The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-02-13
WAR DEPARTMENT TO
USE CHARLESTON FOR
WAR PURPOSES
Information Is Given to Senate Com
mittee
PART OF HUGE PLAN
Total of 68,65O,00 Will be Expended
for Storage Depots, Ordnance De-
pots and Other Facilities
PART OF HUGE PLAN

According to statement from the
War Department to the military COM
mittee Of the United States Senate, in
Washington yesterday, $10,000,000
will be expended in construction of
port terminals at Charleston.
For military reasons, it is not pro-
per to suggest site at this time. 1t
is no secret, however, that boards of
army officers have made exhaustive
surveys in and near Charleston and
it has been known for some time that
these officers favored Charleston.
The plan for $10,000,000 port term
inals here was decided on by the War
Department some time ago, but not
until yesterday was the information
given out for publication. The con-
struction of the terminals will, of
course, greatly benefit Charleston, but
their cardinal purpose is for efficient
prosecution of the war against Ger
many
Statement by the Mayor
"While am, of course, highly graf
flied that the War Department thus
recognizes Charleston's advantages to
the government, I am not prepared to
talk of the matter. AS the mayor of
Charleston and citizen of Charles
ton, am delighted that Charleston is
to be prominent in service to the
country, and it is gratifying to know
ho ,,l 20
be impressed upon national service,
Charleston's patriotism must, Of ne
cessity, come before Charleston's own
interests. The War Department finds
that Charleston can De of service to
the nation. That is the point"
Mr.. r. Godwyn Rhctt, who has been
in Washington on important matters,
was interestf' in the news, he said,
but declared that it was for Washing
on to discuss the matter at this time.
The .xt of the Associated Press
dispatch to the News and Courier fol-
lows:
Washington, Feb. 12.-Many new
construction projects for the army,
including munitions plants, ordnance
depots, storage plants, port terminals,
hospitals, aviation works, cantonment
and housing were disclosed in state
ment given the Senate military COM
mittee today by the War Department.
The work will cost total Of $685.
650,000 and while some of the pro-
jects had been announced before, in
most cases the location and cost had
not been given.
The Charleston Terminal
A port terminal costing $4,000 900
will be built at Charleston, S. c.. and
nj
spent for a similar terminal. Two mil
loading points at sites not yet select
Hospitals for soldiers suffering
with tuberculosis are to be built at
Asheville, N. c., and Denver, Colo, at
a cost Of $500,000 each and $12,80O,-
600 is to be spent on hospitals at thir-
ty two army training camps.
A division cantonment for the regu-
lar army is to cost $8,O0O,0O0, but it's
location was not given. 1t may take
, the place of the regular army train
( ing camp at Charlotte, N. c., which
soon is to be abandoned because of the
unsuitability Of the ground on which
it is located.
Forty interior storage depots to
cost an aggregate of $3O,00O,O0O are
to be erected at unnamed points. On
aviation work, including a new can
tonment, the location Of which was
not given ,$46,000,000 will be expend-
ed.
Ordnance depots are to be built on
the South Atlantic coast and at some
seaport" at cost of $4,0O0,O0O each
and one on the middle Atlantic coast
at cost of $6,000,000. An ammunition
depot at "some seaport" is to cost
$7,500,000, and like sum is to be ex-
pended for an ordnance depot in Cen
tral Pennsylvania.
Houses for Ship Workers
For housing for the shipping board
to relieve congestion in shipyard COM
munities the department plans to ex-
pend $35,000,000 for this purpose pro-
vided in bill which passed the house
today. In addition to this 100000
will be expended at Newport News
Va. for housing the negro stevedore
regiments loading vessls thre.
Another item is that of $250,000 for
q high explosive plant at Sand Hook,
l.. I.
The statement shows that $37,O0O,-
600 will be spent in building gas
making plant at Edgewood, N. J.
Brig. Gen. Littell, In charge Of cam
tonment division and other construc-
tion jobs, also submitted statements
to the committee, showing that, in adj
dition to the new work, his bureau has
charge Of construction now in prog
ress calling for, an expenditure of