Middletown transcript., 1918-07-20
MAKING PLANS To
HONOR ITS HEROES
NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
TocRAPHs OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES

Size Of Army Camps and cantonment'
Increased in Past Six Months-
Improvement in Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies.
tFrom Committee on Public Information
Washington.-The navy department
is collecting photographs Of enlisted
men who lose their lives in the wal
that their memory may be perpetu
ated. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
or others having such photographs to
lend them to the navy that copies may
be made for the navy's records. Orig
mails will be returned to the owners
as fast as copies can be made.
4 photograph Of each man Is to oe
forwarded by the navy department to
the training station where he began
his career in the service. At each OF
these stations memorial gallery OF
honor or a 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.
All pictures. loaned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mail
ing after they have been marked with
the name. branch Of service. and train
ing station the young man entered aft
or enlistment. They should be adj
dressed to the recruiting division, bu-
reau of navigation, navy department.
Washington. d. c. Care will be taken
to return safely the photograph to
he sender, when desired. together
~ith one of the copies made of it.
More than 100000 has been ex-
pended during the past six months I'M
der the direction of the construction
division of the army in making addi-
tions and improvements to camps ana
environments. This sum does not in
clude the cost of additions to the hos
pital equipments or the improvements
made At ,,ther army stations.
The improvement work consisted OF
additional buildings for housing the
mel. 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-
templated. 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
ger Of disease arising from the prOxim-
ity OF swamps.
Liberty theaters have been erect
cd Mt al National Army environments.
Each Of these theaters has an aver
age inclosed seating capacity Of 1000.
TheatcrS and amusement halls have
been erected also in the National
Guard camps and at other points where
troops are in training.
Economics Of approximately 20 per
cent in shipping weight and so per cent
in shipping space have resulted from
improved methods of packing merchan-
disc for overseas practiced by the
army quarter,laster corps. This is
equivalent to about $500 tons space
per month.
For the shipment Of clothes and
equipage. including such items as
blankets. barracks. bags. towels, shell
ter tent halves. bedding, and other
dry goods. in addition TO wearing ap-
parcl. battling has been substituted for
boxing. and the weight of the lumber
has been saved The bales average
so by IS inches and weigh 30 pounds.
They are bound with not less than
four cold rolled unannealed steel
bands. Burlap over waterproofed
heavy paper is 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 a law they shall
not he required to carry packages
weighing more than 20 pounds. Pack
ages shipped to the American expedi-
ticnary forces are standardized so
they shall not weigh more than 20
pounds for handling by one woman
carrier or more than 14O pounds by
two women carriers. Men handle the
heavier packages and the boxes must
be used instead of bales.
The quarternaster corps recon-
mends to manufacturers supplying the
ari:iy similar economies in packing and
shipping which will result in even
more pronounced space and weight
saving Round cans and containers
entail waste in space Of % per
cent Square containers are urged. It
Is estimated that every inch saved
through bale compression is worth 65
cents in ship space.
Illinois is the center of agricultural
production of the United States says
the department of agriculture. States
of greatest production during 1917 are:
Iowa. 3O.O0OOOO; Illinois, $685.
100000; Texas, $1O45, 100000; Mis-
souri,. $947 900. COO; Ohio, 1851, OOO. 900;
Nebraska. $774,OOO.O0O; Indiana. $685.
OO0.OO0: Kansas. $735.OOO,OOO; New
York. $7O0.OOO,OOO; Minnesota. $780,
$4,000: Pennsylvania, 5000. 100000;
Georgia. $GO5, 100000; Wisconsin.
$59S O0O.OOO; California. $575, 100000;
Michigan. 534,OO0.OOO: Kentucky,
e529. 100000.
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