Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-01
VIEW OF Army eANToNMCNT

OF the Club at this particular meeting.
Well said Uncle Harry, as be scat.
ed himself in front OF the blazing logs
in the open fireplace. 81 hardly know
where to begin
what did the place look lIke2'
asked Father.
"A good big city OF long, low wooden
buildings, OF one and two stories" an
swered Uncle Harry. "Wllh streets un-
paved, Of course. but with big electric
lights. and a fire company, and a tele-
phone exchange, and a hospital, and a
water supply plant and O steam heat
ing plant, and an electric plant and
everything else that you would im0g-
inc would be needed 20 supply the
needs Of about 10000 men,"
Goodness exclaimed Helen. And
that was only one Of the canton
menis, is that right Uncle Harry2"
Assured by Uncle Harry's not that
she had used the correct word, Helen
continued: "There are lot more Of
those army cities, aren't there?'
sixteen, altogether" said Uncle Har-
ry. And these, you understand are
where the 6S7 1000 young men who have
been drafted into the new National
Army VIII be trained and housed until
IntN NIN ALNMN 10 rIAlA 10 I'll NAANNH
where are they located2" asked Joe
"Most Of them are In tho eastern
southeastern and middle eastern parts
OF the country" said Uncle Harry
land the reason for that Is that these
parts are easiest 10 reach from the cen.
Iers OF population and are, at the same
time, near 20 the Atlantic soaports
from which the soldiers will later sal
Tor Europe. The sixteen environments
are located 40 Camp Devens, Aver, Mas
sachusetts; Camp Dix, Wrightstown,
New Jersey; Camp Upton, Naphank,
Long Island, New York; Camp Meade,
Annapolis Junction, Maryland; Camp
Lee. Petersburg. Virginia; Camp Jack
son, Columbia, South Carolina; Camp
Gordon, Atlanta. Georgia; Camp Sher-
man, Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Taylor,
louisville, Kentucky; Camp Custer
Battle Creek, Michigan; Camp Grant
Rockford, Illinois; Camp Pike, Little
Rock, Arkansas; Camp Dodge, Des
M0ines, Iowa; Camp Funston, Fort Ri
ley. Kansas; Camp Travis, Fort sam
Houston, Texas, and Camp Lewis,
american Lake, Washington
"Let me see if understand this cor
rectly," said Father. These sixteen
camps you have just named are for
fhe soldiers in the new National AMY (;
now how about the National Guards ~
'rrhe National Guards are In training
at sixteen other camps" explained In
Gle Harry. .There are about $4,000 men
in the Guards and they are now en-
camped at Mine0la, Long Island, New
York, Spartanburg. South Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina; Augusta,
Georgla; Admission, Alabama, Montgom-
ery. Alabama; Greenville. South Caro-
lima; Macon, Georgia; Waco, Texas;
Houston, Texas; Deming New Mexico;
Fort Sill, oklahoma, Forth Worth,
Texas; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Alex
ndria, Louisiana; san Diego, Califor-
MIA"
but how about the Regular Army,
where are iheyg" asked Jimmy.
The total number OF men In the
Regular Army is about 100000 said
Uncle Harry. "Some Of the Regulars
how many, nobody but a few Govern
ment officials at Washington know
are in France, under General pershine
training TO go into the trenches an,
defend that part OF the battle line. OF
the Western Front. The Regulars tina
are i'm this country are scattered hnon
The various forts, and the NatiOni
Guard and National Army trainin
camps, for they are going to assist
lraining the new American armies"
Are an these hundreds OF thousan