Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-16
oficial Order Received July 20.

Mai. Dulin received a telegram from
the War Department at Washington at
4 O'Clock Sunday afternoon. July 70.
Informing him that a divisional camp
would be constructed at Admission: tnat
the work was to be completed by Au-
gust Is. il possible. and that Morris
knowles. an expert engineer of Pitts
burgh, Pa, had been designated as
supervising engineer for the work. un-
der the direction OF MAJ. Duiln; AT .ne
nouncement from Mr.. Knowles advis-
ing him that Maurice Scharn. who had
arrived in Admission the night before.
was the first official order received by
Mai. Dublin to construct the camp.
At o'clock on the following Monday
morning the camp site was selected
ing 1000 substantial frame buildings
in twenty-five working days. or an
average Of forty buildings day, was
begun
and cast iron pipe were not given un-
til Monday and Tuesday. several car
loads of material were received oy the
contractors before the end Of the week.
the material from the end Of the gov
eminent spur to the camp site. where
the contractors. ]. c. Chisholm & Co..
and their associates. Craven Lang,
got busy with the large force of car
penters they had secured from New
Orleans. Mobile. Birmingham. Charles
ton and other nearby cities. The jul
uior member of Craven & Lang ar
rived on the ground Thursday MORN
ing with his administrative and tech
nical staff. They Immediately began
work on the erection of a number of
buildings which were needed at once.
such as two large buildings for the
ouartermaster. q telegraph office and
post office. all Of which were ready by
fhe next Monday morning.
The work IL being carried on with the
same breath-taking rapidity that char
acferfzed the construction OF the ma
chine gun camp. There are now fully
1000 at work on the camp site. and
Mai Dulin last Saturday made the fol-
lowing summary Of the work accom-
plished 30 far: Eleven thousand two
water rsin vas laid. I.E2s feet Of
eixht-inch main and the ten-inch pipe
line work IL we'll under way. About
4<eo feet OF roadway has been con-
track has been built. the first spur
track has been extended and branch
built near the machine gum camp. and
1000 feet Of one-and-one-haif-inc
the employees with water from the
springs near Ingram lake
Record for Fast Work.
I'm twelve days no fewer than 1924
buildings have been erected. 1t Is be-
Heyed this breaks all records for fast
work in building environments. not
Withstanding the handicaps Of much
rain and the necessity of hauling every
BIT Of the material a distance Of from
two to three miles by wagons and
trucks
More than 500 poles for an electric
line were cut on the reservation These
have been set for electric light distrt-
button and power transmission
Three and one-hAlf million feet of
humber were needed for the construc-
fion Of the 1.0oo buildings which will
be erected at Camp Mcclellan before
August is. The final contracts for this
material were signed by the contract
ments completed for the delivery of
sixteen miles of cast iron pipe and
twelve miles of service pipe. to. con-
struct mains and branches of the An
niston city water pipe line to and
through the camp. Lumber and pipe
continue to roll into Admission at the
rate of twenty-five carloads day
A government spur track is being
extended into the reservation to expe-
dite the handling Of material
A battalion of troops was sent to An
niston q few days ago for guard duty.
They are of the I'd Alabama Infantry.
Maj Du1in estimates that provision
will have to be made for about $4,000
horses and mules. which will accom-
pany the ten regiments of infantry.
three regiments of field artillery, one
that will be sent here
The water supply will be run through
city water mains. and Mr. Lang has or
dered centrifugal pumps with a capac-
ify Of 2.100 gallons per minute, stations
ed At Coldwater, the source of the city's