El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14

EW YORK. July 1f.-What a
nj huge task confronts the war
4 department in building. by
September /. 10 great cautoumeuts for
the new national cor selective draft)
armies is scarcely appreciated by
Americans. almost all Of whom are
unfamiliar with the intricate details
Of military life
To construct these Is cities will
cost 100000 to s5.000.0QO each. or
sSc,0O0.01O in adjust twice as much
as it costs TO repair and operate the
Panama canal every year
The running expenses Of the camp
VIII be SlJ,Ull,uJ1 a month each, or
Sl2u.uHl 1900 IN all for the first year
with the initial outlay Of $4,000. 900.
the amount 10 be spent on the camps
the first twelvemonth 1oots up 10
500. 100000
Besides the actual construction Of
the camps. manifold problems affect
ing sanitation, housing and morals
confront those iutrusted with the
duty Of providing the places where
the $4,000 men called for duty viii
Each camp viii house 10000 men
and but $50 cities in the entire COun-
try have a larger population
The Is camps are situated near
aver MASS a EN-Aa4AAEAH A4aHAAs- As-aA-As-
WriEh-stOWn. y j. Annapolis juno
ti0l. Nd. Petersburg, Va Columbia
s. c. Atlanta. Ga; Chillicothe- o.
Louisville, ky. Battle Creek, Mich
Des Noiues. Ia; Fort Riley, haus--
Fort sam Houston, Tex, Rockford
III. Little Rock. Ark, and American
Each Has 1000 Houses.
In each camp there must be 1000
houses- The buildings being erected
IN O.
expected under the circumstance
Every one is a rOOmy, two story al
fair. with perfect ventilation ana
sanitation and electric lighting Every
one viii have "a kitchen and mess
hall Row after row Of these houses
VIII line the streets
Imagine furnishing 1000 houses and
then multiply that by l6- That Is
one of the details Of the task army
officers had on their hands u means
that $1,000 separate bunEs- ach win
a mattress. for every single one or
the is canJOnm euts-l1 ughly bn1-l11
mattresses. Two thousand freight
cars will be required 10 transport the
mattresses TO the camps
Twenty six million feet OF lumber
are necessary for every cantonmeut.
while the total amount equals about
four percent of the entire lum her
output of the country for one year
Nails TO roof the buildings In one
environment viii fill a freight car
while crushed rock for the roads 90
be constructed in one Of the camps
will require more than 500 cars for
Everything Complete.
Eoads2 Certainly. Every city VIII
be Independent except for food, ana
that will be supplied from the out
side. Fire departments are to be es-
+abIfshed in every one of the camps
there will be railroad yards with COM
Dlete transportation facilities, com
pIete sewage and garbage incinerat-
ing systems, and hundreds OF other
conveniences necessary in every well
ORGANIZED modern settlement
The result Of these complete plans
perfected not only by regular army
officers. but by sanitation and city
planning experts, is that dangers
arising from i'll sanitation are re-
duced TO a negligible factor
Drink and immortality have heen
the bane Of soldiers camps In all
countries. This is fact that army
officers have always regarded IN Sc
l-crfnE sites for camps. and although
the majority Of the environments have
been carefully placed away from
cities. nevertheless there has been APP
pointed a federal commission on
training camp activities 10 safeguard
the morals Of men in the camps
II is also planned TO withdraw the
attention Of the soldier from rigid re-
strictions by organized recreation and
EXPERTS in recreatiOnal activity and
relaxation methods have been named
to the commission Raymond B. Eos
dick. the chairman, previously made
a special study of conditions on the
Mexican border for secretary Baker
To Guard Morals
The commission has two distinct
functions. First. to keep secretary
Baker informed as TO conditions I'm
the training camps and the zones
surrounding them second. TO coordin-
ate the different agencies seeking to
serve the soldiers.
we are operating as a clearing
house" said chairman FOsdick. "to
eliminate the waste and competition
Of overlapping organizations. at the
same time stimulating recreationaI
facilities.
"Our first function is aimed. Of
course. TO do away with the evils that
have been too often associated with
army life. not only iu America. but
in Europe. Our boys are to be drafted
into service. We cannot afford to
draft Them into a Gamnrg IT-fr1fr arr-