Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-09-10

ment construction for the United
States Government, authorizes to fol-
|. wing:
with the li'sa of the first con-
ii ent of the new national army at
the cantinmenis cay the staCls &
construction at the various cantcn
ments will undodt tedly be Of public
interest Altoge:ner sixteen military
cities have ba1n L4ilt by the govern
ment to house the cS70OO citizen sol
d :rs selected go .ervice by thu draft
OF these cities, seven were made ready
Yesterday to receive their entire quota
of officers ald .Alisted men, Iucse
seven included ian Taylor at Leu. =.
Vile, KY, CAM Frevis at Fort Sa.L
Houston, Texas. Camp Lee at Peters
h1g, Va, Camp / evils al American
Lake, Washington, Comp Sherman at
Chillicothe, Ohi', Camp Devens at
Aver, Mass, am Camp Grant at Rcck-
lord, Iii.
Seven other cantonments were ready
yesterday morning to receive all the
officers 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, Kan, Camp Custer at Battle
Creek, Michigan, Camp Pike at Little
Rick, Arkansas, Camp Dix at Wrights-
town, New Jersey, Camp Jackson at
Columbia, South Carolina, Camp Cor
don at Atlanta, Georgia.
The remaining national army can
tonments, Camp Union at Yaphank,
Long Island, New York, and Camp
Meade at Admiral Maryland, have al
ready received and are taking care Of
more than their full quota of officers
and are ready to receive the numbe9
oe enlisted men originally ordered
there on September 5th.
An army of approximately $4,000 men
was employed in the construction of
the sixteen environments up to the first
oil Septmber. Since that date the force
has been gradually reduced. There
are certain units in connection with
each of the environments which were
I1oz e4o- A. or;r;po1 cohan1e was
under way and which are in some
cases not complete. These are gen
eral hospitals in addition to the regi-
mental 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 the dates they have been ordered
to report at the respective canton
typical layout such as is required
for accommodating the officers and
men at a cantonment comprises in
round numbers 1900 separate build
ings requiring approximately 10000
600 feet of lumber. Each cantonment
requires a complete sysetm of water
supply and sewage disposal, the pip
ing alone for which amounts to more
than fifty miles Ten general ware
houses 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 can
torment.
Up to September 1st it has been
necessary to complete on an average
OF one building per hour, or for all
tie environments, an average of one
building every four minutes. In the
construction of the environments to
date over fifty thousand sarloads f
material have been transported to and
delivered at the sites-an enormous
tax upon the already overburdened
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railroads, however, have given splendid
service. All government orders have
been given precedence and the lumber
and other supplies needed have been
rushed to the environments in record
time.
The cantonments in the east have
been handicapped by the fact that it
has been impossible to secure sites
without going away from the raolroad
lines and labor markets.
Every national army cantonment has
required the building and installation
Of transmission line for electrical
At Camp Upton it has been
to take electrical power from
Northport, on the north shore of Long
Island, distance of nearly thirty
miles. In addition to this the trans
mission line has been strengthened
all the way back to Brooklyn in order
that proper service shall be given at
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