Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-19
VIRGINIA SOLDIERS TO
TRAIN At ADMISSION
Alabama City Is Ready for Coming
=. Of Great Military
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RAPID WORK, ON CANToNNiENT

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RAPID WORK, ON CANTONNiENT
Every Provision Made for Safety and
: .Well-Being OF National Guards
men During Their Period OF In
.tensive Training.
ADMISSION. ALA. August lS.-Wtth
tho machine-gun camp. which VIII oe
a perma nent training camp Tor the
army artillery, completed and READY
Ito accommodate the machine-gun COM
panies that Will. begin to arrive In
few weeks Major Charles l.. Dulin has
made considerable Roadway on the
preparations for Camp George .. Nc
Cleilan, and Is constructing buildings
at the rate of forty day. clearing
brush, laying pipe. looking after SAM
: tation, food supplies. etc. all with the
. idea OF having everything ready ior
the occupancy of the $4,000 men who
=. will come here within the next two
. weeks, including the National Guard
OF the District Of Columbia. Maryland.
Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.
Approximately $500 men are now on
- their way here.
The government purchased $4,000
" acres OF land Tor the camp, and orders
at once. All crops were appraised by
4. a committee from the chamber OF com"
mcrco and funds received from WASH
u inEton to pay cash for all purchaScs.
= 'Annistonians are making extensive
:, plans to entertain the visitors. AT
tleast two additional hotels are to be
'obened, survey of the city for rooms
has been made; new downtown club
will be opened for officers. rest rooms
and comfort stations provided for the
enlisted men. transportation facilities
constructed to the camp, and every
other detail worked out by chamber
of commerce committees appointed
some time ago.
ORDER FOR DIVISIONAL
=" CAMP RECEIVED JULY ~
Major Dulin received a telegram from
tho War Department at Washington
at o'clock Sunday afternoon. July 20,
Informing him that a divisional camp
would be constructed at Admission; that
the work was to he completed by Au-
gust Is. Il possible. and that Morris
Knowles. ar expert engineer, Of Pitts
burgh, Pr, had been designated as
supervising engineer for the work, un-
der the direction of Major Dulin. At
the same time Major Dulin received an
announcement from Mr.. Knowles ad-
visinE him that Maurice Schariff. who
mad arrived in Admission the night be-
That was the first official order
ceived by Major Dulin to construct the
camp.
At 9 o'clock on the following Non
day morning the camp site was Sc.
lected and the tremendous work. of
constructing 1000 substantial frame
buildings in twenty-five working days,
or on an average OF forty buildings
day, was begun.
tnit ;,l f1r 1,, Nav
and cast iron pipe were not given
until Monday and Tuesday, several car
loads OF material were received by the
contractors before the end of the week,
and not a moment was lost in hurry
ing the material from the end OF The
government spur TO the camp site,
where the contractors. ]. c. Chisholm
& Co, and their associates, Craven &
Lang. got busy wHh the large force OF
carpenters they had secured from New
Orleans. Mobile, Birmingham. Charles
ton and other nearby cities. The
junior member of Craven Sc Lang ar,
rived on the ground Thursday mocn =
ing with his administrative and tech
nical stan. They: Immediately began
work on the erection OF a number Of
buildings which were needed at once.
such as two large buildings fer the
duartermaster, a telegraph office and
post-ofice. all of which were ready by
The work is being carried on with
the same breath-taking rnpidity that
characterized the construction OF the
machine gun camp. There are now
fully 5000 at work on the camp site,
and Major Dulin last Saturday made
the following summary of the work
accomplished so far: Eleven thousand
two hundred and thirty feet OF six
inch water main was laid, 1875 feet
TT 1iAiy ha
pipe line work is we'll under way
About s,4o0 feet of roadway has been
constructed. $500 feet Of the new
spur track has been built, the first
spur track has been extended and a
branch built near the machine gun
camp, and 1000 feet OF one-and-one-
half-inch water pipe has been placed to
supply the employees with water from
the springs near Ingram Lake
RECORD FOR FAST WORK -
MADE IN CONSTRUCTION
In twelve days no fewer than 124
buildings have been erected 1t is be-
lieved this breaks all records for fast
work in building environments, not
withstanding the handicaps Of much
rain and the necessity OF hauling every
bit OF the material a distance f from
two to three miles by wagons and
trucks.
More than 500 poles for an electric
line were cut on the reservation. These
have been set for electric light distri-
button and power transmission
Three and one-half million feet of
lumber were needed for the construc-
ton of l,o0p buildings. Contracts for
material were signed by the contract
ors Saturday. July IS. and arrange
ments completed for the delivery 7of
sixteen miles Of cast lion pine and
twelve miles Of service pip, 10 con
st-uct mains and branchec OF the An
nlston city. water pipe line to and
through the camp.
A government spur track ia being