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Show I NEW BARRACKS FOB BOISE CITY, IDAHO How $300,000 Appropriated for the j "Work of Reconstruction. Will j Bo Apportioned. 'BY A. P. PHILIPS. yu Tribuuo Bureau. 1? A National Ilotol, t y jS "WASHINGTON, D. C, March 19. J Idn c In these dispatches mention has been HX ; made that tho War department would rjfi :' likely spend tho sum of 5300,000 In tho '' A : Improvement of tho barracks at Boise, I Ida. Senator Hcyburn has had scv- f Jm ; eral conferences with authorities at the rji War ofllce on the subject and soino 'jBtj' correspondence. The sum of $1,750,000 1 named in the army appropriation bill," which has passed the House, for fcBf' 1 improvements of barracks and quarters jE.'' at tho several posts throughout tho H.s country, and with this amount, accord- j lng to LleuL-Gcn. Chaffee, chief of K1 P 6taff, it la not deemed improbable that lE a uufllclent allotment may be made to H ; make Bolao post a regimental one. "With that end In view tho quartermas- RHl tor-general of tho army has prepared MM this memorandum for tho chief of staff B relative to the buildings at Bol!?e. Says ..'MS 3on. Humphrey: '.'WL "Moat of tho buildings now at tho (B; 1 VSS wcre erected as far back as 1863. in They are built of stone and brick, com- kNVI' blned, In some cases, with frame addi- S llij tlons. While they have been fairly well iuf kcrt up by constant repairs, thoy aro ,'wJL becoming very old and will probably if Boon havo to be replaced. i, "There aro now at tho post: Ofllcers' P w I quarters, two doublo sots, three single kL J J$ete, making separate sets of quarters hflnKv for seven officers; non-commlssloned HrEti Ptaff ofllcers' quarters, one doublo set Ir' for two non-commissioned staff offlcora; Hf h hospital stoward's quarters, ono set; Sr! barracks, two barracks, each with ca- Wf' Fi paclty for about seventy men; ono cav- W llj airy stable with capacity for slxty- M) W eight animals; one quartermaster's sta- M ble, with capacity for llfty animals: one B l hospital for eight bods; ono small H U guardhouse. B .( I "Storehouses at th post aro barely suflicient for a garrison of ono com- Hfl. pany. To provide comfortablo accom- modations for a garrison consisting of L- ft ffl a reS'mental headquarters and four Kvr V K troops of cavalry would require addl- Ei' 3 tlonal buildings as follows: "Officers quarters: One Colonel, three ftu regimental staff Captains, one Held of- W AIpz fleer, two Captains (troop commanders), JifttL four Lieutenants, four non-commis- i jflfgi i sloned staff ofllcers. ' I" rr 1 "Two cavalry barracks, three cavalry J tiVP stables and ono band stable, one band f r3 barrack, ono quartermaster's storo- 4j fcq house, one hay shed, one granary, ono wjJM bJ new guardhouse and new hospital, or Hi U the Increase of the present ono to dou- w blc Its capacity. Hl "The water supply system Is now In HII fairly good condition, although Its ca- NHfl paclty would have to bo Increased for the increased garrison. The cost of HI -J 6Ucn increase Is dlflicult to cstlmato iHl -j j xintll a defiie plan Js settled upon. yHl' J A. The sewer systom would also havo to Wil . sie, enlarged, but the expense would not Ja j UV('ry great. ?Mi cost of construction of the now IrrSr bullplngs mentioned in tho foregoing 'T list, assuming that Uiey are to be brick ' B buildings with stone foundations, erect- 0j , od according- to present standards, if f would be: IBB iffl 7r construction, about J.270.000 llf I'D r"01" plumbing, about 16.000 If i 1 rT heatinc, about 7,000 Ifi,J, For electric wiring, about 3,200 ILV Ji"or Improvement and extension of t) ' water supply and water dlstrlbut- II. ! Ing syntcm, estlmatel 7.H0 h Por extension and Improvement of f)' ? sewer system, estimated 3.C00 jj Total expenditures necessary to f ' IS : to provide accommodations at (f I Boise barracks for regimental ' R"VWj O headquartors and four troops of Iiji0 cavalry ....JCO3.200 BJjl "Thla Is on the assumption that all B fs'n present buildings, excent the P Al truardhouse. would still continue- to bo I VV used." |