Crittenden record-press., 1918-07-25
MAKING PLANS TO
HONOR ITS HEROES
NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
TooRAPHs OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES
Si.s Of Army Camps and cantennents
increased In Past Six Month";
Improvement In ship Loading Helps
Our Allies.

.Yrsu Com uittse on Public Information
washington.-1'he navy department
Il collecting photographs Of enlisted
nen who lose their lives In the war
that their memory may be perpetu-
ated. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
ar others having such photographs to
lend them to the navy that copies may
be made for the nayy's records. orig
,pals will be returned to the owners
as fast as copies can be made.
A photograph Of each man Is to be
forwarded by the navy department to
he training station where he began
tls career in the service. At each OF
these stations q memorial gallery OF
honor or 4 hero's corner Is to be es'
fablished 20 that for all time the face
Of the man Of the navy who has MADE
the supreme sacrifice may be honored
~ the youth of the future sent to the
station for training.
All pictures, loaned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mall
sny after they have been marked with
tAe name. branch Of service. and train
iag station tho young man entered aft
ar enlistment. They should be ad'
dressed to the recruiting division. bv-
rsau Of navigation, navy department,
Washington, D. c. Care will be taken
10 return safely the photograph to
sAs sender. when desired, together
Win one OF the copies made Of II.
More than SO 1000 has been eI.
pended during the past SIX months un-
der che direction vi the cunstsgfaon
division Of the army In making addi-
flons and improvements to camps ana
eantonments. This sum does not in
clude the cost Of additions to the hos
pitai equipments or the improvements
made at other army stations.
The Improvement work consisted OF
additional buildings for housing the
men and providing for their comfort
and needs. Among buildings erected
we're quarters for officers and nurses.
repair plants. Kitchens and bakeries.
and theaters. New roads were laid and
s4nitation work improved and ex-
feuded.
Many additional buildings are con-
tempiated, and general construction
werk will be rushed to completion dur
iAg the summer and fall. In some in-
stances the camp work has been eI-
tended to drainage Of an entire district
surrounding the camp to remove dan
ger Of disease arising from the proxIm-
fly Of swamps.
Liberty theaters have been erect.
ID at all National Army cantonments.
Each Of these theaters has an aver
age inclosed seating capacity Of 1000.
T6eaters and amusement halls have
been erected also In the National
Guard camps and at other points where
troops are In trimming.
Economics Of approximately 20 per
cent In shipping weight and 80 per cent
In shipping space have resulted from
improved methods Of packing merchan-
disc for overseas practiced by the
army Quartermaster corps. This Is
equivalent to about $500 tons space
per month.
For the shipment Of clothes and
equipage, including such items as
blankets. barracks, bags, towels, shel.
ter tent halves, bedding, and other
dry goods. in addition 10 wearing np-
parel, bailing has been substituted for
boxing. and the weight Of the lumber
has been saved. The bales avetage
70 by Is inches and weigh 90 pounds.
They are bound with not less than
four cold rolled unannealed steel
bands. Burlap over waterproofed
heavy paper is used to cover the bales,
and there are two "ears" on both
ends OF the bale for handling.
Women are steyedores on the docks
in France. There Is law they shall
not be required 10 carry packages
weighing more than 20 pounds. Pack
ages shipped to the American eypedi-
tionary forces arc standardized so
they shall not weigh more than 20
pounds for handling by one woman
carrier or more than 140 pounds by
two women carriers. Men handle the
heavier packages and the boxes must
be used instead Of bales.
The quartermaster corps recon-
mends 10 manufacturers supplying the
army similar economies In packing and
shipping which will result In even
more pronounced space and weight
saving. Round cans and containers
Entail n waste In space Of 23 per
cent. Square containers nre urged. II
Is estimated that every inch snved
through bale compression Il worth o.
cents In ship space.
Illinois Is the center Of agricultural
production OF the United States says
the department Of agriculture. States
Of greatest production during 1917 are :
lows. $1,s3O.00O.000; Illinois, si,255,.
100000: Texas, $l.0l5.0O0oO0; Mis-.
souri,. $947, 900. 900; Ohio. 1851, 900, 900 ;
Nesrasks. S77l.000. 900; Indiana, $780,.
poO,O0C: Kansas, $735.0oo,0O0; New
York, $TO0.OO0,000; Minnesota, $780,
: %; Pennsylvania. $036,000.0OO ;
n. >000. 100000; Wisconsin,
O.OO0; California. $575,0OoOoo ;
IN. $sAooo,ooo; Kentucky.