Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-10-26
INTERESTING STORY !
Of CAMP CODY
sy Major C. n. Miller and C. A. Til
ION two Engineers Of the South
west al Their FL PasO Meetinq
MIGHTY INTERESTING FACTS
Wonderful Story Of Efficiency With.
out Graft and o: Economy in
Govt. Construction

at the engineers convention Frida'
afternoon. They follow
Cost s2,025. 900.
Cover 2.l50 acre.
Fifteen miles water ma.ns
Twelve miles water lateral
shower heads. 1850
Mes halls, 2S3. III placed end OF
vond reach distance of five am
one- fourth miles.
Mes tables il placed end 10 en,
would extend seven and three fourth.
miles.
APPROXIMATELY 100000 feet OF
lumber used in building 300 tent
iloors 400 floors made IN one dav.
Total number of buildings. 800.
Largest pay roll. f07 900.
Carpenters receive 1926 per day
or S225.55 n month; plumbers and
earpenterf foremen, S9.63 per dav;
brick layer foremen. fll per dav;
labcrcr5. $2..5 per dav
ApproXlmaielv 5000 men em-
ploycd at one time.
Approximately l3.000.0O0 feet oG
lumber used. Cars REQUIRED to trans
port the lumber. 72i.
Capacity Of camp. 10000 men
9l.000 men now IN camp.
The story of how Camp Cody. the
great army training camp at Dem
ing. y W.. was constructed in rec
ord time despite innumerable diff
culties was related in n vivid and
interesting manner by c. \. Tilton.
auditor Of the contractor, an1
Major {. II. Miller. cngincsT in
charge of construction. FRIDAY at
the afternoon session of the con, on
ton of Southwestern Society of En-.
Ineers. Friday night the eng ncers
banoueted ut the Paso del Nor'c.
The convention was brought to
close SATURDAY. and Sunday the
usiior- viii start on their homeNuld
trek.
Red Dog and Cripple Geek IN
their palmv davs had nothin IN .he
boom al Deming that has existed
since the first steps toward the con-
struction Of Camp Cody wer, ;Hken
in the latter part of July. according
to Mr. lllton and Major Miller
MAJOR Miller stated that he ar
nyed IN Deming from Little Rock.
Ark, his home city. and found only
one asSi,stant on the ground. The
man VA, not an engineer. hut u very
Efficient business man and aided
materially in LAYING ont preliminary
plans The contractor. Owen Hughes.
oi Dallas, had not arrived and he
was immediately wired for and in
slncied TO be ON the camp site July
&C.
In the meantime Black and
Neaich, civil engineers. of Kansas
City, had made survey of the pro-
posed site.
MAJOR Miller stated that scarcely
any one knew that n camp was to be
constructed until his arrival. partic-
uIarlv the railroad officials. This
meant, he pointed out. that no prep
aratlon whatever had been made for
material or labor Ia construct the
camp. One or two Deming merchants
nad taken a chance on the city re-
eeNln9 the cantonment. and "A. Ii.
oush had one million feet of lumber
under way which he had intended to
uisposr of to private individuals. II
was I Is lumber that saved the day.
'ne n Tor declared. as the material
oruero from Washington about July
u. when the contract was signed.
"d hot reach the camp until the
"ork was well under way.
D'mlnc people have done all they
'ould Tor us, and it is TO their as
sislanoe. combined with that of FL
'asoans, that we are indebted. for
Y SPEED We made in constructing
tue camp" he said.
Adnces received from Washington
''a'eo that the camp must be
ready to receive troops Aug
-ast /. and it was not until the
~sl' of July that the first carload
lumber arrived. Material ordered
r'uid : not possibly have reached
seming before the arrival of the
"'st contingent Of troops.
with OILY tentative plans at hand.