved
streets within the camp, connecting
streets within the camp, connecting
with county roads and city streets
which are being improved. The local
street company says it will have ade-
quate facilities to handle the human
traffic between the camp and Des
Moines, and freight will be handled
principally from Granger, small town
five miles beyond the camp.
The interurban trolley line is dou-
BILE tracking from the camp to Granger
and railroads at that point have in
creased their facilities to meet antici-
pated conditions. One road has built
a large storage house and another has
put in a 300-car yard at the point
where transfer is made to the inter-
urban.
Major NJ. A. Butler, Quartermaster
corps, United States reserve, a resi-
dent of St. Paul, Minn is in charge
of construction for the government, as
sisted by Captain ]. C. Kay, Quarter
master corps, regular army, and a
number of subordinate officers and
men, Chas. Weitz &Sons company of
Des Moines are the contractors.
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