The Washington herald., 1917-08-05
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column In City.

The Navy Department has ar
ranged for the expedition of life
! and death" messages passing be-
| tween the officers and enlisted men
of the navy and their families. Tele-
grams of such a nature are to be
dispatched 10 the Bureau Of Navi-
| CATION at Washington and will be
forwarded by telegraph or cable
| Immediately to the proper naval
station or ship. other messages
will pursue slower means OF
transmission.
Commander d. W. Todd, director
OF naval communications. has sent
the following letter to the presI-
dents of the Western Union and
Telegraph Companies:
"Orders have been issued to all
naval personnel serving in the fleet
directing them to inform their fam
lilies that life and death kilograms
are to be forwarded addressed to
ships. care of the Bureau of Navi-
cation. Washington, d. c. For ex-
! ample:
John Smith,
u. S. 8. Texas.
Care Bureau of Navigation,
Navy Dept, Washington. d. c.
'"Telegrams of less Importance are
| to be forwarded from distant points
with the same form of address, with
the understanding that such tele-
grams will be forwarded by the
Bureau of Navigation to the ad-
dressee by mail. The above orders
| have been issued to prevent land
line messages from disclosing the
location of ships of the navy.
1T is requested that proper steps
be taken in your organization to
, notify senders of kilograms of this
order OF the Navy Department.
Publicity is being given this mat
ter in the press"
The largest naval training camp In
| the world is under the process of con-
struction at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station at Great Lakes, Ill.
Ten thousand men will be accommo-
! dated by the camps in addition to the
complement already under training
at the station proper. Capt. W. A.
Moffett, L. S. N, is In charge of the
| station.
! The work Of constructing buildings to
, house the men who will be under train
I ing is being rushed to completion by
! Sept. 5, under the direction of Civil
Engineer George A. Mckay, U. s. N.
1t Is said to be the greatest civilian
work ever undertaken by military or
naval bodies. The site embraces an
area of 1000 feet by a mile and is d.
vided into five camps: Dewey, Far
ragut, Ross, Perry and Decatur.
Each regimental unit will be a COM
plete training station in itself with its
own barracks, mess hall, storehouse,
dispensary, isolation building. officers
quarters. executive offices, drill hall,
| brig and training grounds.
There are 127 new buildings to be
erected in all. Each barracks is built
Of steel and wood with double floors
and is constructed in the form OF the
letter H." a latrine, represented by
the neck Of the 'H' joining the bar
racks Shower baths are included In
all latrines. Each half company holds
mess in its own barracks and cares for
its own mess gear. From sanitary
standpoint, the camps are pronounced
100 per cent perfect. Work was start
ed July and at the present time,
3, 800 carpenters, mechanics and labor
ers are employed in rushing the work
to completion.
Preparations are under way to es-
tablish a Quartermaster Corps train
ing camp to which will be sent Off
GERS selected for that branch from
camps now coming to a close. The
new camp Is to accommodate $500 Of
ficers and 10000 to 10000 enlisted men.
Assistant instructors are to be drawn
from non-coms already in the serv-
ice, to aid In the organization Of spe-
cial and technical units such as motor
and wagon units. supply companies,
repair squads, salvage shop squads,
| stevedore regiments. etc. Several
sites are under consideration. The
Quartermaster General, Maj. Gen.
Henry G. sharpe, reiterates the recent
statement that only men sent from
Officers Reserve training camps be
eligible.