Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
Provision for Artillery.

Provision Is next made for a regiment
or heavy artillery. so arranged that there
VIII be an elevation against which to d.
rect their fire and a gap and gully which
VIII AFFORD near-at-hand opportunity for
break. 80
At the extreme north of the east branch
comes location for three regiments OF
light artillery. This is the nearest point.
OF the cantonrnent to Baltimore. about
eighteen miles distant. The light artillery
Severn and about the same distance
southeast OF Bridewell. where the house
OF reformation is located.
The layout for the cantonment just de-
scr1bed provides for 1900 buildings to
care for about 4o,500 men and Is, zoo horses
and mules, with other transportation
equipment and ammunition and supply
trains.
have, been taken to allow plenty of
space for fire breaks. As this will be
an all-wooden city. still more ex-
traordinary safeguards have been pro-
ytded. Fire tanks have been placed at
the corner of every barracks, hydra nts
have been connected at each company
street and all of the barracks have been
provided with chemical extinguishers.
Strict Code of Fire Rules.
The city win be governed by.a strict
regular IRE department. has BEEN orr
ganized with motor truck equipment
Capt B. c. Puefiler. who is on leave of
absence from Augusta, Ga. is chief of
chief is C. r. Helwerck, who has been
seven years with the Baltimore fire de-
partment The force also includes Capt.
= B: Parker. retired. from Augusta,
gustine. Fla, Are department. and J.
o'Dea, Harry Potts and J. G. Close, all
from the Baltimore FIRE department.
About twenty other flremen are to re-
port when the draft army is mustered
with two auto pumping engines, hav-
ing force Of eight men In each COM
pany. These have been organized with
the cooperation of the national board
Of fire underwriters, whose representa-
tive, W. e. Corey. is on the ground as
advisory engineer to Maj. Proctor for
IRE prevention.
During the construction of the camp,
when the intense sun has dried loose
lumber almost to finder. extreme pre-
cautions have been exercised. There
have been regular fire drills for the
placed at the corners of all buildings.
water towers have been erected and a
night fire signal arranged.
Twenty Miles Of Concrete Road.
Resimental roadways. twenty-five feet
wide, will stretch between each of the
regiments. IneT6 Will De ABOUT twenty
miles of new concrete road in the main
highway system of the camp. In addi-
ton to that all the existing roadways
are being repaired and maintained.
Work on the five miles Of concrete
roadway in the immediate vicinity of
the great warehouses has already been
started. The county authorities are
improving the approaches to the camp.
The laying of about twenty-five miles
of sewer is one of the important sani-
tary measures The first big shipment
of sixteen carloads of sewer pipe
reached the camp two weeks a~o ard
has already been laid. In order to
facilitate the laying of the sas and
sewer pipes the Gas and Electric Com
pany Of Baltimore has loaned the con-
tractors a trenching machine similar
to those used for digging military
trenches in France. Three of these
machines will be at work this week
The sewer will be run to q point about
two miles south Of the camp near the
confiueuce of the Rogues Harbor
branch and the Little Patuxent river,
near woodwardswlle, where great
sewage disposal plants will receive the
refuse and where II will be treated
ana disposed Of scientifically.
Water Supply Adequate.
Provision Of an adequate supply Of
good water has been an important con-
Germ with Maj. Proctor and his assist
ants. This has been provided through