The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-13
PE'RlMANENlT'H0ME !.
PLANNED FOR ARMY
Corps Headquarters VIII BE Equipped
With Permanent Quarters for Men.
(sy George II. Mannina.)


WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IL. The
war departments latest plans for quar-
ters for the army call for the expendi--
ture of somewhat over a billion dollars
for construction of permanent buildings
at one of the existing camps in each OF
the nine recently established corps areas
and seven other detached posts for in
tensive training of special branches of
the service.
All the other camps and army posts
that have cost many million dollars for
the purchase of land and construction of
extensive buildings-some established
many years ago and others built during
the war-would be abandoned and sold
under this plan which was explained q
few days ago to the house appropriations
committee by Secretary Baker, who asked
$50, 900, 900 to begin the work.
The camps which it is planned to re-
tain and equip with permanent build
ings are: First corps area. Camp Dew
ems, Mass; second, Camp Dix, n. J.;
third, Camp Meade, Md; fourth, Camp
Jackson, S. c.: fifth, Camp Sherman,
Ohio; sixth, Camp Grant, MS; seventh,
Camp Pike, Arkansas; eighth, Camp
Travis, Texas. and ninth, Camp Lewis,
Wash.
Detached posts, field artillery certers,
Camp Bragg, n. c., and Camp Knox,
KY; infantry school, Camp Benning,
Leavenworth, Kansas; signal corps
school, Camp Vail, n. j.; engineer
school, Camp Humphreys, Va; motor
transport school. Camp Holabird, Md.
The nine corps areas were recently
established under tho reorganization of
the army in place of the old geographical
departments known eastern depart
ment, southeastern department, central
department, etc
Secretary Baker and Major General II.
l.. Rogers. quartermaster general, in
asking the house appropriations commit
tee for the $4,000, 600 to commence work
on the billion dollar building program,
state that the existing temporary wooden
buildings at the big camps are capable
only of housing $4,000 soldiers. and that
without the big temporary camps built
during the war there would be INSULT
cient buildings to shelter 100000 Of the
present army of $50, 900 officers and MEN.
The old temporary wooden buildings are
falling to pieces, they said. and it would
be wise to build permanent barracks TO
take their place.
It is planned to repIacef the hastily
constructed buildings at these camps
built during the war with permanent
barracks of solid brick. stone and steel,
capable OF adequately housing a division,
containing 1900 men each, normally sta
toned at each of the big permanent
camps, and the National Guard and Or
ganized Reserves occasionally called there
for training with the regular army, it
was said.
Secretary Baker urged congress to
authorize the immediate sale of the au-
merous other camps and the use of the
money derived therefrola for sconmenc-
ing the permanent camp construction
program. The creation Of the nine corps
area system and the plan for building
OF permanent camps to cost a billion
dollars was the work of the army gem
eral staff, Secretary Baker said.
II was planned to spend about $4,000 :
900 the first year at each OF the nine
corps area camps to build barracks COM
plete, including regimental headquarters,
etc, Sass, 000;s quarters for SO officers.
81. Ole. 0e0s quarters for % non-conanis-
stoned officers. s3os 600. and utilities for
above construction. 1867. coo, total. ss.-
g44 000.