Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-08-26
Webster City Chamber Of Commerce
Has Arranged for an Outdoor
1s4s
Moving Picture Show Every
Evening.
GOVERNMENT CAMP PICTURES
Views of Camp Dodge, its COnstruc
ton, ETC., and Special Pictures
of Interest.

AS part of the entertainment fea-
lures for the Hamilton county agri-
cultural exposition to be held in Web
ster City September 24-27 inclusive,
the Chamber of Commerce has arrang
ed for an outdoor moving picture
show, and has secured number Of
very valuable and instructive films.
Among these are:
| Good roads: The construction and
use of concrete roads in the Camp
Dodge cantonment, two reels.
| Training camp for the SSth division
of the first national army, under con-
struction. "a
Camp facilities providing for $4,000
| infantry men, two regiments each Of
light and heavy artillery, ammunition
train, supply train, Division Headquar-
tiers staff, and remount station, hous-
ing $4,000 horses and mules.
Government reservation on which
this camp is located, containing 400
acres, the value of which is $3.50 per
acre, built complete in three months
at an expense averaging about one
fourth million a day for labor and
material.
General views.
Within the camp; approximately
miles of concrete roads; 81 miles
of from to 30 inch sewer pipe; 80
miles of water pipe fed from SO wells
and stored in million-gallon REIN
forced concrete reservoir
Exterior view. of reservoir, under
construction.
Interior view of reservoir.
Completed reservoir.
The cantonment, containing about
1900 buildings, including barracks,
officers quarters and supply depots.
Feeding $500 workmen in one hour.
Remount station, covering, 100
acres.
| Lieut.. Col. Howell, 313th Engineers,
in charge OF receiving and assigning
selectmen.
Capt. Paul N. Kingsley, assistant to
Col Howell, and his registration Off
GERS.
Selectmen registering.
Scenes of arrival.
Iowa contingent, 1.-TWO countless.
| South Minnesota contingent, (seven
counties).
Northern Minnesota contingent, Q3
counties).
The selectmen were assigned to
their regiments September 10 and 20,
1917. The film was made October 9Th,
fifteen days later and shows how
fquickly these men have become SOL
diers.
To and from the rifle ranges.
Drilling 10000 recruits.
Maj General e. H. Plummer, COM
mandant SSth Division U. S. A.
Reel 2.
Camp Dodge cantonment. Concrete
roads under construction. Condition
of roads before paving.
Concrete roads completed.
A traffic census taken by the gov
eminent engineers over period of
ten hours. showing 6,1SO trucks, auto
mobiles and vehicles passing central
point on the paved roads.
Pay day.
Showing construction of concrete
roads under supervision of U. 6. gov
eminent and Portland Cement associa-
ton engineers,
Preparing sub-grade ard setting
forms to receive concrete pavement
Mixing and hauling concrete.
Placing and spreading concrete.
Finishing pavement by roller and
belt method.
The elimination of excess water by
rolling.
Men who supervised the construc-
ton.
Other Reels.
In addition to the foregoing very
interesting film, there have been
secured the following reels:
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman
of the U. S. department of agriculture
is sending two reels, showing good
roads construction under government
supervision in various parts of the
United States.
International Harvester company OF
America, will send film showing
some of their latest models of harvest
ing machines in actual operation in
the fields.
The Ford motor company has
promised film showing the new
Fordson tractor under construction