The sun., 1919-03-22
U. S. WILL KEEP 80
CAMPS, ABANDON AZ
Acting Secretary Crowell An
nounccs Policy and Gives
Classification.
TO BE on PEACE BASIS
Majority Of Establishments
Are in South, for Climatic
Reasons.
TO BE on PEACE BASIS

camps and thirteen balloon ana nyihs
fields was announced to-day by Acting
Secretary Crowell. Less than $4,000
600 will be involved. Mr.. Crowen satd,
and 1t will not be necessary to await
action by Congress as tho department
now has the necessary funds.
with these purchases completed tho
army will havo thirty training camps.
including the original sixteen canton
ments constructed for the training OF
the national army and nineteen aviation
centres. most OF which will be In the
southea stern States. Texas and Califor-
mia The few fields to be retained In the
North will be regarded as summer Tying
centres only.
Twenty-seven camps and fifteen avia-
ton fields will be abandoned. Orders
already have gone out for the abandon
ment of twcnty Of the camps. including
nearly an of the National Guard train
ing centres set UP after the United
States declared war on Germany.
CONSTRUCTION work on the twenty
seven camps, according to War Depart
ment figures. represents a cost~of- APP
proximately S1I0.o0o.o0o OF which s43.-
600, 900 was spent on the four enbarka-
ton cantonments-Mills. N. Y; Merritt.
N. j., and Stuart and Hill, Newport
News.
Approximately s2so,ooo,ooo has been
spent In construction work on the fifteen
cantonments 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 camps are being used az de-
mobilization centres, but no definite
plans for their employment after the
war army Is disbanded have been
evolved.
Depends on L. 8. Policy.
1t was explained that the whole prob
lem OF the future use OF the camps de-
pended upon the nations military policy
ard that no conclusion as to that could
be reached until the Peace Conference at
Paris had rendered its decision as TO
world disarmament.
Announcement already has been made
that only two flying fields actually would
be used in training army avistors In
peace time and that others purchased or
now owned would become storage plants
for material on hand or under contract.
Location OF the flying centres to be re-
tanned shows q plan % have three gen
eral training centres, one In the far
West. one in the Southwestern part OF
the country and ono In the Southeast
with the different fields In each section
close enough together so the elementary
and advanced training will be provided
within a reasonable area.
Total expenditures on the nineteen
flying and balloon fields to be retained
represent about 33o,0oo,ooo.
Besides the fields to be bought for
military purposes, one other, Chapman
Field, Florida also will be purchased
''for business reasons and subsequently
xvill ha $pI.
rowed the case of Camp Sewer. South
Carolina. which was used as a National
Guard training centre.
Mr.. Crowell said II was cheaper for
the Government to buy this field at the
option prise of $5s7.s40, and cell It again
than to pay the damage claim made
against the Government as the result of
the building OF the camp.
Secretary Crowell said the Department
had contemplated retaining Hazlehurst
Field on Long Island, but that the land
would cost entirely too much money.
The option was placed at 1850, 900, or
nearly twice the cost of the site Of any
OF the thirteen aviation centres to be
purchased. The Government has spent
35.3iS.ss3 on construction work at this
field, or considerably more than has gone
into any other plants except Langley
Field. Virginia, which Is to be retained
and Wilbur Wright Field. Ohio, which
II to be abandoned.
Crowen Gives List.
Plans of the War Department for dis
position of the camps and flying fields
get up during the war as outlined by
Secretary Crowell were summarized as
followed:
Cantonment cites now owned by the
9nvarnnnenf nd rs, he fol
with the cost of construction on each:
s2.7ss.0oo; Eustis. Virginia. Coast Artillery
Corps. 81. 7oo,o 900: Funston. Kansas, Field
ArtlIl.ry. :io.too,Ooo Hol. BIRD. Marylsnd
Humphreys, virginia. Engineers iI,,7%5,.
corr-. SD 900; Johnson, Florida Qua.
fornia. Nat!onsl Guard. s6.SSs.o0o; Lewis
Warrington. National Army. s.4oo, 900
Mcclellan. Alabama. National Guard. So.
port CORPS ,i.6so. 600: Pike, ArkSnsas. Ma.
t.ensl Asmy. 'i'7oo.ooo; snl. Oklahoma
Eieid ARTILLERY -; Travis; Texas. Ma
tional Army, 100000; Benning. Georgia
miscellaneous. t6,soo.ooo.
National Army environments to be pur-
chased for military purposes. with the
costs OF construction and the price al
which the sites will be bought follow:
Bragg. North Carolina, $500. ooo--tI..
es25.oeo; pevens. MASSACHUSETTS,. ;ii,soo.
s s-:sssSSS Pod.: 'T iowa ssF'; ST. 900
1880; Grant, iIlnel. 81. 100, oso|,i,,
eeo-tsls, geo; Knor. Ksntlcky. siss8s
.,,.liS; 900; Meade, Maryland, ,!:'.SS, 600
1900. 900; Sherman, Ohio. $4,000, oOo-ii.,
10000; Taylor, Kentucky. 50. 900, 600
tsfs,eoo; Upton. New York. 'is6Oo,OO0--
Cantonments, the sites Of which are
leased and which have been ordered
abandoned and the cost OF consumption
on each follow:
Colt. Pa, Tank Corps. t!lt5oo; Crane, Pa.
Msd'csi bsp1,r.Hm "S ;is,;soS; Fremont
Na National ot dS.ra H GIssos
Ind, Engineers. ,tIso0,ooo: Leach. I'D
Engineer, ana ood Lsawys r.sn Kan. En-
tionsi Guard. 100000: North Jackson
q G.. Field Artillery, =; POLK. y, G.
a r,aa corps W., wS..i: Ca.
Guard. ,s:S0'SOS; wsds~ortS. s. c. Ms
tionsi Guard. H.ioo. 900; Beauressrd, La.
National Guard. $4,000, 900; Forrest. Ga,
oeiisneoas. H,s5a, Oco: HANCOCK. Ca. Ma Ma
tionai Guard: ts.ooo.oeo: Logan. Tex. Ma
,ionsi Guard n, 'ssSeiSoS; Sheridan. Ala,
Cantonments. the sites OF which ar,
leased and which are to be abandoned
and tho cost OF construction on eacl
follow:
Stuart and Hin. Va. sm5arkation. ;is,
ii,s.ooo; Merritt, n. j.. embarkatlon. ~,
100000; Mills, ~. ", embarkstion, SIS.
eeo,ceo; Bowie. Tex. National Guard. IS,
tSS,S SS Shelby. Miss National Guard, So
Camp sites now leased and the dIsnosI