The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-06-29
: u. 5. TO RUSH
ARMY CAMPS
OPERATIONS OF CONSUMPTION
LAW WILL BEGIN EARLY
NEXT MONTH.
NO DELAY ANTICIPATED
In Construction OF The Sixteen CAM
comments For The National
Army.

Washington, June 23.-There will
be no serious delay in construction of
the sixteen cantonments for the ma
tional army, Secretary Baker said to-
day and all OF the establishments
probably will be ready about Sep
TENDER /, the tentative date consid-
cred for summoning to the colors the
first 625, 900 men. The process of Sc
lecting the men, the Secretary in
dicated probably will be set in motion
early in July.
Regulations for the exemption and
slection processes have been pre-
pared and will be made public next
week. President Wilson is under
stood to have approved the general
scheme worked out by the War De-
partment TO secure fair and unselfish
application of the law thru local Off
cials. Minor notifications are be-
ing made but plans will be complete
in few days.
Machinery for the great task of
D construction Is complete and in some
cases actual physical preparations
have begun. Most of the contracts
have been let. army officers have been
dtailed to oversee construction and
under an order published today the
y engineer units of the National Guard
of fifteen States will be mustered
into the Federal service Immediately
TO aid in technical features of the
work.
Army Engineers To Supervise.
At each cantonment, IL was an
nounced to-day, all construction
operations will be under direction of
a Ouartermaster. Seven of the men
designated for these posts are regul-
ar army officers and the other nine
0 are successful civilian engineers who
have been commissioned as majors
in the Quartermasters' Reserve
Corps The department attaches
particular Importance to the work
of the constructing Quartermasters
because as the responsible represen'
tatives of the Government they will
check up all the figures of the con-
tractors to see thai their cost plus
percentage contracts. are fairly ex.
ecuted.
The only question as TO canton
ment sites that is not finally settled,
Mr.. Baker said, involves a possible
relocation of the cantonment now
assigned to Des Moines. Objection
has been raised to the Des MONIES
location on the ground that railway
facilities are not adequate and that
il will be impossible to provide prop
err drainage. These points have been
reopened for consideration.
Building of the environments, the
Secretary said, would proceed on the
present general specifications, tho
some minor notifications would be
made because OF suggestions by the
medical committee of which Gorgas
is a member. After thee amps are
built and the troops under training
additional funds may he asked OF
Congress to carry out further the
suggestions Of the doctors.
The main problems now are those
of material and transportation. \
new difficulty has presented itself
I'm the shape of shortage OF IRON
nine. An enormous quantity OF piping
will be needed for the mains ana
connections at the camps and the
available supply officials say VIII not
meet the demand without Gripping
ordinary activities of the country
For this reason considerable qanti-
~ of wooden piping will be used.
BY way of emphazizing what can
he done in a short time, when all the
resources of the department are put
IN work, officials revealed today that
environments for the regular army
made necessary tby the expansion
for war purposes have been rushed
almost to completion. The work ana
not involve, OF course, anything IKE
the amount of material or labor need
ad for the sixteen big environments
brt n was in itself a big undertaking
80, mt tbru on record time.