Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-05
CAME AVER.
Place Where the Units of Connecticut
 National Guard May Train.

Tn a week or two it is possible, ac- cording to rumor. that the federalized units of the Connecticut National guard may start for the big military Mass. It is also possible that about a month later men from Connecticut in the first conscript army may leave for that camp. The following pen picture of the place where 35,000 New Eng flanders will train for war preparatory to going to Europe will be of interest to Bulletin readers:
 The spot selected by the war de- partment as the New England train ing camp comprises 4.500 acres of land lying in a bowl-shaped section near Aver. Mass, and two weeks ago was principally woodland and plains. About 250 acres were under cultivation. A dance hall, built on the top of this huge bowl, has been converted into quartermasters office, where scores of clerks. stenographers, telegrs phers. This is the preliminary step towards getting the camp ready for the 35.OOO soldiers.
 Capt. Edward Garfield IT.. of West Point and Massachusetts Tech, is in charge of the building of the camp. One company is already on the grounds. This is the Motor Truck Co. Ss. Q. NJ. C., back from the Mexican border The company has B trucks. and all are kept busy hauling material and men to the camp.
 Road machines have been busy for two weeks and have made several main roads where three trucks may go abrea st. Workmen are working at top speed and linemen are stringing wire. woodsmcn feiling trees. laborers dig ging dirt on the hillsides and carts are cartine it away to fI depressions. II looks for all the world like a railroad gang putting in a branch line here and there. Scores of roads must he made before the tents and sheds can be erected and the soldiers go into them.
 At the far west end of the canton ment is the drill ground. 2 wonderfully level piece of earth right in the heart of the camp bowl week ago there was nothing but brushwood' on this spot. Now there are 2f wooden build ings built for the laborers. There are 1.500 laborers now, but by the end of this week it is expected that fully 5000 men will be at work there, besides the officers and engineers.
 Baldwin's feeds the Iaborers and will continue to do SD until the camp is finished. and maybe will have the con tract to feed the army while if is in camp, which is somewhat of feeding job.
 The headquarters building which is 800 feet long and 65 feet wide, Is bare " iarge enough for the army of engi- neers clerks, etc, but will have to do for work cannot be wasted addi- tions to such buildings, but must be conserved for the camp proper.
 The Fred T. Ley company of Spring field has the contract of preparing the cantonment for the soldiers and has 2 small army-almost a full regiment of clerks. engineers. etc. The company will erect 1,236 separate buildings for the soldiers. By the end of this week one section of troops barracks is ex- pected to be up and ready for occu- pency. This will be the headduarters of the heavy artillery and will be in seven buildings. 200 feet long each, and two stories high. Five sawmills are up and are ready to cut the 10,- 000,000 feet of lumber that will be usel in the barracks. Everything will be done from b.ue print, even to saw ing the boards and timbers.
 Excellent spring water has been found near the cantonment and enough will be pumped to the camp to make a large overflow, despite 2 perpetual use of the water. pumping station wiu carry the camp refuse to a sandy spot where it will be filtered through 20 acres of sand and returned to the earth.