The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-03-28
KNOX and TAYLOR
PERMANENT CAMPS
Louisville To Be a War
Camp Center For
Future.

Washington, March 81 -Decision
of the War Department to proceed
with the purchase of the sites of fiji
teen army camps and thirteen balloon
and flying fields over the country
was announced to-day by Acting See
rotary Crowell. Less than $4,000
600 will be involved. Mr.. Crowell
said. and 1t will not be necessary to
await action by Congress as the de-
partment now has the necessary
funds.
with these purchases completed
the army will have thirty training
camps, including the original sixtee,.
environments constructed for tn"
training of the National .rmy. and
nineteen aviation centers. most of
which will be in the southwestern
States. Texas and California. The
! few fields to be retained in the
North will be regarded as summer
/ dving centers only.
/ Twenty-seven camps and sixteen
aviation fields will be abandoned.
Orders already have gone out foI the
! abandonment of twenty of the camps.
/ Including nearly all of the National
Guard training centers set up after
the United States declared war on
Germany. Constructor worN on the
twenty-seven CAMPS. accor Ing to
War Department figures. represents
cost of approximately $110.0oO,"h0
OF which $4S. 900. 900 was spent on
the four embarkation contonment.'
Mills and Merritt. New York. aud
Stuart and Hill, Newport News
Approximately $2SO.OOO.O00 has
been spent in construction work on
the fifteen environments to be bought
and the fifteen now owned and it was
largely because of the sum involved
that the department decided to go
ahead with the purchase. Most of
the thirty camps now are being used
as rehabilitation centers, but no
definate plans for their employment
been evolved. 1t was explained
that the whole problem of the future
use OF the camps depended upon the
nations military policy, and that no
conclusion as to that could be reach
until after the Peace Conference at
Paris had rendered its decision as to
X-orld disartnauant
Announcement already has been
made that only two flying fields act
ually would be used in training army
aviatOrs in peace time. and that 9TH
ers purchased or now owned would
become storage plants for material
on hand or under contract. Location
OF the flying centers to be retained
shows a plan to have three general
training centers, one in the far West,
one in the southwestern part of the
country, and one in the southeast, (
ton close enough together so that |
elementary and advanced training !.
will be provided within reasonable !
area Total expenditures on the :
niaeteen flying and balloon fields to !
he retained represent about $4,000 /
O0o.
Besides the fields to be bought for /
purposes, one other. Chap
man Field, Fla, also will be pur-
chased for business reasons" and /
sold. The same pro-
cedure will he followed in the case
of Camp Sewer, S. c.. which was used
as National Guard training center.
Mr.. Cromwell said it was cheaper for
the Government to buy this field at
the option price of $597,94O and sell
il again than to pay the damage claim
made against the Government as the
result of the building of the camp.
Secretary Crowell said the depart
ment had contemplated retaining
Field. l.. l., but that the
land would cost entirely too much
money. The option price on the field
was placed at $1,550, 900, or nearly
twice the cost of the site of any of
the thirteen aviation centers to be
purchased. The Government has
spent $5,34S,S9S on construction
work at this field, or considerably
more than has gone into any other
plan except Langley Field Va, which
is to be retained, and Wilbur Wright
Field, o.. which is TO be abandoned.
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had Taste in Your Mouth.