The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-07-25
MAKING PLANS TO
HONOR ITS HEROES
NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
TOGRAPhS OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES
elzc Of Army Camps and Cantonments
Increased In Past Six Months
Improvement In Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies

Our Allies.
(From Committee Puh!ic Information
Washington.Th navy department
Is collecting photographs of rnliS'"d
men who lose their lives In the war
that their memory may be prfpr'u-
atcd. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
or others having such photographs to
lend them to tn" navy Chat copies may
be made 70, thr nuyy's records. Orig
inals will be returned 20 the owners
as fast as copies can he made.
A photograph Of each man is to be
forwarded by the navy department to
the training station where he began
his career In the service. At each Of
these stations Il memorial gallery of
honor or n hcro'S corner Is to b" cS-
tablish"l so that for all time the face
Of the man Of the navy who has made
the supreme sacrifice may be honorcd
by the youth of tn" future sent to the
sutton for training.
All pictures. loaned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mall
Ing after they have been marked with
the name. branch of service and train
Ing station the young man entered aft
or cnlStmcnt They should be adj
dressed to tn" recruiting division, bu-
reau Of navigation, navy department,
Washington, -. G. Care Will be taken
TO return safely the photograph to
the sender, when desired, together
with ono Of the copies made Of 1t.
More than $22.0OO,OOO has been ex-
pended curing the past six months un-
der the direction OF the construction
division of the army In making nddi-
tlonS ana improvements to camps ana
cantonmcnts. This sum does not IN
clude the cost Of additions to the hos
pitni equipments or the improvements
made at other army stations.
The Improvement work consisted OF
additional buildings for housing the
men and providng for their comfort
and needs. Among buildings erected
were quarters for officers and nurses
repair plants, Kitchens and bakeries
and theAtcrS. New roudS were laid nnt
sanitation work Improved and OK
tended.
Many additional buildings arc con
work will be rushed to completion dur
Ing the summer ana fall. In some I'm
stances the camp work has been OK
tended to Drainage 0f nm entire district
surrounding the camp to remove dan
ger of disease arising from the rroXinl-
ity OF Swamps.
Liberty thcntrrS have been erect
ed at all National Army cantonments.
Each Of these thcntcrs has an aver
age inclosed sentng capacity OF 1000.
Thentcrs and amusement halls have
been erected also In the National
Guard camps and Mt other points where
troops are In trninne.
Economies of approximately 20 per
cent In shipping weight and 80 per cent
In shipping space have resulted from
improved methods Of packing merchan-
disc for overseas practiced by the
army quartcrmaStcr corps. This Is
equivalent to about $500 tons space
per month.
For the shipment Of clothes and
eluipag" including such items as
blankets barracks. bags, towels, shell
ter tent halves. bedding, and other
dry goods, in addition to wearing np-
phrel. bailing has been substituted for
boxing. ana the weight Of the lumber
mas been saved. The bales average
30 by Is Inches and weigh 90 pounds.
Ihey are bound with not less than
1our cold rolled unnnncnled steel
n"t'as. Hurlap over watcrproofcd
h'"'S mpcr Is used to cover the bales,
"'o 'hrrr are two ears" on both
ehuH " the bal" for handling.
women ar" Stcvrdorcs on the docks
iii rance There is Il law they shall
not DE required to carry pocl,upea
"c>ghlhg more than 10 hounds porl-
ages shipped to the American oxnod,
tionnry forces are standardized 9,
they shall not weigh moro ,h,n m
pounds for handling by one womnn
carrier or more than liO pounds M.
TWO women carriers. Men handle ,ho
heavier packages and the boxes must
be used instead OF bales.
The qunrtermnster CORPS rccom.
mends to manufacturers supplying IN,
army similar economies In packing and
shipping which viii result In even
more pronounced space and weight
saving Round cans and containers
entail Il waste In space of % per
cent. Square containers are urged. n
is estimated that every inch saved
through bale compression IS worth OK
cents In ship space.
iillhois Is the center of arricul,n,.o,
production OF the United States .o,s
the department of oyricul,,, ca.