The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
UNITED STATES TO
RUSH army CAMPS
Operations Of Draft Law Will
Begin Early in July, Says
Secretary Baker. !,

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be no serious delay in construction O
the sixteen environments for the ma
tional. army, Secretary Baker sait
today and all Of the establishment
probably will be ready about Septem
Der 1. the tentative date considere,
for summoning to the colors the frs
$4,000 men. The process of select
ing the men, the Secretary indicated
probably will be set in motion earl,
in JULY.
Regulations for the exemption ant
selection processes have been prepar
ed and will be made public mex
week. President Wilson is under
stood to have approved the genera
scheme worked out by the War De
partmcnt to secure fair and unselfsf
officials. Minor notifications arc
application of the law through loca
being made but plans will be con
pleted in few days.
Machinery for the great task OF
constructually complete and and il
Some cases actual physical prepare
tons have begun. Most of the COR
tracts have been let. army Officers
have been detailed to oversee con-
struction and under an order publish
cd today the engineer units of tie
National Guard of fifteen States will
lie mustered into the Federal serric.,
Immediately to aid in technical Feat.
ures Ui The work.
Army Engineers to Supervise.
81 each environment it was an
nounced today, all construction opcr-
atoms will be under direction of 2
constructing Cuartcrmaster. Seven
of the men designated for these posts
are regular army officers and the
other nine are successful civilian en-
gineers who have been commissioned
as majors in the Quartermasters'
Reserve Corps. The department at
taches particular Importance to the
work of the constructing Quarter
masters because as the responsible
of the Government
they will check up all the figures Of
the constructors to secr that the:f
cost plus. percentage contracts are
fairly executed.
The only question as to canton
ment sites that is rot finally set
tied, Mr.. Baker said, involves an pos
sible relocation o. the cantcameqt
now assigned to Des Moines. OBJ
lection has been raised to the Des
Moines location on tho ground that
railway facilities are not adequate
and that it will be impossible to pro-
vide proper drainage. These points
have been reopened for consdera-
ton.
Building o. the environments. the
Secretary said. would proceed on the
present general specifications. tho
some minor notifications would be
made because of suggestions b. the
committee OF the defense
council of which Surgeon General
Gorgas is a member.
Material and Transportation.
The main problem row are those
Of material and transportation A
new difficulty has presented itself ir
the shape of shortage of iron water
pipe. An enormous quantity of pip
ing will be needed Cor the mains and
at the camps and the
available supply officials say will not
meet the demand without Gripping
ordinary activities Of the country.
For this reason a considerable guam
tity Of wooden piping will be used.
BY way of emphasizing what can
be done in a short time, when all the
resources of the department are put
10 work, officials revealed today tina.
for the regular army
made necessary by the expansion for
war purposes have been rushed al
most to completion. The work did
not involve of course. anything like
he amount of material OF labor
needed for the sixteen big canton
ncnts, but it was in itself big un-
lcrtaking and was put through on
'ecord time. =