Evening star., 1933-04-25
ORDERS 7,3DD MORE
TO FOREST CAMPS
Emergency Conservation d.
rector Asks for Addi-
ti0naI Men.

Movement Of an additional 1900
young men from Army conditioning
camps, chiefly in Pennsylvania and the
Great Lakes areas, into work camps in
National and State forests was ordered
late yesterday by Robert Fechner, di-
rector Of emergency conservation work.
Twenty-one groups Of 200 each will
60 to State forest camps in Pennsyl-
vania. These men were drawn chiefly
from Baltimore and Philadelphia and
were conditioned at Fort George G.
Meade and other Army posts in the Sd
Corps Area.
staff oficers representing Maj. Gen.
Paul B. Malone, Sd Corps Area COM
mander, today began q survey of the
selected camp sites In Pennsylvania In
conjunction with representatives Of the
State Department of Forests and Wa
ters. The survey will require several
days and movements Of the men into
the held will begin about May 2.
Fifteen in Priority List.
Fifteen camp sites have been given
priority listing by the Pennsylvania
forestry service. The remaining six
probably will be chosen during this
weeks tour of camp sites. Those listed
for initial opening on State-owned
lands are Pine Grove, Cumberland
County; Cowan Gap, Franklin or Full
ton County; Big Spring, Perry County;
East Licking Creek, Mif1in County;
Greenwood Furnace, Huntington Coun-
ty; Poe Valley, Center County; Half
way House, Union County; Hills Grove,
Sullivan County; Huntley. Elk County;
State Camp, Clinton County; Masten,
Lycoming County; Straight, Elk Coun-
lntt Y
11oga County, and Snow Hill, Monroe
County.
Lieut.. Col Ned B. Rehkopf, assistant
chief of staff, G-3, with Karl E. Pheif-
fer, assistant State forester for Mary
land, also started today on an inspec-
tion OF five camp sites in Maryland
which have been submitted to Wash
1ngton forest headquarters for conSer-
vation camps for Maryland men. These
sites, which have not yet been ap-
proved, are Camp No. /. Potomac, Gar
rett County; No. 2, Savage River Gar
rett County; No. 3, Green Ridge, Ale
gany County; No. 4, College Park,
Prince Georges County, and No. 5,
Camp Ritchie. Frederick and Wash
ington Counties. College Park will be
the headquarters for two companies,
one working from Fort Meade in the
TdldpSCO lOItbl, LIlt OtlleT from fOTt
Washington in two State forest reser-
vations of Southern Maryland
The men ordered out yesterday will
be assigned to 81 conservation camps
to be set up in the forest areas Of
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. The date when the men
will be moved to camps will be de-
termined by Army Corps area COM
manders and the regional foresters in
charge of the areas where work camps
are to be established.
10 Groups From Michigan
Ten groups of 200 men each will be
moved from Camp Custer, Mich, to
camps in the national forests Of Michi-
gan; three groups of 200 each from
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. to Wisconsin ma
tional forests, and three groups of
200 each from Fort Smelling, Mimi, to
national forests in Minnesota.
When the movements ordered yester-
day have been completed there will be
a total of 9,100 men assigned to AZ
camps. Previously Mr., Fechner had
authorized the movement Of six groups
Of 200 each and three slightly smaller
groups from Fort Devens, Mass; Fort
Monroe, Va; Fort Meade, Md, and Fort
Washington, Md, 20 national forest
camps in Virginia, Pennsylvania and
| New Hampshire.