Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21
RAPID BUILDING +.
OF ARMY CAMPS
NOVEL FEATURE

roRT SHERIDAN, nl.--This 10 the
etarv Of the use Of lumber N an army
eanfonment. and Of the manner IN
which the American logging camp has
heen copied for regular army uses, N
the building Of quarters for inc n :.
serve Officers Training Camps. We ~
the letters r. O. 7. G. are SEEN tnis
4 the Interpretation.
There are two camps at Fort snerf
dan. each Of $500 men, rougnly. one
ccr1p for Illinois and one for Wiscon-
rin and Michigan combined. Each
cenn Is organized IN fifteen compa-
rieS 81 about 100 men each. Wiscon-
IN and Michigan are in permanent
hSrracks except for four companies
ThIch. with the Illinois regiment are
1nSrtered An cantcnments on the
SOUTH side Of the reservation. There
6re fuarters for two emergency com
1snies with the four Wisconsin-Micn
@1n companies, making . total o.
{Wenfy.one companies CHARTERED IN
tie newly erected wooden canton
THE quarters for each company are
lnnr buildings, placed end to end,
With ! twenty foot space petwesa
each. on the south is the mess naii'
with ! kitchen and two tables the
I.1rth OF the building, . la lumber
r31D. bench seats on each SIDE OF
|.z< table. The next two buildings
@rs the quarters, with cots IN each
~ Sirhty men. North Of these iva
~ hath house.
TIE eDeed Of construction Of the
rSSn was noticeable, and . most
.|rIfIAr evidence Of the I1ility Of the
|31|c.I American business man 20
800 emergencies. The contract TOT
~ conefrncfion Of the buildings wan
..rricf q the Summer Sollitt Com
..nr. Chicaeo. on Saturday evening
|I-I| =. About noon on Sunday, April
~ ne EDWARD Hines Lumber Co. o.
[[Ir1ro recofxed the order for tbs
material. amounting to total u
some 1,to0, 900 feet. During the after
noon autD loads Of lumber were dis'
1.|chod 70 Fort Sheridan 70 provide
||1rfers Tor the WORKING force engae'
"a - the fob. At O'Clock In the
5Vening train Of 80 empty cars WA
- the track IN the yards Of the luTn.
~ company. The entire train wa
|St6ed with the Loo, 900 feet on April
- ont a the stock Of Northern, South.
.-1 and Western lumber carried %
|1n1 The contract called for al
dressed lumber. The most remark
rh|e mart az the operation, therefore
~6s that some 40D. 900 feet Of the snip
m4hf was run through the planning
MID az the lumber company, as vel
- being loaded on the cars IN the
anne day. !,
The Chicako ( Northwestern rail
road delivered the trainload Of ium
b&r 1t Fort sheridan on Tuesdas
morning, May j. The Sumner Soliltl
Company had It's construction Iorce
"a he ground equipped with gasoline
saws and al other devices Tor quick
work. Ohio National Guard Engineers
stared out the company streets snd
|nIldines. The job was finished on
Nay 10, IN Just ten working days, us
~ only one shift Of men per day
[I'c largest number Of men employed
% The Job ct one time was 7s5. Here
Is What they built complete. ready tor
occupancy:
q barracks, 2Ox12s feet each.
Al mess buildings, 10x1 10 feet each
equipped with tables and benches
h1iIt In regular logging camp style.
"a 1avat0ry buildings. 1sx6s feet
equipped with toilets. shower baths
ETC.
postal exchange bu5ldins. 2oxsf
telephone exchange building
l0sss feet.
This is the story OF one o: the
CAMPS where officers win be trained
Ior the new eaany and is duplicated
- many otllS camps throughout tia
@onnfry. as t.ssre are fifteen reserTi
~r|icer training camps In the country
-t1,,irin9 quarters for $1,000 pros
~ecfire officers. The regular perma
@e6t barracks do not begin to provide
roonf Tor all these men.