Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-05

Marines but the current came from the Madi-
son Power Co., which installed high-tension
line of $500 VOLTS giving an unlimited supply.
In July. 1929 the little village of u houses
was completed. 1t consisted of a mess hall,
large cabin known as the Town Hall, which
was a kind Of community center and where
games, books and every provision for evening
and rainy-day amusement was arranged;
small administrative building. quarters for the
Filipino mess boys, the Presidents cabin, the
"Cree' sacred to DR. Boone and Mr.. Richie,
and six guest cabins, known as the Owl" the
Prime Minister'S "Ishbel's.' the Sums"
Trails End" and Five Tents Most of the
names are obvious enough. but Henry Fletcher,
our former Ambassador to Mexico. had the
honor of christening one When asked where
he was living he replied: In the Sums, and
the President was so amused by this that the
name chung to that particular cabin. Each
holds two persons with the exception Of Five
Tents" which has accommodation for eight.
making a total capacity of "a. Every cabin has
at least one bath room, while the Presidents has
two and Five Tents" four. Unlimited hot wa
ter is supplied by Enthusiastically controlled
electric heaters in each bath room. In fact,
the whole camp is run ally-cooking, ices
making, hot water, all come from the cleo
tricity sent in by the Madison Power Co. and
installed by the Marines.
IN addition to the Presidents camp two others
] were constructed for the Marine
personnel, where the men lived IN tents ana
the only actual construction was the coni-
handing officers Office, several storerooms and
the post quartermaster's Office, all small builds
ings; and the cabinet camp, miniature mode
ell of the Presidents, consisting of a mess han
and galley a subsistence storeroom and two
cabins, one complete with a living room. two
bedrooms and two baths. the other with live
ing ROOM one bed room, one bath and ser~
wants quarters.
The members of the cabinet paid for all the
material used in the building of their camp.
They or guests designated by them, could use
it at any time. They brought their own ser-
wants and supplied their own food; the Ma
riies only did guard duty and operated the
utilities.
Seventy-five men did the actual work Of
construction. The guard at its largest was
about $50 strong. the men not engaged in cons
struction did guard duty, hauled supplies. kept
the grounds in condition, operated the utilities
took care of the horses and so on. AS the ac-
tual building was finished the number of men
was reduced to 116.
Every bit of material used in the building
of the camp was paid for out Of the Presi~
dents own pocket, the Marine Corps acting
only as his purchasing agent. At first lumber
was bought from the Marine Corps supply
which could then be replenished, but later all
materials were bought directly from dealers
and shipped by them to Culpeper. whence the
Marines hauled the stun to camp. The Presi-
dent paid all shipping costs
It is obvious that In giving this camp as .
Summer retreat the President has made
gesture of real generosity not only to his sue
cessors, but to that community as well. a
beautiful and invigorating region hitherto in
accessible has now been brought within easy
driving distance Of Washington Baltimore and
the cities Of virginia. Roads are being con-
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