Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

lty Tor religious worship, but that 1t is
to be miles removed from any Great
White Way" or its more sordid substi-
tutes.
Few Realize Task.
Few can conceive how herculean is
is written that it will take 26. 600. 600
feet. board measurement, of lumber to
build the 1900 structures the uniniti-
ated mind cannot grasp the significance.
Even visitors TO the site cannot form
any fair concept of what is going on.
for the work is so extensively spread
out nve- nearly fourteen square miles
that hey sec hut fractions of it.
1t Is ONLY b. eTeraing hours in driy-
ing bv automobile over new roads cut
ting through pastures and cultiya ted
neldS climbing o. newly erected wa
fer-tnHa-S to get bir1's-eye views and
VISITING the H1!fesapart ceAters of the
varied works n progress that one real
a CITY means
Here are steam shovels at work along
tne raIrcad right of way making a
clearing Tor sidings and switches.
Ilose by are FIVE great warehouses
Erowl1g ZIP in day. which are to be
dpn}aatad IN three railroad wards
Here again another great railroad sys-
ten has laid three sets of tracks where
but one used to be, and each of these
is 6oing zen times as much business in
Teek Three railroad yards with sid
fngs whore from sixty to seventy-five
cars Of 'nmbe- day can be handled
is an inalstrial picture that cannot
the lumgt IS taken from the cars it is
WORT d<ta-o-Eh field saws run by gas
olfne motors ~ each one of the three
railroad Yards forty cars can be ac-
conmodated On each of the 900-foot
sidings.
Form Industrial Centers.
Again the rrnersity of the work can
be estimated from the fact that there
are now 800 workmen on the
be more than $500 workmen and the
week following more than 5000. In
order to house and provide commits
earies for this army Of workmen camp
cities have been established at eight
locations on the big track Each of
these industrial centers is performing
It's own part of the great work that is
being co-ordinated under the guiding
genius of army engineer officers. Mai
Ralph F. Proctor is the man in general
charge of turning this land into a city
of modern conveniences. He is an en-
gineer Of nationwide experience and
has proved himself to be of wonderful
execrtf~" = il'ty. His chief assistant
Garges. who. after having had expe-
rtence all over the United States and
Canada, was called from Governors Is
land to be Maj. Proctor's right-hand
man in building Camp Meade. Capt
Garges is chief of police of the rising
city, FIRE marshal and traffic chief. AS
O sidelight on how he Is doing big
things. on the day the writer visited
Camp Meade he saw a flying squadron
of fifteen army motor trucks hauling
supplies from Baltimore. nearly twenty
miles away.
J Check Unnecessary Traffic.
With so much big work to be done on
the Camp Meade site. with such a short
time limit, 1t has been necessary to
discourage all unnecessary traffic and to
station guards with Instructions to keep
grounds. Persons who are accustomed
TO pleasure driving over well kept
highways do not realize that the driv-
ing of many vehicles over country
roads previously little used and over
new roads in process of construction
may put these roadways out of commits
sion at a time when they are needed
to haul lumber and other supplies to the
rising city.
In addition to providing all that is
necessary for the health and comfort
of the army of 40 600 men who are to
undergo intensive training at Camp
Meade, the city IL being so laid out as
TO take care of $4,000 head of stock,
horses and mules.
One corner of the cantonment proper
is being arranged as a model station for
aerial squads with hangers. landing
fields and all other appurtenances es-
sent.al 10 the training of one frac-
tional part of the big air fleet with
which the United States hopes to win
the war against Germany.
Build Dam Across River.
A dam is being built across the Pa