The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-09-14
TnE C~ANToNMENTs

So ~ ~ 49,
the environments this week the status
OF construction Of the various camps
will be- Of public interest. Mieeeth-
cr sixteen military cities have been
built by the government 10 house
the 6si .ooo citizen soldiers selected
for service by the draft. Ncw MrNi.
co was favored with one Of them-
Camp Cody at Dcming. OF these
cities seven were ready ON time 10
receive their cutirc quota. Of officers
and enlisted men. An army of prac
tically iJ0O0 men was employed iu
The construction of the coutoumrut-
M to the first Of september. Sincc
HAT date the force has been srad-
ually reduced.
There are certain units m con
ncciiou with each of the en- ntoi-
mcnts which were added after the
original srhcmc was under way and
which are in some cases mot ram
plctcd There are g%ccural hospital,
IN addition 70 the rreimcnlal hospi
ials and rcmouui stations lo take
core ~ some 1900 horse, rarh
The completion of These rui'dug
viii not, hoWc,cr, INTERFERE with th'
inception OF Inc citizen soldiers.
A typical LAYOUT such o. b. rcqrur-
ed for accommodalius the omccr,
and men at q canloumrnl comprises
IN round numbers nrccn million
feet Of lumber Each cautonmcnl
requires o complete system ol water
supply and sewerage disposal. the
piping for which amounts 10 more
than hfty miles
The general Warehouses with
necessary irarkarc have also hrru
provided whore the facilities are not
available m nearby cities. Com-
plctc rrfrerrsiing and laundr,
plants have been built ut each can
lunmsut
~ lo September FIRST n ha, brou
necessary 10 complete ou ar average
Of our building per hour of Tor an
the cantonmrnls. an average NJ onr
building every four minutes In the
construction Of the canluumcnis IN
date over atty thousand carloads ut
material have been transported tn
and delivered at the sllc5. in cnotm-
Gus tax upon the already nycrhur-
dcncd railroad facilities of tho
country The railroads. however.
have given splendid service. an The
government orders have been given
preference and the lumber and
other supplies needed have been
rushed Ia the canlonmcnis In record
time.
The cantonmcnts IA The east have
becu handicapped by the fact that II
has been impossible too secure sites
without golng away FROM the rail
road lines and labor markets
Every national army canlonment has
required the building aud inslalla-
ton of a transmission line for cleo.
trlcal current Al Camp tplon IL
has been necessary 90 take electrical
power from N%urthpoTt on The north
shore Of Ions Island a distance Of
W'ally thfy miles. I'm addition tn
this the TRANSMISSION line has been
Strengthened all the way lack To-
Brooklyn in order that proper SCR
Wee shall be- given al this canton
meut. 10 bring The construction
maicrigF 70 Camp Meade, which is
spmc distance from an electric rail.
road and not on any steam railroad.
II was necessary 10 rebuild the clcr
trio railroad. To make a sufficient
strength for steam transportation
IN addition the Pennsylvania Rail-.
road built a spur several miles in
length into the canlonmcp site IN.
order 10 build this spur the govern
mept had 70 condemn a right Of
way.
81 sol An lumber and building materials
had been ordered for tho other df-