The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-28
ARMY
CITY IS BEING
BUILT QUICKLY
Cantonment for 10000 Men
Ready for Use September l.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark June 2S
Especial "A modern army city ot ! 200
permanent buildings for the housing o,
the Twelfth division Of the national
army is to be ready for occupancy here
by September ! and work on It is Just
now being started Here are some OF
the things which must be done IN
two months in order to have the can
tonment ready for the troops called
into service AZ that time
Build a watcrworks system consist
ing Of about eighteen miles OF pipe
lines inside of the cartonmcnt md SIX
miles outside, including pumping sta
tions and reservoir.
Build a permanent sewer system with
twenty miles OF mains and lateralS IN
cluding a sewage disposal works OF two
and one fourth million gallons daily
capacity
Build wagon roads. railroads. gas
mains, electric lines and telephone lines
All the work is TO be done along the
most approved sanitary engineering
lines Prof Arthur Haskns oi the INT.
verslty OF Kansas. specialist in that
line, IS assisting in the sanitary part
Of the work. As an example Of the
thoroughneSs OF that part oi the plan
ming are the precautions that are 10 be
taken against mosquitoes and malaria
All the underbru'h in the streams on
/ the 5000 acre reservation and IN the
neighboring district are TO be cleared
so that the sun will get TO the water
freely
Reconstruct the Streams
The beds OF the little streams will be
reconstructed wherever necessary 70
keep the water flowing all the time and
any pools that may form will be i'm
mediately drained Besides the govern
ment's work along that line the Little
Rock chamber OF commerce is spending
$4,000 in sanitary work in the neigh
borhood. The chAmber also financed a
company TO supply two and oneiourtl
million gallons OF water daily to the
camp besides giving the government
the 5000 acre camp site
Offices for engineering forces at the
cantonment are furnished by the city
aud office hours for the cantonmen
planners are from O'Clock in the morn
ing until II o'clock at night.
The Makeup of Division.
The camp is planned 10 accommoia,,
ono division. consiting Of ten regiment
ot infantry, three regiments OF field ar
tillery, one regiment OF engineers, on,
field signal battalion and one aer,
squadron. besides trains and division
and brigade headquarters. That mean
9O4 officers, 3S,0S enlisted men and 10
SIS horses and mules Resides thet
will be a detached infantry regimen
here with 2,7A officers and men.
The camp is to he arranged in III
shape ot horseshoe about seven thou
sand feet long from tip to tip and
mile wide at the bow Railway ter
minals will be inside this horsesho
and will be ample for handling fiit
cars a day and for entrsining an en-
tire regiment az one time.
-Four Y. M. c. A. Buildings.
Each Of the barracks buildings wi
be two stories high and with room fo
two hundred men The regiments wi
be grouped by brigades. At the cam
will be three Y. NJ. {. a. buildings an
general Y NJ {. A. auditorium.
The army engineers here on the wor
include Col G. = Howell OF the er
glneer corps and Maj. John r. Fordyc
OF the engineers reserve corps IN
cantonment is three miles from III
] army post a, Fort Logan II. Roots.
y at an elevation OF some two hundrc
: and iifiY feet ahnNr The AtkanSas rive