The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-20
COMMITTEE MAKES
REPORT ON THE
ARMY CAMP.
Possibilities Of Securing
Camp Look Mighty
Good to Them

and New York in the interest of the
cure the permanent Cantonment'
and Mobilization Camp, l want to
make some report of our trip.
When we reached Washington we
found the matter was left entirely
with General Leonard S. Wood, who
stands Number one Major General
in the Army, and who is stationed
now at Governors Island. N. Y.
Through the efforts of Hon. W.
]. Harris, Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission, our Congress
man and our two Senators, an en-
gagement was made for Mr.. d. c.
Cole, Mr. VIM. Tate Holland and
myself with General Wood, and we
had some two hours conference
with him at Governors Island
Much to my surprise he knew
much more about Kennesaw Noun
tain than any of us, all its advant-
ages, and gave us a very favorable
answer. If the people of Marietta
will get back Of this movement as
a unit, and we can furnish water, !
don't believe there is any question
but what we will have between
twenty and twenty-five thousand
soldiers in the. near future located
at Kehnesaw Mountain as a Mobili-
cation Camp, but we have got to
pull together to do this.
The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce is working hard, and while
| believe Atlanta will get her part
also of the soldiers for the Mobiliza-
ton Camp, at the same time the
question of a permanent training
camp at Marietta means really more
than the temporary one, and if we
can succeed in this effort it means
a town five times as large as the
one we now live in.
What we ought to do is to get a
committee together, keep some one
in Washington, and l believe Mr.. d.
c. Cole is the best man / have ever
seen on the job, and as / told him
while on the trip if he was just a
Democrat he would have already
landed the place for us. His influ-
ence with General Wood on account
of his friendship with Mr.. Roose-
welt means a whole lot for Marietta.
We as a committee hope the trip
did some good, but most of all we
want the whole town and county
to get back of this movement and
let's go forward instead of back
word. The Mayor and Council have
already helped in generous way
and others should do, for this camp
is the biggest thing Marietta has
gone after in a long time
While in Washington and New
York never in our lives were we
more impressed with the serious
problem our country is now facing
than we were on this trip and how
much we should all prepare fol
same. The United States Govern.
ment is at war with Germany and
they are preparing for a Sure
Trough War" The food problem
was more serious than the soldier
+, problem, and everywhere we heard
the cry of planting more food stuffs
and every one in authority stated
that if the farmer in the field
would plant food stuffs, and plant
great deal of it, and save it fol-
the benefit of his country, he would
be as much a hero, if not more so
and more benefit to his country
than the man on the battlefield
While l have never been much of a
business man myself, we had a great
many business men on this trip and
they all asked me to impress upon
the people of Cobb County the fact
that they must grow food stuffs, anc
if we do nothing else, let's be self
sustaining in our own county.
Mr.. ]. w. Hancock, who was a
member of the Committee, and own
er of the Marietta Ice & Coal Com
pany, has about 1900 cubic feet OF
space at his ice plant, that he ha.
been filling up with ice, and he
states he is perfectly willing to
hold same for the storage of perisha.
BILE products if the farmers of the
county will raise same. He states
he can also build up and equip more
space if necessary and in that way
perishable stuff can be saved anc
only a nominal rental will be charg.
ed the farmer He states the best
vegetables for storage would be To-
matoes, beans, lettuce and squash
also eggs, butter and fresh meats
The farmers could kill their cattle
in the summer time when they are
FIT and put the meat in storage and
reTo aan7o and get q much lar~or
lncreGze mi - "--~o, beEflea
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