Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02

soldier cities, training camps for a great portion of the new American army, are about ready for occupancy in southeastern states. In each, camp streets have been laid out water mains put under ground and hundreds of frame buildings erected against the coming during September of thou sands of men who have been drawn for serivce in the National army or who are to serve the nation as sol diers of the federalized National guard.
 The sites selected by the war de- partment for these great camp set dement's are as near ideal as could be desired from the standpoint of com fort, health and convenience to their inhabitants. Special care has been taken to insure an adequate supply of pure water, in most cases the ad- jacent cities furnishing it from their permanent stations. Although form CT National guardtroops are to live mostly in tents, the number of build ings erected at their camps is nearly as large as at the National army can- comments, thus making it possible to convert them into cantonments quick ly If necessary.
 Cantonments are located near Pet ersburg, Va, Columbia, S. C., and At lanta, and there are National guard camps in the vicinity of Charlotte, s. c. Sptaranburg and Greenville, S.. C., Augusta and Macon, Ga, Mont gomery and Aniston, Ala, Alexandria, La. and Hattiesburg, Miss.
 Camp Lee, which will be the tenn porary home of National army troops from New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, is sitauted on high elevation about halfway between Pet ersburg, Va., and Hopewell, the mush- room city which has sprung up since the beginning of the war because of the great explosive plant erected there by the DuPont company. It cov- CTS $500 acres which until recently were twenty-five prosperous farms. Sixteen hundred buildings have been erected at this camp, arranged in a great semi-circle. In the very center is to be located camp headquarters and a great space has been left open adjoining it for a drill field.
 Each building is large enough to house an entiree company and de-
 
 lower floor is given over to the kitchen and mess hall and the upper floor provides sleeping quarters for both men and officers. The latter have a room too themselves. Quarters have been provided for 5000 men.
 At this camp it has been necessary to install complete water works sys- tenn and the pump house has a capa- city of 900 gallons minute. Fifty two miles of ditches for water and sewerage systems have been dug and fourteen miles of water mains laid. Although the camp is situated only short distance from the James river, 3 900 shower baths have been in stalled, as the weather shortly will be too cold for river bathing. A large portion of the reservation at Camp Lee remains to be cleared and this task will fall to the soldiers in train ing.
 Camp Jackson, where National army troops from North and South Carolina and Tennessee will assemble, is situated about four miles northeast of Columbia. Accommodations have been provided for 45,O00 men here also and a great city of frame build- ings has sprung up on site embra- cing thousands of acres where corn and cotton grew in June. Since June 25 more than 5000 workmen have been constantly at work getting the camp ready for occupancy this month. The water supply for Camp Jackson will be furnished by the city of Columbia from it's permanent sta tion. A double-track street railway line has been built from the camp en- trance to the city, and miles of steam railways tracks have been laid in and out of the camp, connecting it with the nearest trunk lines.
 Camp Gordon, 9 1-2 miles north of Atlanta, near pictursque Silver Lake, Twill be the third Nationa Army cantonment in the southeast. Here will be trained the men drawn by selcctive conscription from Geor- gia, Alabama and Florida. Tho camp occupies 1.168 acres of gently rolling land and two small streams traverse