Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-16

tual diversion of surplus army ma
terial into channels OF normal con-
sumption.
The capacity of this depot is ap-
proximately loo cars per day, and
the supplies already in storage cover
great variety of war material IN
tended for the use of all depart
ments. of the army, including ORD.
nance, engineer supplies, medical
supplies. quartermaster supplies, sig
nal corps supplies, etc.
AS organized at present, the re-
serve depots aremainly operated py
army organizations with some civil
lian office assistance and some civil
liam labor. Attached to, this project
is a temporary camp in which at the
present time are fifty commissioned
officers, a guard and fire company
with enlisted strength of Z4t men'
and colored soldiers to the num-
ber of approximately 70O, ORGANIZED
into three companies comprising one
reserve labor battalion. There Is also
attached to headquarters miscei,
laneous enlisted personnel OF lzs
men and detachment OF forty en-
listed Medical Corps men are on
duty at the post hospital.
Covers Great Area
Total area of warehouses IS l.
$4,000 square feet; concrete anu
macadam roads, AS miles; rallroi9
cracks, SO miles; water pipe' o.
miles; sewers, IA miles.
Presumably as the army deIno-
bilization proceeds the work OF tnis
project will be carried on by a GILL
liam organization supervised py d
small number of commissioned Oh
ficers. and civilian labor rather imam t
enlisted labor, but definite pollcy
in this respect has not so 1ar peeh
adopted by the War Department.
Meanwhile the discharge OF sHai
groups of enlisted men is peins az
complished where sufnclent Feason'
of dependency or industrial neces-
sity are shown, and such men, SO
far as necessary, are repiaceu W
civilians. 30 oAo
THE military reservation OF s4o
acres Is equipped with barracks lol
1900 troops, with all neceesa
buildings. such as messiah Is, heao-
quarters, officers quarters, a spien-
didly equipped hospital, I. NJ -.
for colored and white troops anu
fire enginehouse with modern equ,p
ment and sixty enlisted ~,
trained under the direction 10 lieu
tenant Ashe, formerly of the WASH
ington. D. c., city fire department
The reservation is also equlppeu
with necessary sidewalks, paVeu
streets, water and sewage systehi''
light, team heat, power plant
The principal reaon for the exist,
ence of all this, however, is 1ounu
in the storage warehouses, c0nsls
ing of ten huge fireproof builolhss
of brick, steel and fire-clay COR
struction, with modern sprilAe
system equipment. cement noors'
brick firewail partitions, skirted on
either side of each building py rall-
way tracks and roadways for trucks:
The scene is a busy one. All day
nowerful trucks roar in ana ous
of the depot, delivering 1000 anu
sunnlies to the troops and haunns
freight and supplies to ana from
nearby points and about 1epos
grounds. Long lines OF coloIeu
troops, labor battalions, SWING aions
to their work where they are Va
vided into gangs of eight, Ten a;a ana
fashion to unload car after car 10
the accompaniment of plantatloh
II is difficult to convey adequate
;nonrass;ons of the size OF these
wa rehouses or of the character anu
annearance of their varied contenIs.
zach of the ten buildings are ~
feet wide by 1,24O feet IN tehs ss.,,
which constitutes a total OIL hl's
aoi vast Amount of Supplies
Were these warehouses placed emu
TO end they would stretch IN
tra;sht line for two and one-nalt
miles. with total OF over eisn.
niles of railway tracks between
them and constituting classincatioh
,ords- alongside.
Three of the warehouses are neat
cd and contain subsistence, consist
ING Of -four, canned corn, peaches
anriots and tomatoes. Or these la!-
ter the depot at one time was notl5
fed that there were headed towaru
# a total of 1850 carloads OF can
nod tomatoes. When 1t Is remem.
bered that each car contains at leasI
o0o cases. of twenty-four cans
each 1t will be seen that the hi.y
n,iIiion cans constituting the SNIP
n,emntain rr,e of stores of themselves
However, in addition to suosis, nsso
ouantities of corrugated. sheet IRON
snikes. nails, staples, copper Wire,
aat. iron. wagons, harness, water
carts, ambulances, trailers, hoef con CON