New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Last to Start, Il Will Be the
First New Cantonment
Finished
Honor Men Get Leave
Receive Furloughs Until Mon
day for Work Well
Done

CAMP UPTON, /. l., Sept. e. We
h,,o o,d ovroc+ that ca far as build-
-. =, I'll
'ngS are concerned bearing q" MN"
revisions to-day ordered. this canton
r,ert will he the first one finished in
IA, .,.,r. owl
ne country N"'N''s N'''' '-'S
barracks, original ana aao'Noh"' ""eS'
.bould he completed RICH. down 10 the
...,;. -. l..,l,, ho,,,.,or
last hsis Anu ''''''ie ''s"' '"''
October 10 ana To-
80 sa'd MAJOR " n. meyers con.
strueting quar'ermaster N charge oA
his mans size Job, TO the correspoh-
cent for The Tribune TINS afternoon
i. }. Hor0"i'1' president o. IN. 'h' 'o" NJ,
son s'arre't 'o"pSnS' W.. va, ,S,.' ~.
CONTRACT VINO was ''' -',''''
0ihce' summed up 'Ne s''""''o" ''''
ways;
"In point Of dollars and cents the
csr, &c n per cent completed. In
-. g - 3. e FROM, twentv TO
U,m So a. fro,r the goal In
.l"en!-E'e Geis o.'' b occTnic5 bv
point OF ouILo'.sS 20 On u g coIt Sore y
"'y.' ~ - - 20 nat tn. contract
80 Iat erd - was six DAVIS later that
Wa le1. e.u ~, -, 49,, IN Aprpst II
me UIs1 az 10" 70: ~. -, ~ oris-
aSSorulme ~ NC. = nov cent COM
VINE can o',' ~ - &c ~ Avcr
pieieu' VIZ - - ,,rorl-cJ n re-
tIalHlns s,Gu''I - ya5,Lsrt 81 that
Ceile ~, ,,,r,+ = r,oy cont com
uSIt' oo"S''" % &"
P'gy.ol,, -5;.or ,,robror,s confronted
Ihree CatuiI.a' p ago'v 81 I-Dtnr rone
". - rsr,torr,e,t
'"S o'"''
Fu-thest From Supplies
linton was furthest from its base OF
.ypply. Then it was the lone training
site which necessitated wholesale
shaving Of woodland from the land
scape. And finally the work was the
last to weigh anchor.
But since then the gigantic wheels
IF the stupendous construction have
rCen set IN full motion. one huhureG
thousand dollars OF 'ons''uT',f W "o orS
~ no 1orEmen. including 1900 car
p,nters, on a payroll that totals Sou
coo a Ee zen a "l,.l'o Nm; anu naiis Ca I'm
dailv.
The original contract specified that
6sO OGIldlnGS Wou!a con- ''.u,e VIZ
sccor,r 5odafiors required swelled
Is totol ~ IE27 dwellings.
Instead al the 1869 .O69 feet origi-
rslIy demanded as the lumber footage,
81 cali for enough to swell the total TO
ss.4s7.T4O was sounded.
OF the 225 barracks first ordered all
.1...s. u of
these twelve were held up by stor
order. Meanwhile twenty, not stipu-
lated in the contract, had been erected,
leaving a surplus Of two.
viii Pc First Post Finished
- -. -, - 81 r,..
AI'"oub" N'NP If'o'' ""s w
camp site TO be picked said Major
Moor. "and tho last contract 10 be
II A.. -. - 49, L,ro
.'Aueu' anu '"e WIN vas "'"e
under the most dlsadVahVageous CIT
cumstances possible, we hope TO have
The post finished according to the new
specifications and acquisitions before
,nv other national army environments.
o-.-,- IN 49,,
between OO'OOe' ~ anu 40 We eN
pcct to have all building operations
h .ornIe,sd and nv Novenber the
N -: ..rl.J .., l..a;r
III heating hsIaHeu ana every ueIa''
turned over to the government.
cat present we are putting I'D $780,
OOC worth Of buildings a day. and
sirco Aro,s+ X NO be,,e eyeraced &c
80 h,,iid;rC,. AL.
~ ~ 49,. -. - a. c.. H., -
-, - 80 - - go 80 -,
IIn.nu Se,.er, i.a,o 20 ee'. iO.5oea ol
poUm G nnIJ - n et5od az
beartv ebeitering yreIcorc for ,boro
H. ~ -, .ba ,,,an,,.ia, hon.as
- 5ajoo.,taJ ~ eli td 10 aIy.uJ
HaNe e'vF".vu wy ul1 ~ 30 eeIeCIeu
men 10 lNeir framing luhcuoh ther
oweiIlhg quarter. VIII De IN readiness:
Inc DIVISION OF TINS most OF sons OF
freedom numbered the Seyenty-seventh.
vi TINS NUMBER hOIZ VIII comprise the