The sun., 1918-08-11

lN MESS TIME ct the e
room for company. This has in the front
part kitchen, with a battery of gas
ranges resting on a foundation of con-
crete and brick. There is a big pantry,
and there are two large ice boxes In which
can be stored all the perishable provisions.
The long, white pine tables are very in
viting, and the bright and CHEEKY interior
of the place make one hungry, even be-
fore the mess call.
There are two barracks of the two story
type which is familiar at all military
camps They have slide windows pro-
tected with wooden awnings which keep
out some Of the hot sunshine and give
plenty of it to keep the dormitories free
of germs. The barracks are heated with
stores on concrete bases, are strung with
electric light wires and are connected
with the city sewers.
Although they look like bungalows
which might spring up in the woods, they
are in touch with all the conveniences of
the city. The iron cots have lively springs
and there are plenty of lockers. There
has been space left for a third barracks
if it is necessary to bring the provost
guard up to mess hall number.
The two story building for the thirty
five officers who are to be assigned there
is a regular military club. 1t is a combi-
nation of kitchen, mess, and living and
sleeping rooms, with all the advantages
of heat, light and ventilation. The plaster
board trimmings and the heavy wainscot-
ing are decorated nicely, and although
there is not much of view from the win
dows, there are many posts in this country
which have far less agreeable quarters.
The garage, which stands next to the
guard house and looks like series of
hangers, is filling up with automobiles
which stand ready to take quick trips all
over the city when the report comes that
there is need of the hospitality of the
place. The small structure next to the
garage is shed for the reserve supply of
coal. At the tip of the gors of land is
small hut belonging to the contractors
which will shortly be removed.
City Ordinance. Ignored.
The city cantonment of the provost
guard is an illustration of the rapid build
ing methods which are possible through
military efficiency. 1t cheerfully violates
many of the city ordinances, but in days
like these the civil law must be waived.
1t is sixty years since ordinances were
pa.sed forbidding the erection of wooden
buildings in the old city of New York,
now the Borough of Manhattan, but in
the circumstances it would be impossible
to put up either poured concrete or brick
buildings.
The quarters of the provost guard call
only for temporary construction. AL
though the structures are of pine, they
are provided with good fire escapes when
they are two stories high, and the fues
of the chimneys are surrounded with as
bestos lining. Two fire houses are close
at hand, and there are hydrants within
easy reach.
1t is well to have all these arrangements
carried out with care, for in the haste of
construction the northern barracks came
very near going up in smoke. The build
ings were laid out on July 1 and occu-
pied on August 2, and but for the delay
of fire, for which some one had neglected
to give the alarm, three months before
they would have been turned over ex-
actly in thirty days