Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24
REPAIR DEPOTS
USED EN- ROUTE
L. y. Standardized Rascs for Trans
port Units Well Under Com
struction.

! BALTIMORE. rMd, March ga
The first standardized repair depots
for the lmartermaster mechanical
transport units at this city and At
lanta, oGa., are well under way.
Thirty-two barracks have been con-
stucted with capacity for hous-
Ing 1000 men at each depot,
Ground has been broken for the
construction or storage houses, craft
ing shops and repair shops The de-
pots will do truck and passenger
car repair work, assembly work,
c,ating for overseas shipment and
viii store parts and complete vc-
hicles and will act as commissaries
for automobile supplies for their re-
spcctive districts The depot here
will supply eight cantonments and
the entire district from Roanonke,
Va. to camp Neyins. Mass. includ-
ing cantonments as far west as
Camp CustG Mich. and Camp
sherman. ONO. The Baltimore de
pot, when complete. will have "A
capacity for two thousand soldiers
and ono hundred officers Althu
at this time tentative plans under
consideration for an increase In ad
ditional building construction and
acreage provide for $500 soldiers,
the main repair shops here viii EN-
ploy LEA men.
Barracks In Rows
The barracks have been erected
In rows OF four, with each row suf-
flclent for a company and scpar-
ate mess hall and lavatory for each
row. thus providing separate facill-
ties for each company. Tho repair
shops probably will be completed
within ninety days Equipment has
been ordered TO be delivered on
schedule and viii he ready for In
stallation as soon as the buildings
are finished At present. the site
occupies ninety, acres. hut Colonel
! l.eisering. who is In charge of the
depot hopes TO purchase nearby
distillery plant which has an addi-
I tional twenty acres and which he
intends 10 convert into storage
space At present the building
| plans include four officers quar-
ters. 80 barracks each 32K60 feet
eight mess halls. eight lavatories
one administration building, one
post exchange one medical build
ing, one oven hakeroom, several
minor buildings, one mechanical re-
pair shop iS0x479 feet. one storage
plant 720xl36 feet and another
storage plant 55ixl40 feet
Trucks are being shipped daily 10
the depot, altho none OF the stand
ardized trucks has been Seceived
II is expected the first standardized
trucks which are now on the road,
! will arrive within thc'next week. At
present an average OF four trains Il
day, each train carrying thirty
trucks Is being received. Two "
the trains come daily from Detroit
and two from Rochester n. Y The
Detroit trains. in addition to car
rying the trucks, bring thirty
trucks. one roadster, one touring
car. one tank car and ono light re
pair car. Each truck shipped Is
loaded with two TO three tons OF ex.
ira parts. There are about seven |
hundred trucks on hand. II is ex-
pected that making allowance for |
Tho requistions coming in daily for !
trucks, there probably will be 1900 |
on hand early next week.
The location OF the depot a. Bal 7
timore Is particularly good II is
80 situated that II is accessible dl-
rectly by water and by the Balu- |
more a. Ohio railroad. which Is /
building five switches thru the |
grounds. It Is within few miles |
OF the freight depots OF the Western ,
Maryland and Pennsylvania rail ]
roads and Is located on the Phna- /
delphia highway between Baltimore /
and Philadelphia. easily reached ,
from the Lincoln highway and |
therefore convenient for overland |
drlveways from the factories as ,
sembling the standardized u. s. war |
trucks
Every attention Is being given for |
the comfort and health OF the sol
diers who will be stationed At these
depots. nearby river will supply |
fishing and swimming facilities. An |
extra plot of land has been set aside !
for a recreation hall. Y. NJ. G. AL
branch and knights OF Columbus I
building Drinking water will be /
from arteslan wells Separate plots
OF ground have been set aside to be
converted into small parth and |
baseball grounds.
Colonel IelserlnR has suggested |
that a truck company be established |
at this camp to make truck drive
aways from the depot to the points |
OF embarkation.
The repair work comprises "A
method which Includes a shop man
ual arranged under direction of
George Handles Of the motor trans
port section OF the uuarterinaster
corps Tho shop manual NO strictly |
DEFINES the necessary repairs and !
procedure that It practically clint
mates all opportunities for careless
repair work. This repair depot -
built just as the others In this couu-
try and In France win be built with
sta ndardization OF buildings, shops
and tool rooms. etc. 20 that a me
chanic taken from Baltimore and!
placed at Atlanta, Ca, or at a depot
in France will know Immediately
where TO look for his tools his Bur
racks. the offices. storage buildings,
etc.
Aunty II Nearest.
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