The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-14

States government, Altogether II
military cities have been built by
the government to house the 687,
900 citizen soldiers selected for ser
vice by the draft. Of these cities
seven were ready today to receive
their entire quota of officers and en-.
listed men. These seven included
Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ken
lucky; Camp Travis, at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas; Camp Lee at Pet
ersburg, Virginia; Camp Lewis at
American Lake, Washington; Camp
Sherman at Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp
Devens at Aver, Massachusetts; and
Camp Grant at Rockford, Illinois,;
seven other cantonments were ready
this morning to receive all the Of
ficers and two-thirds or more of
their entire quota of enlisted men.
These comprise Camp Dodge at Des
Moines, Iowa; Camp Funston at
Fort Riley, Kansas; Camp Custer at
Battle Creek, Michigan; Camp Pike
at Little Rock, Arkansas; Camp Dix
at Wrightstown, N. j.. Camp Jack
son at Columbia, South Carolina;
Camp Gordon at Atlanta. The two
remaining national army canton
ments, Camp Upton at Yappank,
Long Island, and Camp Meade at
admiral, Maryland, have already re-
ceived and are taking care of more
than their full quota of officers and
are ready to receive the number Of
enlisted men originally ordered
there on September 5. An army of
practically 10000 men was en-
ployed in the construction Of the
sixteen national army cantonments
up to the first of September. Since
that date the force has been gradu-
ally reduced. There are certain
units in connection with each of the
environments which were added aft
er the original scheme was under
way and which are in some cases not
completed. There are general hos
pitfalls in addition to the regimental
hospitals and remount stations to
take care of some 10000 horses
each. The completion of these build
ings will not, however, interfere
with the reception of the citizen
soldiers on these dates. They have
been ordered to report at the respec-
tive cantonments./
"A typical layout such as is re-
uuired for accommodating the Of
ficers and men at cantonment COM
prises in round numbers $4,000, 900
feet of lumber. Each cantonment
requires a complete system of water
supply and sewerage disposal, the
piping for which amounts to more
than so miles.
Ten general warehouses with
necessary trackage have also been
provided where the facilities are not
available in nearby cities. Complete
refrigerating and laundry plants
have been built at each cantonment.
Cup to September it has been
necessary to complete on an average |
Of one building per hour or for all
the cantonments an average Of one |
building every four minutes. In the
construction of the cantonments to
date over $4,000 carloads Of ma
terial have been transported to and
delivered at the sites, an enormous
AK upon the already overburdened
railroad facilities of the country.
rhe railroads, however, have given
splendid service, all the government
orders have been given preference
md the lumber and other supplies
leeded have been rushed to the can
comments in record time.
"The cantonments in the east
ave been handicapped by the fact
hat 1t has been impossible to secure
ties without going away from the