The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-09-13
WHERE IDAHO TROOPS TRAIN
North Carolina Cantonment Comprise
Many Thousand.

Charlotte, N. Camp Greene, the
national guard cantonment one mile
from this city, is now complete save
for a few remaining finishing touches
and accommodation are In readiness
for the national guard divisions from
the far northwestern states, who,
with probably from 5000 to $4,000
guardsmen from New England states,
viii receive intensive training here
before their departure for foreign
service
Activities OF the constructors are
now centered upon the great base
hospital, composed OF 80 large build
ings, and Is expected to be used for
treatment of c0nvadescents returned
here from the firing line In France
and Belgium. Other work Is CEN
tered upon construction of the re-
mount station, providing accomm0da-
tions for 10000 horses and mules, In
GLIDING hospital, sick corral and a
convalescent corral. The hundreds Of
brick masons are now just completing
the construction of more than 800
brick incinerators for disposal OF
garbage.
Neither the base hospital, remount
station nor the incinerat0rs necessar-
lily must be completed before the ar
rival of troops.
Buildings Number 900.
The buildings at Camp Greene,
numbering more than 900 I'm the
camp proper, are almost entirely mess
halls, with relatively small number
Of bath houses, laterines and tool and
equipment warehouses. The camp
covers an area of approximately three
and one-half miles by two and one
half miles, and one great street al
most three miles long is lined ON one
side by more than 100 company mess
halls, it being intended for the com
panies to pitch their tents In PARALLEL
lines back Of the mess houses. The
camp itself is roughly divided into
four sections by the nature of the
terrain, the center of the camp site
being rough and in some places rath-
er damp, which ground Is not being
used for camp purposes.
Something more than ten miles Of
fine roads have been built within the
camp site, and about twenty miles of
S-inch and 12-inch pipe lines for
water mains have been laid, In addi-
ton to many more miles of small sup
ply pipes. Two great redwood tanks,
each Of 100000 gallons capacity,
shipped from California, will be used
as storage reservoirs, insuring ade-
quate water supply at all times.
Guard Water Supply.
From the city pumping station on
Cafawba river, about ten miles from
the city, mounted troops win guard
the great pipe lines to the city's FL
tering plants, it has been announced
officially.
A complete switching yard. includ
| Ing about five miles Of tracks, has
been built by the southern Railway
system. The government has erected
ten great storage warehouses in this
yard Contracts have been let t.
wholesalers for more than 60.000,0 0(
pounds of supplies or all kinds, In
| Guiding fuel and food and feed fol
men and beasts. Deliveries are beine
made and will continue through a pc
Rod OF three months under these con
| tracts.
The Young Mems Christian Associ
alton has a number Of great Assem-
bly, halls within the camp. The citi
zen organizations of Charlotte hay.
made and viii continue through a De
Rod OF time preparing for the en-
Itertaimnent of sordiers and officer.
who are to come here.
Has Equable Climate.
Regarding the clkAate of Charlotte
health authorities describe 1t as tina
usually experienced In Piedmont sec
lions, cool nights, mid winters ant