Evening journal., 1918-08-06
FUEL ECONOMY Plan.
taught At CAMP
Will Effect Saving of SO
Pounds of Coal Daily
for Each Army Range
FINE WORK OF
DIX ENGINEERS

CAMP DIX, wrightstown. N. j., Aug.
GA million dollars a month will be
saved on the coal bin Of training camps
in the United States under a fuel econ
omy system which Captain C. j. Kali
berer commsndant OF the bakers and
cooks school here, is introducing this
week In the instruction course. That
education In the proper firing OF mess
Kitchen ranges will save sn average Of
30 pounds OF fuel per range a day is tho
prediction of the captain. A similar
course may be adopted by the National
Fuel Administration for use In a nopu-
lar educational campaign for house
wives throughout the country.
That.soldlers here,are getting the best
whest substitute bread served In any
army camp ne has visited was the an
nouncement yesterday OF DR.. Jacobs,
head OF the Federal Food Administra-
tioni Board. In common with other
army the bakers here use 20 per
cent of substitutes. Or. Jacobs. who
is making tour OF inspection, dcclar-
ed the Dix bakers are turning out the
best tasted, most wholesome and uni
form loaves heshas,found anywhere. In
addition ossupplying cooks for units
here, the school has furnished a COM
plete organization fof bakers andfcooks
for the officers training camps at
Plsttsburg, and Syracuse.
Under instruction at present are 33s
students inS ssdlng so Negroes who Will
cook for the new sO7th Colored Pio-
neers, ,aorganizingihere. In the August
graduating class are tt5 graduates.
Forty-one minutes. after engineers OF
the S7th. Division, received the order yes
terday they had completed a pontoon
bridge 225 feet in length across Cooks
town lake, and an army wagon train
had passed safely across the span. The
demonstration, practically every detail
Of which was carried out at double
quick time, was one OF the most spec
tacular training stunts visitors TO the
camp ever have witnessed.
The Engineer Train with wagons
loaded with bridge tlmbers and decks |
was moving along the road between |
Wrightstown and Cookstown when the
order came along indicating the
point at which the bridge was 10 be
swung across the lake. Within so sec
onds, chips were flying from ak blades
as the advance party began to hew its
way through a strip OF woods to the
lake shore. Another party, crossing
the lake in sboat, began similar oper-
ations 'dn constructing an approach on
the opposite shore. Squads OF rowers |
manned the bsrges, pulled them into
position and other details as quickly |
tied them in and laid the heavy deok-
ing, the whole operation working like
well-oiled machinery. The bridge was
actually completed In 3s minutes after
the order was given, and three MIN
utes later the heavy wagon trains were
laundering across. Rapid as this time
seems, engineer officers declared prao-
tlce would out the time down 10 not
more than 20 minutes. IL required only
IS minutes 10 tear the bridge apart and
reload the timbers for moving back 10 |
camp.
Colonel Slsttery's men gave another
demonstration Of bridge building under
emergency conditions Monday when,
without interfering with trofiiO on the
madn road between Wrightstown and
they built two permanent
bridges TO replace those that were
washed out during the big storm last
week, with timbers supplied by the
county. The engineers had earlied put
lp temporary spans. The county faced