Arizona republican., 1919-07-09
M|GHTY THINGS J. S. HAS DONE
 AT ST. NkA|RE
Capt. J. F. Alkire Gives Father in This City Some Information of Americas War Base Wonders Com pleted

Into Russia by way of Gibraltar and the Dardanelles is to be the newest war experience of Captain j. F. Al- kire of the American Red Cross, ac- cording to a card received from St. Nazaire by his father, Frank T. Alkire, president of the Manufacturing Sta toners.
 Captain Alkire, who is connected with Red Cross headquarters on the Place Concorde, Paris, is sailing from St, NaZaire with a boat load of sup plies for troops operating against the Reds in the kuhan district. kuban is a province just north of the Caucasus mountains in Russia, taking it's name from the Kuban river which flows into the Black sea in that vicinity. Captain Alkire will go by way of the coast of Spain. the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sea. the Dardanelles, the Black Sea and Odessa.
 An interesting summary of the ac- tivities of Base Section No. l of the service of supplies, with headquarters at St. NaZaire, is given in booklet which Captain Alkire has sent to his father. The account, while too long to be summarized with any detail, con- tains many features not known to the average person.
 Great Dock Spectacular
 The Montoir dock, for instance, is one of the most spectacular achieve ments in the whole history of the A. 1 E. r. Half completed at the time of the signing of the armistice, it was later finished at total cost of s1,500, | 900. It has a usable length of 1856 | feet with a width over all of 119 feet 1 and an available depth of water of 3C | feet at low tide.
 Since the armistice, in St. Nazaire and vicinity 356 barracks, nine ware 1 houses, 57 hospitals, and 4S1 miscel- i laneous buildings were constructed bH the engineers, with total floor area ot over million square feet.
 Another example of American ener- gy and perseverance is found in tht | Montoir project near St. Nazaire | which is the greatest railway yard 1T the world. This yard is built on { strip of low grazing land north of th' Loire river. Because of the frequen inundations by spring and autumna tides, the Branch and many American! ridiculed the idea of placing a railroad yard there. But the land was re quisitioned from it's 300 French own CTS just the same, drainage ditche were laid in, and on April r, 1918 three months after work began, tn first cars were run on the tracks.
 Wonders in 5aTvagng
 The Q. M.eC. salvage depot at St Nazaire, established in June 1918, ha effected a saving of s534.12S.0S in on month alone, the materials salvage including clothing, shoes, laundry rubber, leather and harrkss. Thi plant launders, disinfects, renovate and classifies the various equipmen turned in to it, and when the proces is completed, this equipment is classi fled and returned to service. A field bakery established at tn port has a capacity of S0,000 pounds
 day. St. Nazaire was also the distri
 button center for frozen beef, whic was brought from America on tn steamer Mcclellan, three millio pounds at a time, deboned at a specis plant constructed for that purpose, an , forwarded to the front
 Of particular interest to railroa men are the figures on railway con , struction in and near the port of $ Nazaire. Up to November 15, 191
 A1o hlileS OI SldnUdTQ SuaRe track wa
 built and ballasted, this figure not ir
 cluding lines built solely for construc
 tion purposes. There were S4 miles ,
 water mains put in, and 43 miles
 sewers; together witn 120 miles (
 transmission lines.
 Armistice HaIts Construction . As fighting at the front grew hea,
 fer, and the casualty list increased. a effects depot was established at tf
 port, where under the direction of tf
 Q. M. C., money. valuables, and trinl , cts forwarded by chaplains and org i, nization commanders were careful I inventoried, packed and shipped n the nearest of kin in the Unite
 States. Q After the armistice, much of Il
 construction at the port was natural f abandoned and the authorization f; Il cilities were improved The embark; r tion camp, really three camps unite is not so largo as the one at Bres
 but 1000 men per hoA per ship e r be handled.