Evening journal., 1917-07-05
WORK OF maryland
CANTONNENT Starts
Home for $4,000 Soldiers
and 1000 Civilians to be
Erected by September
EXPENSE IS PUT
AT $5,OOO,OOO

BALTIMORE. July lightweight
thousand soldiers, 1000 civilians. 49,
600 horses and mules. and thousands
of COWS, hogs, chickens and other
quadrupeds and bipeds will be draft
ed by the government for the Annap-
oils Junction national army canton
ment at Admiral, Md.
The real work on the camp began
on Tuesday. The electrical and civil
engineers, carpenters, telephone line
men, ditch-diggers. clerks, wagoners,
chauffeurs and others were modified
as a nucleus for the great construc-
ton army that Is 10 get the camp
IN readiness. One must not forget
the tree-choppers who went right
manfully to work swinging their axes
and burying them deep In the trunks
of stately pines, oaks, naples and
other species which have reared their
crowns proudly aloft for many dec
AIDES. There viii be many ChriGtmas
trees less next December than there
has been in years past.
This Job OF building a new city is
under any circumstances a colossal
one. Under the present circumstances
Il seems almost battling The govern
ment wants the work finished so that
$4,000 soldiers Of the draft army may
be encamped there by September /.
This new city will be the second
largest in Maryland. II will be really
and truly a city in every sense Of the
word. II will have its own water
plant. its own sewage disposal plant,
its own stores, its own amusement
places. libraries, etc.
Probably there will be seven Young
Mems Christian Association buildings
IN the camp F. L. Howe. Jr., who
Is In charge Of arranging for the
Young Mems Christian Association &C
commodations in the camps Of the
eastern section Of the country was at
Admiral yesterday. He said his organ
ization would use that many build
ings IN addition 10 a big auditorium
in the centre Of the camp in which
vaudeville shows, plays and Other en-
tertsinments Will be staged. Arrange
ments will be made with one OF the
biggest vaudeville booking agencies in
the country to furnish performances.
Some OF the attractions seen In Bal
timore and Washington during the
coming season will be booked there.
Every one o. the eight buildings will
have a movingpicture outfit.
H. W. Turner Of this city, who will
help supervise the work at the An
napolis Junction cantonment, accom-
panied Mr.. Howe to Admiral. Mr.
Howe spent a year in England in SIM
liar work and understands the man
sgement of such things thoroughly
The Young Mems Christian Associa'
ton will lay out baseball diamonds
and basketball courts.
10 is estimated that to get every.
thing in readiness for the canton
ment will cost 100000. Millions Of
feet of lumber will be used hun
dreds OF thousands Of nails. tons Of
glass beyond all present calculations
hinges. doorknobs, everything that one
can think of when putting up only
thS framework Of a house. There
will be hudreds of wooden buildings
10 be used as barracks. mess halls
headquarters, officers quarters and as
living places for the civilians who will
have TO work in the camp
In a general way all OF the 16 can.
comments will be very much alike with
regard 70 the number and character
OF the buildings and the Other
features. Each cantonment will com
prise OF about 900 implanted timber
structures OF the simplest possible
sort. A few specialized buildings vii
probably be metal clad or partly con
structed OF corrugated iron. The two
story buildings used for large bar
racks IN the South will be heated b,
stoves on the lower floor as Is dom
IN the Canadian environments. In thu
northern environments it is probable
that central heating stations will b
built and the structures warmed b.
radiators.
The buildings will, II present plan
are carried out. be lighted by cleo
tricity. The electric material requirel
for the 16 environments will require
among other items, over 1000 mile
OF insulating wire and over so mile
OF lampeord, Of $50 miles of insulatin
wire and little over three miles 0
lampcord for each camp. The plumb
ing will call for nearly 30 miles Q
galvanized iron pipe and 1000 shove
baths for each cantonment. The kitcl
ems will need 5000 iron sinks an
5000 galvanized boilers
Probably most of the garbage WI
be buried in incinerators. but studio
are being made TO ascertain II III
fats can be disposed of at a costwhic
will warrant saving them.
The barracks for private soldier
will be two-story structures, AZ fe'
wide and Of different lengths. A Ion
counter separates the kitchen frol
the mess hall In the centre OF II
first floor is the company hall whic
separates the kitchen from the tv
first floor dormitories. There are fol
dormitories on the second floor OF n
larger barracks, with ventilating ope
ing running the length Of the ridge
the building and a large amount
window area.
The officers barracks will vary co
siderably in size and shape. from rat
er elaborate two-story buildings
less elaborate but comfortable singl
story buildings, with all living r
quirements on the same floor.
In these wooden cities fire preye