The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
CAMP DODGE Will
BE IN READINESS
FOR $4,000 MEN OF
new Army SEPT.5
Construction Is B e j n e
Rushed With ALI Pos
sible Speed
NEARLY 5000 MEN
EMPLOYED ON JOB
Half of ,576 Buildings Fin
ished; Others Well
Under Way

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. Is. - Con-
struction activity at Camp Dodge
the Thirteenth division cantonment,
has been speeded to capacity in or
der that everything may be in readi-
ness for the $1,000 drafted men, who
are to go into. training Sept. 5.
The initial contribution of man
power from the Dakotas. Minnesota,
Nebraska and Iowa will represent
one-third of the total quotas of these
states for the first war army, in ac-
cordance with recent orders OF the
war department. Now that the exact
time the remaining two-thirds will
be called to the colors, is known,
camp construction is being rushed
beyond the necessities for the first
$4,000, with a view to completing all
buildings as soon as possible.
With the exception, perhaps, of a
number of minor buildings. all con-
struction will be completed by Sept.
/, according to the building contrac-
tors, If the present working schedule
Is maintained. Barracks are being
constructed at the required rate per
day, and supply depots. stables, ETC..
are springing up rapidly.
Status of Work.
Reports to Maj. M. A. Butler, con-
structing quartermaster, show the
status of construction to be about as
follows:
Barracks virtually completed num-
Der 156; thirty-eight more to be
built.
Fifty per cent of 1875 buildings,
which include all main structures,
entirely constructed.
Sixty per cent of all road work
done; main camp highway graded
and rs per cent surfaced with
cement. There are twenty miles OF
camp roads.
F1fteen per cent of $4,000 feet of
sewer system and 155, 900 foot water
system completed; million gallon
reservoir half completed.
q Twenty-Five per cent Of ten miles
or pole lines for electric lighting
system completed.
Seven miles OF trackage planned in
sconnection with camp entirely COM
pleted.
Nearly 5000 workmen are hurry
ing the work to completion, and IL
IL becomes necessary, more will be
added. Contractors believe the pres
ent force will be sufficient TO finish
the camp in due time.
Plans are being completed. for the
care Of q few thousand new officers,
commission from government train
ing camps, who are expected to ar
rive two weeks before the first body
Of prospective soldiers.
With the arrival of the drafted
men, the work of molding them into
component parts Of the first war
army will begin. The routine of
training will be much the same as
that pursued in the officers training
camps this summer during the first
month according to federal army off,
GERS stationed here.
Based on the net quota figures an
in connection with the
draft. the total number from the
Thirteenth division to be trained at
Camp Dodge is 47,111, divided as fol-
lows: Minnesota, 1884: North Da-
kota, 5,606; South Dakota, 2,717;
8,1s5, and Iowa, 1919.
In the first quota Of troops, to ar
rive here from Sept. / to 8, there
will be 1900, according to these
figures, with Minnesota contribut-
ing about $3.50; North Dakota, l.
s69; South Dakota, 906; Nebraska,
2. .725, and Iowa, 1880. These figures
are not Official, Of course, as applies
to the number to be called, but from
a somewhat accurate basis for
ascertaining 1t.