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


roRT SHERIDAN, IIls-This 10 the
.|ory 81 the use Of lumber IN an army
|.rfonment. and OF the manner ~
.Eich the American logging camp mas
..sn copied for regular army uses, ~
..t building OF quarters for the re
<rre Officers Training Camps. when
- letters r. o. T. c. are seen, this
. the interpretation
mere are two camps at Fort ehert
an. each Of $500 men, roughly. one
.r1n for Illinois and one Tor Wiecon-
- and Michigan combined. Each
|Snn a organized IN fifteen compa-
||SS a. about $50 men each. Wiscnn.l
.& ana nfchfgan are In permanent
..-rscks except Cor four companies
'|Ith with the Illinois regiment, are
.r1rtered m cantonments on tne
tnfh side OF the reservation. There
-. ouarters for two emergency com
.|niee with the four WisconsinsMicni
.r companies. making . total Oh
..o1lV-one companies Quartered In
Ne newly erected wooden cannon.
ne quarters for each company are
.rf buildings, placed end to eno.I
||h twenty foot space between
.-h. on the south Is the mess hail.,
||I : kitchen and two tables the
..fh of the building, Ia lumber
.r,n. bench seats on each side OF
~. fahla. The next two buildings
- The quarters, with cots in each
"a. eighty men. North OF these tWo
. hath house.
[he need Of construction Of the
.|o vas noticeable, and most
.|fine evidence Of the ability Of the
.@|11f American business man 70
~ onerrencies. The contract tor
"a. consfruction Of the buildings wac
IItod to the Summer Sollitt CON
.r. Chicago. on Saturday evening
.f a About noon on sunday, April
~ EDWARD Hines Lumber Co. o.
l.|.@1~o received the order for tae
.|Iorial, amounting TO totA "
..s 1,too. 900 fest. During the AFTER
|1n & auto loads OF lumber we're eis'
.@hnf % Fort Sheridan 20 provide
...1ricrs for the working force engae-
a. rr the lob. AZ : O'Clock IN the
-.~Inn 4 train Of 80 empty cars was
.. lft track In the yards Of the lum-
- company. The entire train WA
..fef with the Loo, 900 feet on April
~ 81 the stock of Northern, South
"a and Western lumber carried on
nd. The contract called for ell
...rnd lumber. The most remark
.|Io nart ar the operation. therefore,
10 that some 100000 feet Of the snip
.t1t was run through the pianmg
.|||s az the lumber company, as wen
beinr loaded ION the cars IN the
me day.
RE CHICAGO & Northwestern rail-
rad delivered the trainload OF ium-
|.r at Fort Sheridan on TUESDAY
.orning, May j. The Sumner Sollitt
Company had fits construction force
- the groncd equipped with gasoline
..rs and all other devices Tor quick
.ofk Ohio National Guard Engineers
nod out the company streets sno
.rIldings. The job was finished on
.rf 10. In Just ten working days, US
- only one shift Of men per day
lid largest number OF men employed
- the lob ct one time was 7S5. Here
. what they built complete. ready for
<ccnpancy:
a barracks, 2oxi2e feet each.
IL mess buildings. 20xi10 feet each,
.rinped with tables and benches
|fiIf II regular logging camp style.
I'll lavatory buildings. 16x63 feet
|1rIpped with toilets, shower baths,
postal exchange building. 2or3o
telephone exchange building
11xss feet.
This is the story OF one .; the
<.mps where officers win be trained
|6r the new rf1ny and Is duplicated
'S many ot,a camps throughout the
unity. as rssre are fifteen reserva
1lfIter raining camps in the country,
Itdrifing quarters for $4,000 pros.
rectire officers The regular perma.
|tnf barracks do not begin 70 provide
lem fo4 All these men.