Arizona republican., 1917-05-25
GRANDPARENTS MEAN EXPENSE
 OF MILLIONS
Estimate Is Made That One
 American Division with
 Equipment Will Cost the Country Over $9,0OO,OG0

Few people in Phoenix have any reali- ! zation of the vast amount of prepara- tion that must be made to house an army division in a training camp such as is contemplated to be established l by the war department at thirty-two different points in the United States, nor of the magniture of the completed camp when it is ready for occupation.
 No figures concerning the present cost of such an undertaking are avail able, but figures made pubic by the National Geographic society show that the cost of equipping military con- tingent for service abroad on estimates made two years ago are that to fully equip complete American division of 2S235 men would cost S7,635, $50. But taking into consideration the ad- vance in cost of all materials and of everything that enters into the equip ping of an army division it is conSer vatively estimated that 20 per cent must be added to the figures of two years ago, making the present cost of equipping an American division fully 1 S9, ,000. 900.
 | At even this advanced figure it would , not possible to equip a division were it not for the work of the National Council of Defense, which has provided 1 for the purchase by the government of munitions and equipment at profit to | the manufacturers not to exceed 10 per cent which is far less than the profits ordinarily realized on materials sold in l the world markets.
 The organization of the new army of half a million will be made into di- visions at ratio of 65 per cent of the number of men in the different units of ! q German division The new United States division at maximum strength will be composed of 28,235 men and 6S34 horses and 4,S75 mules
 An American division on this basis would consist of three infantry brigades of 1S.579 officers and men, one field ar tillery brigade of 3,040 officers and men, one regiment of cavalry with 1,79 of ficers and men and 1,541 horses, one field signal battalion of 259 officers anu men, one aero squadron of 1f3 officers and men and twelve aerOplanes. With out wagon trains the total would be 24,S91. With wagon trains it would be 2S,235 and with motor trains 2S,334 of ficers and men.
 To construct the thirty-two divisional cantonments will require 6,000,000 feet of lumber, that being used instead of tents on account of the advance in the price of canvas and it's scarcity and because 1t would require two complete sets each year to Keep the men under cover.
 There will be 2,O0O buildings in each cantonment which will be erected by contract under supervision of army of
 icers. Colonel l. W. Littell of the quar- termaster's corps has been placed 1T charge of construction by Secretary o1 War Baker. These 900 buildings wil include quarters for officers and men stables, kitchens, mess halls, bati houses and storerooms in addition tt numerous structures for special pur. poses. While some of the barrack: will be of two-story construction, tn, majority will be long, low, -stor, affairs so arranged as to suit the con
 venlence of the larger units, the Whol, town to cover little more than square mile of ground, not includins
 big tracts of land necessary for drillinl and military operations during train ing. Modern plumbing and sanitation will be installed, and the war depart
 ment expects the cantonments to b, the most up-to- date barracks eve
 erected