Show THE ARM Y AND I 1 THE CC CAMPS IN UNITED STATES the fort douglas district of tile the civilian conservation corps spends about a day in operating tile the twenty five CCO camps of the district 16 triet according to brigadier general P whitworth commanding officer of the district who addressed the ill twelve club of ef salt lake city on the subject odthe of the army in the operation of the CCO camps on thursday evening february seventh at ai presen tf said general whitworth there are about men living lining in the camps of the fort douglas dist district alet which includes udea the area of utah and most of nevada during the present winter the ardys function in the CCO program Is to 0 condition transport feed command and provide medical care welfare sanitation and housing for ithe ho men of the tha camps the department of labor selects the vien men who are to be enrolled while the department of agriculture through the forest service and the department of interior through the national park service and bureau of reclamation supervise the work on oil the job tho the speaker described tile the life of blieden the bli emen men in CCO camps and illustrated ills his remarks with colored slides taken from camp scones scenes the men in the camp usually get up about 6 in the morning eats eat a hearty breakfast hissem assemble to be assigned to the various work crews they leave camp about 8 in tho the moral morning a g and are ara in charge of experienced reclamation forest service Servi eq or park pak service foremen on the job at 1 about 4 in the afternoon the men are brought back to camp and have supper soon after the evening Is spent attending vocational classes or on oil pass pasa in town when the american Amerlean boy of today goes boea to tho woods he takes his bla appetite with him no less than his older brother took an appetite to war in other days lie ile usually eats eata more than lie he did at home boys in the camps tire fed on army principles and with army menus there la Is still ansome in some quarter berg an ampie aton nn army menu menn consists of nothing but beans the alie menus provide for fruit cereal bacon bacod and eggs or hot eakes cakes overy every morning for breakfast salad saad fresh meat oi or fowl and desert at least once and usually twice every day in order to tb check the diet of men in camps a record was kept kepi for three months in the zion tark park ca camp mp near Sp ringdale utah 36 utah boys were enrolled in october and weighed an average of pounds at the time of enrollment on december these same boys weighed an average of pounds in other words they had gained about 9 pounds each but this Is still an average gain in some cases more dioro than ahan twenty pounds were gained in other words worda these thirty six boys together weighed pounds when they enrolled and after throe three months in their CCO camp they weighed to gother gether pounds they put on BIB pounds of d beefsteak and vegetables the average amount ot of money allowed to teed food each boy for a day Is from 32 to 38 88 cents this does doea not include cost of fuel for cooking transportation of food to camp or anything except the food practically nil all of the food used inthe in the camps is purchased by the district quartermaster at F port ort douglas perishable articles such as fresh vegetables milk fruit and fresh meat are usually contracted for on tho the basis of local belive delivery ry at the camp staple articles are delivered to fort douglas aud and forwarded to the campa cambs as needed only the best grade of food Is purchased find and it Is tested when received to insure that it conforms to specifications only AD federal ln in sported meat Is id used this method of buying for the camp mosses messes allows the quartermaster quart emaster to effect great savings through large bulk purchases and the 32 cents per lay day per iw man a Is ample to serve tho the best food at every eatery meal in ll liberal beral quantities there are at the present time about men living in the camps of the fort douglas district during the month of december 1934 these men ate more than pounds of fresh beef lbs ibs of irish potatoes about lbs ibs of butter and dozens of eggs jn in other words one of our best utah hona hens would have to do her hep best every day for thirty three years in order to lay enough eggs to feed these six thousand young men for one day it took over thirteen thousand pounds pointe of turkey to feed the fort douglas part of the forest army for thanksgiving and christmas dinner tills this turkey cost and was waa purchased entirely to in utah the contracts going to six different towns and cities |