Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
MAKING PLANS TO
HONOR ITS HEROES
NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
TooRAPAs, OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES
Size Of Army Camps and cantonments
{ Increased In Past Six Months-
. Improvement in Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies.

Increased In Past Six Months-
I Improvement in Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies. L..
CFrom Committee on Public Information)
Washington.-The navy department
u collecting photographs Of enlisted
1 men who lose their lives in the war
that their memory may be perpetu-
ated. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
Of 6thers having such photographs to
lend them to the navy that copies may
be made for the navy's records. Orig
inals will be returned to the owners
Us fast as copies can be made.
A photograph of each man is to be
forwarded by the navy department to
the training station where he began
his career in the service. At each OF
these stations q memorial gallery Of
Aoaor or hero's corner is to be es-
tablished so that for all time the face
of the man Of the navy who has made
the supreme sacrifice may be honored
By the youth Of the future sent to the
station for training. ...--.e.
All pictures, loaned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mail
iDI after they have been marked with
the name. branch Of service, and train
ing station the young man entered aft
u enlistment. They should be ad-
dressed to the recruiting division, bu-
iQlv Of NAVIGATION. navy department.
Nashi11ton, p. G. Care win So taken
Is rstufn il3eiy the Photograph to
the sender, Hh1k delred, togsther
with one ~ the copies made Of II.
More than s22, 100000 has been ex-
hended during the past six months un-
der the direction of the construction
division Of the army In making add
tions and improvements to camps ana
environments. This sum does not in
elude the cost VI additions to the hos
rltal equipments or the improvements
uhsde 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
were quarters for officers and nurses,
repair plants, kitchens and bakeries.
and theaters. New roads were laid and
sanitation work improved and ex-
tended. --
Many additional buildings are con-
and general construction
work will be rushed to completion dur
ing the summer and fall. In some in
stances the camp work has been ex-
tended to drainage of an entire district
surrounding the camp to remove dan
Ref Of disease arising from the proxim-
ity Of swamps. s.-...ar ..
Liberty theaters have been erect
ed at all National Army cantonments.
Each Of these theaters has an aver
ake inclosed seating capacity OF 1000.
Theatefs and amusement halls have
been ersctsd also In the National
,0uard camps and at other points where
troops are In training.
Dconomies Of approximately 20 per
esat IN shipping weight and 50 per cent
IN shipping space have resulted from
lmpeoved methods Of packing merchan-
disc for overseas practeed By the
army Quartermaster corps. This 10
equivalent to about $500 tons space
per month.
For the shipment Of clothes and
>quipase, including such items as
Alanksts, barracks, bags, towels, shel.
ter tent halves, bedding, and other
dry goods, In addition TO wearing ap-
parel, bailins has been substituted for
bexing, and the weight Of the lumber
has been saved. The bales average
- By u inches and weigh 90 pounds.
They are bound with not less than
fer cold rolled unannealed steel
hands. Burlap over waterproofed
Asavy paper IL used to cover the bales.
and there are two "ears" on both
ends Of the bale for handling.
Women are stevedores on the docks
In France. There is Z law they shall
not be required to carry packages
weighing more than 70 pounds. Pack
ages shipped to the American expedi-
t3onary forces are standardized SO
they shall not weigh more than 20
pounds for handling by one woman
carrier or more than 40 pounds BY
two women carriers. Men handle the
heavier packages and the boxes must
be used instead Of bales.
The quartermaster corps recon-
mends to 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 q waste in space Of q per
cent. Square containers are urged. 1t
IL estimated that every inch saved
through bale compression is worth IS
cents in ship space.