New Britain herald., 1917-07-23
AVER, CAMP BEGINS
 TO ASSUME SHAPE
Training Home of New England
 Troops Quarter Finished

Aver, Mass, July 23.-The big can- tonment under construction here, which as Camp Danvers is soon to be the temporary home of the thousands of New England men just draftetd for the new national army is about one- quarter completed, according to esti- mates of anmy officers and civilian constructors. The progress made dur ing the first month toward transform ing an 5000 acre tract of brush land into a military city for nearly 4o,ooO inhibitants, is regarded as gratifying. Officially the work was declared to De ahead of schedule"
 Hundreds of carpenters are em- ployed in putting up buildings of un- painted lum Der, which lie in a pear shaped group about three great con- struction shacks in clearing in the woods. Army motor trucks brought from the Mexican border, horse drawn drays loaded with building material and automobiles carrying men in khaki bump along new made roads in seemingly endless procession, which a dozen mechanical trench diggers and thousands of sun Drowned men with pick and shovel are busy in the sewer and water mains.
 Sanitary Conditions Good.
 The camp will be one of the most healthful of any of the cantonments in the country, in the opinion of sanitary officers.
 It's natural surroundings are con- sidered ideal, and advanced methods of sanitation are being applied to guard to the utmost the health of the young men. Flies and mosquitos have been made the subjects of an ener getic effort toward elimination, with much success. Sickness has been pre- vented thus far among the five thou sand workmen and soldiers now here.
 To date, nearly 200 buildings are already up, streets are laid out, and heating, lighting, water and drainage construction work is we'll under way. Six Hundred and fifty structures, in cluding barracks, shower baths and mess halls, will be completed with all possible speed as the initial stage of development of the camp, and officers expressed themselves as confident that the cantonment would be ready to this extent for the coming, about the first week in September, of New England's 37,S0O recruits. The plans also call for 49O additional buildings, l including hospitals, administration of
 
 but these, it is not expected, will be finished until late in the fall.
 Of most immediate interest to the 1 prospective recruit who comes to look | over his future training quarters are 1 the barracks. Those for the officers ] are one story in height, and those for the men are of two stories. They stand each on score of big founda- tion posts, and are without celRrs. Outside the structure will be covered with tarred paper. The interior will be furnished with all board.
 The camp is to be lighted electrically throughout. Linemen at present are stringing wires from Leominster in or der that power generated at plants beside waterfalls on the Upper Deer field, in the far northwestern end of | the state, can be brought here. To 1 supply the camp daily with 2,OOO,QOO gallons of fresh drinking water wells are being drilled, and from a large 1 standpipe the water will be piped to the various buildings.
 The camp contains no provision TOT a parade ground, as cross-country marches and intensive training in methods of field warfare will take the place of parades.