The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-09-08
sTUPENDoUs TASK COMPLETED.
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Training Quarters for New Army
Constructed hi Record Time.


Democracy's first great victory in
the world war has been won with
hammer and saw
One hundred thousand men, the
greatest industria army ever re
esalited in the u Grid for such
an emergency und dertaking, has, with
lin little more than two months, con-
structed over $4,000 buildings for
housing the new national defense
forces during their period of train
ing for service in France. So, when
the selective army is called into SER
vice this month it will find, ready and
waiting, the most complete and per-
| feet quarters ever erected for a
fighting organization.
With cantonments, national guard
camps and aviation stations completed
or nearing completion at half hun
dred points in the United States,
there is now being brought to a close
| not alone the most remarkable rec
ord of building achievement in the
history Of the country, if not in the
world, but the most stirring chapter
| Of activity ever recorded in the
southern pine lumber industry.
Most of the cantonments, or "War
cities" of which there are sixteen,
are being finished not only on time,
but in some cases have been COM
Epleted several days in advance of the
Sept. l estimate set by the War De-
partment. Each cantonment con-
tains some fifteen hundred buildings,
many Of them large tWo-story bar
tracks.
The south, and the southern pine
Industry in particular, can derive spe..
cial satisfaction from the success OF
the great undertaking, for the lum-
herman, to a greater extent perhaps
than any other class, was called on &c
"do his bit" in connection with this
work. Lumber was the one big item
that had to be provided promptly anc
lin immense quantities, and the gov
ernment early called on the pine in
i dustry, with its tremendous resources
to furnish the major portion OF woot
Ineeded. In fulfllment of these re
ouirements, approximately 100000,
900 feet of southern pine has gon'
Into the construction of cantonment
and smaller camps, to haul which
there has been required over 10,OO'
II freight cars, or between 238 and 25'
solid trainloads Of lumber. All thi
s lumber has been moved without dis
turbing the domestic market, or caus
ling price advances. By means OF tn
Isouthern Pine Emergency distribut
ing organization, it was possible OF
| tentimes for trains of lumber to b
, loaded and moving to destinatio
points within six hours after the OF
der had been received from Vast
: ington.
, Twenty buildings a day, on a
I average, are being completed at eac
! cantonment. At Camp Travis, Fol
5 Sam Houston, Texas, the other da.
la big barracks structure rose fro'
/ 1.-The ground in exactly an hour and
Y half bv the watch, and simlls
S Irecord was made at Camp Taylo
4 Louisville. KY, in an efficiency tes
: At Louisville one of the administr
ltion buildings is said to have bee
built partly of lumber cut from
5 Mississippi pine forest less than
Iweek before. The trees were fell
= and went through the mill saturda
4 were kiln dried Sunday, loaded Mo
: day on special cars Communicated
i the government, rushed to Louisvi
; at almost passenger schedule tin
# and when the carpenters at Car
+ TAYLOR laid down their tools at t
e end of the following Saturday m
A. were moving desks and other off
10 lparaphernalia into house which h
been part Of the forest six days p
viously.