South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-29

personnel OF the aviation squadron
are expected this week.
Camp Knox. since IT will be a
permanent artillery training camp.
is likely 20 become one Of the show
places OF America. IL is being
nodded into one of the most beauti-
full and attractive military cities in
the entire COUNTRY. During the war
il is likely TO be commanded by
brigadier general OF field artillery.
but after the war plans seem 10 in-
dictate that IL will be in charge Of
major general
still short about 1000 workmen
and apparently unable to secure
more. strenuous efforts are being
made by the contractors to complete
their job before the severest part OF
the winter, in order that soldiers in
tents at West Point and Camp Zach
airy Taylor may be housed in bar
racks. The present tented city at
West Point. which has been used
since last April to house artillery
man in training. will be done away
with and all troops then in training
at the firing center moved TO the
brigade areas at Camp Knox. With
the transfer of the firing center will
go the 31st balloon company and an
engineering organization.
At present there is encamped on
the area the 10th and 171st bril-
gades OF field artillery, composed of
the 9TH, 6Sth. 69th, 10th, list and
72nd regiments. and the 23rd and
oath trench mortar batteries.
These were formerly three cav
airy regiments stationed at Fort
Riley. Kas.. which were converted
into artillery on being transferred
10 the firing center. They total
more than 10000 men and form the
advance guard of $4,000 which will
be on duty at this cantonment.
Col. c. S. Blakely, commandant
of the firing center and chief officer
at this camp. expects that the two
brigades will move TO the barracks
here some time in December. The
field artillery central officers train
ing school expects to move down
here from Camp Zachary Taylor by
the first of the year.
The batteries OF the regiments
now at the firing center are firing
on the range every day and the
boom of cannon reverberating
through the Hardin county hills.
airplanes buzzing overhead and
great sausage balloons swaying
thousands of feet in the air give the
place a warlike aspect.
Brig Gen. Fred T. Austin, Camp
Zachary Taylor commandant. and a
few members Of his staff went up in
sausage balloon a few days ago.
1t took them to an altitude of 5000
feet. Gen. Austin came down after
about 30 minutes, rubbing his ears.
The thermometer dropped "a de-
grees during their ascension.
Camp Knox is being built in a
circle. Three brigades of artillery
will be located on each side Of the
town OF Stithton. Underbrush,
orchards and trees are being torn
away TO make room for buildings.
On one side a great trench digging
machine is blowing bitches for
water pipes and sewers. Dozens Of
section crews are placing railroad
switches in every brigade area. Lum-
Der is stacked in huge piles, waiting
for the carpenters saw and hammer
to be converted into barrack build
ings. One hundred and fifty soldiers
from Camp Zachary Taylor are
guarding the place and they are
turning traffic confusion into order,
acting on the roads and at crossings
as polisemen. Hundreds Of work
men and their families are quarter
ed on the ground.
The water supply is to come from
huge reservoir now being con-
structed on Indian Hill. with a ca
pacity of 100000 gallons. The
camp will have its own altering
plant and water will be drawn
from Tioga springs and Otter
creek, as web as a great number Of
other springs in the vicinity.