The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-05
CAMP GREENE HOME OF
The WESTERN TROOPS
Named in Honor of Celebrated
General Nathaniel Greene
of Revolutionary Fame

of Revolutionary Fame
Approximately 10000 acres of land
lying within a radius of ten miles OF
Charlotte and the greater part OF it
within half that distance of the city,
are being translated into a canton
ment for the accommodation of the
troops from the western states and
an increment of regular army Off
GERS and aviation corps. The main
camp is located on a tract embracing
$500 acres lying three miles west
of the city, an area Of open fields and
wooded sections, cotton and corn plan
tations and apple and peach or
chards.
A present force of work:nen, num-
bering more than 1000 men are rapid
~ shaping up this vast acreage for all
of the requirements Of the camp.
Streets are being laid out, hills are
being rolled into the valleys that have
been lying at their feet, street car
tracks are being placed and railroad
facilities being provided; bitches are
being digged for the laying of sewer
age and water mains, and many miles
of telephone and telegraph lines are
being strung. It is to be a veritable
city to come from the metamorphosis
now taking place as if by magic.
Train loads of materials are arriv-
ing almost hourly to provide some of
the necessary equipment going into
the work of construction. The camp
site is accessible already to the city
by means of improved highways of
macadam construction, two of which
run directly through the camp area.
The street car lines terminus is only
a miles from the site and the railroad
facilities are within about two miles
of the center of the camp.
A water line of 12-inch pipes is
being run from the main source of the
city's supply, itself a 16-inch main
running to the Catawba river, II
miles distant. A daily capacity of
$4,000, 900 gallons in addition to a re-
serve quantity many times that num-
Der of gallons be provided.
Charlotte's Water and Climate.
Charlotte's water comes from the
Catawba river, a distance of IL miles,
the plant having been built five years
ago at a cost of approximately one
million dollars. It has a daily capac-
ity of $4,000, 900 gallons and a re-
serve capacity of 100000 gallons.
Two million gallons daily run into
the cantonment according to present
estimates.
The physical aspects of Charlotte
lend peculiar favor to the city. 1t
boasts of a climate of exceptional con-
geniality. The city is situated equi-
distant from the Blue Ridge noun
tains on the west and the Atlantic
ocean on the east, Wilmington being
the nearest seaport town and Ashe-
Vile, in "The Land of the Sky" it's
most favorite mountain resort. Char
lotte is practically IT'S miles from
each of these two cities. Its loca-
ton gives the city its delightful eli
mate. 1t has been pointed out by
an authority that with a single excep-
ton, this is the healthiest city in the
United States, according to the NOR
tally records. 1t is noted for it's free
dom from sudden temperature
changes, high winds and destructive
storms. The average annual tempera-
ture of the city is 60 degrees, having
January as it's coolest month with an
average of 40 degrees and July as its
hottest with 70 degrees. The aver
age number of freezing days during
the winter is As. The climate of the
community was one of the strong
points which impressed the war de-
partment. officials as to the advis
ability Of putting one of the 16 arm!
environments here.
The fact that it is situated 2O|
miles inland precludes the possibilit!
of a superfluous humidity which i
so deadly in the summer months il
other parts of the south, and the fur
ther fact that the Blue Ridge noun
tains stand at the city's back doc
prevents the winds of the winter whicl
take their toll of human life.
Charlotte is one of the most ia
vored cities in the Carolinas in tn
matter of transportation. 1t is O
the main line of the Southern rail
way from Washington to Atlanta an
about %equi-distant between them. Tn
Southern is double tracked to Wash
ington from this city. 1t is also o
the Seaboard Air Line, the Norfoll
Southern, the Norfolk & Western an
is headquarters of the Piedmont MOI
thern, an electrically driven road tina
~traverses the Carolinas. More tina
60 passenger trains arrive and leav
Charlotte every day.
Charlotte Assets in Skeleton.
Charlotte is the electric center {
the south, headquarters of the Soutl
ern Power company, with plants ger
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