The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
WHERE 2ND
IDAHO GOES
Description of Country
And Camp Greene, at
Charlotte N. c., where
Boys go Soon.

Parma people will be interested
in knowing something about Camp
Greene, at Charlotte, y. c., where
the Second Idaho will train. The
following will be enlightening;
Charlotte, N. C.,-Camp Greene,
the national guard cantonment one
mile from this city is now complete
save for a few remaining finishing
touches and accommodations are in
readiness for the national guard
division from the far northwestern
states, who, with probably from
5000 to 10000 guardsmen from
New England states will receive in
tensiVe training here before their
departure for foreign service.
Activities of the contractors are
now centered upon the great base
hospital, composed of SO large
buildings and is expected to be used
for treatment of convalescents re-
turned here from the firing lines in
France and Belgium. Other work
is centered upon construction of the
remount station. providing accom-
modations for 10000 horses and
mules, including hospital, sick
corral and a convalescent corral,
The hundreds of brick masons are
now just completing the construc-
tion of more than 500 brick incin-
orators for disposal of garbage.
Neither the base hospital, remount
station nor the incinerators neces-
sarily must be completed before the
arrival of troops.
The buildings at Camp Greene,
numbering more than 900 in the
camp proper, are almost entirely
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number of bath houses, latrines and
tool and equipment warehouses. The
camp covers an area of approximate
ly 315 miles by ? u miles, and one
great street almost three miles long
is lined on one side by more than
100 company mess halls, Ii being
intended for the companies to pitch
their tents in parallel lines back If
the mess houses. The camp itself
is roughly divided into four see-
tions by the nature of the terrain.
the center of the camp site being
rough and in some places rather
damp, which ground is not being
used for camp purposes.
Something more than 10 miles of
fine roads have been built within
the camp site, and about 20 miles
of eight-inch and 12-inch pipe lines
for water mains have been laid, in
addition to many more miles of
small supply pipes. Two great red
wood tanks. each of 200 900 gallons
capacity, shipped from California
will be used as storage reservoirs
insurtng adequate water supply at
I'll times.
From the city pumping station on
Catawba river, about 10 miles from
he city. mounted troops will guard
he great pipe lines to the city
iltering plants. il has been announ-
;ed officially
A complete switching yard in
Guiding about Ave miles of tracks
mas been built by the Southern rail-
way system. Tie government has
erected 10 great storage warehouses
IN this yard. Contracts have been
let to wholesalers for more than Co.
100000 pounds of supplies of all |
kinds. including fuel and food and |
feed for men and beasts. Deliveries |
are being made ard will continue |
a period of three months |
under these contracts.
citation has a number of great as
Sembly halls within the camp. The |
organizations of Charlotte
have made comprehensive plans for
the entertainment OF soldiers and
; Ulcers who are to come here.
Regarding the climate of Char
otte, health authorities describe it
IS that usually experienced in Pied
mont sections. cool nights, mild
winters and OF summer tempera-
.ures that are seldom above 80 de-
yrees. Winter temperatures sell
Iom so below 20 degrees early in
winter mornings and a temperature
f 20 degrees at noon on the coldest
lays is so rare as to be a suitable
iubject for newspaper comment. The
.ainfail Is so distributed that there
5 no particularly rainy season Snow
s unusual The humidity is very
seldom oppressive Outdoor train
rg throughout the winter will be
possible without particular incon-
renienct.