The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-23
TO STOP Waste
IN Army CAMPS
Mar Department Prepares Plans
10 Enforce the Most
Rigid Economy.
SOME use FOR EVERYTHING
AHsct of New Plan Is to Turn Into
large Profit What Hitherto Has
Been Very Considerable
Expense.

6NESiSSs
Washington.-The war department
@aS taken elaborate and comprehen-
JESe precautions to prevent waste in
ehe army cantonments, which will soon
<asoaat:tin more than 100000 men, and
I'm the embarkation camps. In the
seeding of the men waste will be mini
Ez5zed through the fact that the food
vsSM be prepared under the direction
&sE E.ess cooks, who will be trained by
special courses in army cooking
Sschools.
Fhe officers training camps have not
NeE under the control Of the war de-
RaEsment so far as the food supplies
szre concerned, and the waste in those
<lxuyss has been due to the lack OF
skilled management in the handling
szf food. A committee representing the
wr department and the United States
Good administration will also assist in
e5eaIIng with problems of eliminating
waSfe-
THE food administration has re-
sxeayed from, the secretary of war an
sanxoancement of thorough-going
uEan for conserving all the waste ma
zaGial of the National army camps,
which will result in salvaging many
sxnousands of dollars.
Collecting the Waste.
The army's first consideration in
xaaanning this work has been the sani-
HsEy and hygienic problem. At each
.raHfonment the wastes will be collect
uaed and transported to single trans
fer station under the direction Of the
sanltary inspector. Through the use
,eR fhe two-can system, wastes will be
ssxhfiy enclosed throughout their col
zSecflon. Sterilized cans will be SUBJ
ssItuted for the filed cans at the
Kitchens, the nuisance Of disagreeable
4oaCrs and danger from flies being re-
5uced to a minimum. Every step IN
,Ehe pcecess of reclamation and utillza-
zion is carefully safeguarded and, is
.zzuder the absolute direction of san
asswy force, each contractor being
4laced under heavy bonds.
At the transfer station, the wastes
sexe turned over to contractor, who
~wiA remove them to a point at least
ashree miles distant from the reserva-
Tsioc- There the wastes will be COM
Y1sesesy sorted. Bottles will be ster-
ssEzea and sold for commercial use. Tin
eseans viii be baled and the solder, tin
and iron reclaimed. Paper, which Is
sesszusated about FIVE tons per day, will
s0e sslsd. Bones will be kept separate
..aaa ground for fertilizer. The hides
~aF 6sad animals will be removed anu
sxsae sarcasses reduced" for grease and
fertilizer.
=. Xhe chief items of waste will be the
;xarhase and the manure. 1t is estl-
srrsred that there are 1,200 animals at
zach cantonment, producing 12O tons
Sof z.anure per day. At the date of
ae report the manure from IL can
scuu,ents had been sold for S24O,9OO
aannuaIy.
BID Saving Through Garbage.
The greatest element Of saving Is
ehrough the garbage. This has been
sold for an annual price of $446,-
.@sa57. The garbage from 13 of the
.zansonments will be used for feeding
swine. It is estimated on the basis OF
experiments conducted at the Chilli
xzoshe cantonment, that the garbage
waste from 10 to 10 men will feed one
apg and enable it to add to its weight
.sass pound per day. At this rate, the
=aarbage from these 13 environments
v1nl produce 1S,9SO,O00 pounds of pork
per year.
t9gaen not used for feeding, the gar
eezge VIE be reduced" that is, cooked
ns Aish temperature, the grease ex-
rrzeted, and the remainder ground and
2sea 1ar fertilizer or feeds.
BY the method Of incineration for
sSsrly in use, not only would all these
valuable waste materials have been
DESTROYED, but It would have cost ap-
psrunimately 100000 for the installa-
S1esa Of incinerator plants and an an
saual charge of approximately So9o,oOO
Sax their operation. When we add to
sx4ssssaring the amount annually re-
by the government from these
.,rysses. the net saving the first year
xynoants to S1,707,s4O.
The effect of this new plan, there
t,zrs is not only to conserve large
vsyantities of valuable food wastes, Ter
ssaszers, etc., but to turn into large
9ggpft what has hitherto been q very
considerable expense.