The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-21
MAJOR PORTER IN CHARGE OF
 BIG PROPERTY Bridgeport Boy Made Fine Record During the
 War. STATIONED AT
 CAMP TAYLOR Cared for Approximately $3O,OOO,OOO, Government
 Property.

With only 16 officers, 50 soldiers and $50 civilian employees, Major Harry F. Porter. formerly of Bridge port, takes care of approximately s30.OOO,OOO worth of government property. This property is Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. At the time Of the Buckingham administration. Major Porter was one of the leading Democrats in the city. He distin- guished himself during the Olympic games held several years ago in Lon don. by winning the high jump.
 Major Porter was promoted to Major @. M. C., May 2s, this year, from captain, and following is a re- sume of his experience and his achievem ents:
 Commissioned captain May 21. 1917; called to active duty July 27, 1917; assistant to Constructing Quar- terma ster, Camp Custer, Mich; or ganizeu the operating and mainte- nance force and for two months was acting utilities officer; Supervising Constructing Quartermaster, Wash ington, D. C., in charge of depot warehouse construction from Dec. 1 to Feb. 1. 1918; assigned to Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky, as assistant to Camp Quartermaster, as officer in
 
 mated utilities officer in August, 1918, upon the separation of utilities from supply; appointed Constructing Quar- termaster, January. 1919. and be- came associate acquisition officer in May, 1919. Major Porter is a grad uate of Cornell University. degree civil engineer, 1905; member Western Eff ciency Society; member and director Society of Industrial Engineers An industrial engineer by profession, he followed waterworks engineering ap- proximately two years; from 1906 to 1910 a specialist in re-enforced con crete design and construction. chief engineer for w. M. Steel & Sons Co.,, Philadelphia, for two years; priva te practice two years. Since 1910 he has specialized in industrial organi- zation and management, and is author of a six-volume library on factory management. Major Porter was on editorial staff of factory system of the Engineering Magazine (now In dustrial Management, counsellor to an association of 40 industrial plants in Detroit; consulting engineer to the Austin Company, Cleveland, O.; 1ec- turer on plant layout and constru- ton, University of Chicago five years; on cost accounting, production meth ods etc, University of Detroit, one year; assistant to the president and chief engineer, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wis, one year. He has in stalled efficiency methods in more than a score of factories and counsel ed with the executives of several hundred plants, and recently assum- ed direction of the industrial service department of the National City, of New York City, when called into active service.
 The construction, maintenance and reconstruction of buildings, roads and power plants at this camp were done by the utilities department of the Quartermaster Corps. Major Porter has personally supervised the building of the SIP, 00O camp laun- dry. a s5O,oO motor garage and has i spent s5oo,o in building and re- pairs of roads at this camp.
 The screening of thousands of doors and windows at this camp, the oiling and sDrinkling of roads and the planting and care of the forestry at Camp Zachary Taylor has been some of the details of this depart ment.
 | Twenty-Five thousand men were 1 placed under tents in three days dur | ing the influenza epidemic; tempor- | ary baths and lavatorics were con- structed to accommodate the men | and every road surrounding the Base hospital was oiled.
 About 75 per cent. of the men on duty with the utilities department are ! discharged soldiers and are carried | on the monthly payroll. The daily ! workers are carried as laborcrs and are hired by day only.