Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-10-26
DESCRIPTION OF CAMP CUSTER
At BATTLE CREEK. MICH.

sciiption of Camp Custer at Baitl.
Greek. Mich. which is less than hal
the size of Camp Cody at Deming
The story was written bv Mrs. Mabe
Perry Sheffield for the Elk Rapids
Michigan Progress:
There i. will he impossible foi
them To drill in the winter time. Here
We can drill every dav.
Camp Custer What is it! Acres
of devastated farms with streets deep
in sand and the dried country grass
of autumn. streets lined on cadh side
with plain two-storv buildings. which
are said 10 10 be of permanent con.
s,ructiou and suitable for heating
with steam But those same buildings
look like quickly constructed sheds.
They are large and with little mean
100. Co me Each labeled with num-
her and COMPANY
The \. w. {. \. Is already m 1t,
building ana catering to the bovs' call.
could interpret ~. VI. &. T." At
much like Jn opcn-air tabernacle ap-
u.rer,ly. and filled with many bench
v-. took 3, 10 be- for the various
religious services held there by the
different denominations. Surely itI
HlI he made more woather-p proof. al
I saw % CORRECTLY. cauno, describe
tine camp Il i> medley paved
road. completed. roads IN con-truc.
truu, bmldmg iu lli tagcs from sur
viewed and laid out to completed and
occupied Thor. ar, construction
'gJn--" for wJtcrworh~. sewage.
electric lighting. telephone. regulars.
officers. drafted men who are IN their
uniforms. raw civilians who have inst.
arrived 90 begin training and who are
Wearing coat- OF many color-. visit
,r,. autos. horses. mule teams. and
everything seemingly Us mixed p as
! have written it But al m, heart of
lll Is % wonderful system for handliu
80 many Thousand men of all nations.
denominations and belief, and ma
lures and so many hundred of work
men
Won have seen pictures of barartk,-
lucd streets at forts. such | can sec
ann Custer viii ultimately be. but il
is all as new and as raw as are the
drafted men Battle Creek is in r.
construction stage 10 me. and every
hing and everyone /, in a turmoil.
Three large water tanks. each capa-
ilr OF holding SOO.000 gallons ~ wa
Ter, are being erected on the ton al
Harmonic hill, lust back of the old
Quaker rrmctcry-or rather two are
completed and % third one has now
been started Water can be- pumped
into the tanks from the water plant
lcro-~ the Kalamazoo river 900 Level
Park and drawn rs IT. is used. In ease
0i fire cor au emergency the tank
Nugid bu invaluable. l- % large water
supply can hc stored .u advance. 4.
contract for The d.-po.ai Of an the
garbage IN tbc camp. which viii
amount 'o about thirty tons daily, ir
is estimated. has been made with the
uitcd Garbage Dispose and Rccov-
.r' COMPANY oi Chicago II. j. llar-
mon. engineer for the company i- at
ue cuWu arranging for tur work.
4 hog farm ia 90 bee opened three
niles east of the camp. ott the prairie
'uad, and III, hog, viii be- fed all the
Hrla.c that cannot be- used for 9th
u purposes. Five hundred pig- have
cer Shipped and other, will come
nirr. The inclncrator viii be- erected
10 the camp lust the same. bul will be
.~cd only in case of an emergency.
bee refuse from the camp. which win
Be- collected daily. WILDE divided nru
zones. fats. paper, lin cans and gar
ns. The fats VIII probably be re-
nra and used for soap, and the 9th
O. VIII bc uut 'u some Use where this
, practical The hog will get the
.ma.udcr
Three hundred thousand dollars j.
appended daily g. pay for the follow