Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-26
INCREASE SIZE
ISLAND OFFICES
Administration Building at Rock Is
Land Arsenal TO BE Enlarged
and Improved.
AWAITING MONEY REQUIRED
Few Appropriations for Project A.
ready Made-TempOrary Struc-
lures to Be Raced.


Enlargement Of the administra-
ton building, in which the main Of
fees are housed at Rock Island ar
senal, is TO take place in the near
future. appropriations for part OF
the work having already been
made and Colonel Harry B. Jordan.
con1mandant. is awaiting the final
award Of money needed to start the
work
The finished structure will have
& frontage Of about 200 feet The
depth will remain as at present. A
third story will be added to the
building. The entrance, now on the
north, will be transferred to the
south and will face Main avenue.
On being advised of the further
appropriation of money. Colonel
Jordan will issue calls for bids and
Is DESTROYS of having the structure
completed as quickly as possible.
It Is planned TO house all of the
clerical workers now employed at
the arsenal in the administration
building on its completion instead
of In the temporary buildings erect
ed during the war and when Rock
Island arsenal was at full speed as
manufacturing plant
Removal of the temporary build
ing5 will follow the completion of
the main offices. The paymaster's
forces. etc, are now located in
these structures. The arsenal has
now a total of 700 clerical workers
on It's records. This figure also
includes those located in the offices
o. the various shops.
Changes Listed.
The following report of army &C
tivities at the arsenal during the
last week are announced by Colonel
Jordan:
Officers discharged - Captain
John J. Berry, ordnance depart
ment, Feb. "a; Second Lieutenant
Glen c. Dudley, ordnance depart
ment. Feb. 81.
Officers relieved Captain W. o.
Bowman. retired. relieved from &C
tive duty Feb. II.
Changes in duties of officers -
Captain ". r. Blaine. ordnance de
partment. reported for duty Feb. 4
and was assigned as assistant to
the works manager. in charge of
tank construction and experimental
work Feb. 10. Captain Charles l..
Bode. ordnance department, in ad-
dition to his other duties, was as
signed as post exchange officer, re-
lieving First Lieutenant f. G..
Wright, Philadelphia Scouts, re-
tired Feb. IS. First Lieutenant S.
]. Lewis. ordnance department, in
addition to his other duties, was
appointed surveying officer and
property officer, vice Captain W. o.
Bowman. U. S. A, retired Feb. 10.
First Lieutenant J. NJ Metzger, ord
nance department. was relieved
from duty as assistant to the sup
erintendeDt of gun carriage depart
ment No l and was assigned to the
works manager. Feb. 10. First
Lieutenant E. NJ. Webb, ordnance
department, was relieved from duty
as assistant to the superintendent
of gun carriage department No. 2. I
and assigned to duty as assistant
TO the works manager Feb. 10. |
First Lieutenant E. s. Russell ord !
nance department. was relieved
from duty as assistant to the SUP
erintendent CT gun carriage, de-
partment No. ,. and assigned to
duty as assistant to the works man
ager Feb. 10 Second Lieutenant
Donald F Smith, ordnance depart
nlent, was relieved from duty as as
sistant to Major Kirk and assigned
TO duty as assistant to the works
manager Second Lieutenant {. H
Andrus, tank corps. who reported
for duty Feb 3. was assigned to
duty as assistant to works mana
ger Of tank construction work.
Casually at decentralization J. d.
Moen. quarteTmaster corps; here in
connection with construction work. +
Major J. c. Yocum. ordnance de- +
partment; here in connection with
inland traffic service. Captain II. I.
A. Barroll, ordnance department; +,
here in connection with installing /
standard system.
Permanent officers. joined-Cap- +
tain Theodore Kaysen. ordnance !
department. reported Rock Island !
arsenal for duty Feb. "a, and was /
assigned to duty at the general sup !
ply ordnance depot as assistant to /
Major p. ". Goodman, ordnance /
department. /
Officers at post Ordnance de- /
partment. So; medical department. !
D. quarteFmaSter C0TnS, :, at +
tached officers. >: total officers. 45. !
PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE. |
Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday. the 18th day of March
A. =. 1919. in the Citv of Rock Is
land. in the county of Rock Island.
state of Illinois, primary election I
will be held for the purpose of
offces o. nave. commissioners
and police magistrate Of he city of
Rock Island. III.
The polling places for this cleo
ton will be as follows.
First pTeCinCt-4I3 Fourth ave
nue.. Yci.s barber shop.
Second precinct Thirteenth
avenue ana Sixth street. church
Third precinct-900 TAird ave