The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-28
Prooress at Camn Dix.

Progress at Camp Dix.
On account of the large number of
:, visitors it has become necessary to re-
I strict the public from entering the can
Torment reservation at Wrightstown.
All the entrances are now guarded by
! soldiers and it is necessary to have
passes to get to certain parts of the
J ground.
Considerable progress has been made
in construction work during the past
week. There is now renewed
activity in the plumbing and sewer
work. Both these branches of work
are of large proportions. The sewers
will require 20 miles of terra Gotta pipes
varying in size from inch to "a inch.
The main sewer will empty into dis
posal plant about 26OO feet east of the
camp.
The plumbing is all modern and
sanitary There will be 260 lavatory
buildings of varying sizes, all provided
with cement floors, shower baths,
urinals, lavatories and closets, all of
porcelain ware.
The laying out of system of streets
is now under full swing. This work is
being done by the Utilities Construc-
ton Company. The roads are of the
macadam type.
The railroad facilities are now excel
lent. Many miles of tracks have been
laid, so that there is no trouble in de-
livering freight in the enormous guam
titles required for the camp work. The
average OF loaded cars placed in the
cantonment daily is about one hundred.
A new station has been established,
known at Camp Dix, and it is in
charge of Mr.. Rudderow, of Asbury
Park, an experienced railroad man.
The cars are bringing other than /
building material, as furnishings are
arriving for the barracks buildings, |
kitchens, ETC., such as cots, mattresses,
blankets, stoves, ovens, etc. Food |
supplies are also being received and |
stored in the vast system of warehouses
erected along the main railway spur.
Uniforms and other equipment also |
are arriving, in readiness for the first |
quota of conscripted soldiers who will |
arrive in about ten days.
The camp is now under command of
Major General Charles E. Kennedy, |
who arrived on Thursday from Camp
Meade, Penna. The construction work
has been placed in charge of Captain
Theodore H. Skinner. He relieves Col.
II. c. Williams, who has been in charge
this cantonment since it was started.
He goes to Atlanta, Georgia, to super
intend similar construction work there.
Major Kennedy will occupy the
farm house of Benjamin Harker, which
has been receiving some repairs and
slight changes.
1t was expected that the water sup
ply system would be sufficiently near
completion to begin pumping last
Sunday. but it will be several days yet
before this can be accomplished. The
machinery at the pumping station has
not been entirely completed, and the
first of the large tanks on the camp
ground is unfinished.
The Y NJ. c. A. work in the camp
has been in charge of Olof Gates, for
merly general secretary of the Eliza
beth, N. j., association. He has been
succeeded by Herbert p. Lansdale, of
Rochester, N. Y.
The buildings being erected for the
Y. M. c. A. comprise nine lone for
each of the camp sections), having i,
seating capacity of 1000 men each, an
to seat 1920 men, and an
administration building.
On Monday of last week 10 men of }
the advance guard Of officers for the
coming national army soldiers who are !
to be quartered at Camp Dix arrived
and were assigned to officers quarters
just completed in section seven. These
men are officers of the U. S. reserve =
corps, who have just completed courses +
Of training at various officers training +
camps. They consist of first and o
second lieutenants of infantry, heavy
artillery and cavalry.
The first conscripts will begin to
come in on September 5th. The war /
department yesterday issued orders to il
the various counties of New Jersey, b
directing that five per cent of the first
called men be sent to Camp Dix, be. b
ginning September 5 and ending Sep {
tember 8, one per cent going each day. Il
Since the arrival of the 10 officers t
several hundred have reached the
camp. One trainload of II cars came d
in on Sunday night. The new officers b
are quartered in barracks buildings that T.
have been completed. These men will q
take command of the conscripted re- J
cruits soon to arrive. 4
Federal officials have taken prompt 9
action to wipe out postal oasis that a
to grow in the dry zone reg
ulations of the cantonment. Taking t
pity on thirsty workmen employed at '
the camp, their friends began mailing t
them intoxicants in packages labeled d
''dry goods, drugs" and other things '
The scheme was exposed when one of I
the packages was accidentally broken |
in the local post Office. Under the new 9
Federal ruling the mailing of jags is :
prohibited under $1,000 penalty. 1t
is not known whether the law will be ,
enforced against those who posted the {
booze already seized, but the Postal
Department has put up notices in the
Wrightstown post office advising work
men to-notify their friends that it is
against the law to send intoxicants by
mail.
Health Regulations for Territory
Near Camp Dix.
Representatives of the State Board
of Health met the local boards of six
8oo,1 t1.r,1cliv,c a1H |