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Show UMELSrS PARTr mm pis Secretary cf Navy Reports Brest Camp in Satisfactory Satisfac-tory Condition. Finds Men Served Good . Food, Well Housed and Entertained. PARTS, Man-h ' Josephus Oanbjls, tlie Anieri-;m see rotary of 1.1k; navy, with J-.R party reached farts this morn in;.:. 'Mr. L'anicls rn me f rom Fires t, when- lie inspected in-spected tho American military embarka-tlon embarka-tlon camii. Ho declared that he found moro reason to praise that camp tnrui any he had visited in. America. Secretary Daniels was accompanied to Hans by Hoar Admiral Hong rind his staff and Captain Par in a rd of tlie French min-:y min-:y oi' marine, w ho met him at 1 IresL. lieutenant Josephus Han ltd a, son of tho secretary, joined i no party at Brest and cu-mo to I'ari.s with thejn. Admiral Unison and liis staff, with jvi'resr;itfitivrj.s of tho Fr-m.-h ministry of marine, greeted tin: secretary at. tho Nation Na-tion lie re. Hor;ms'; of t.o early hour i'fiorc w.re few people ahout and no lor-i: lor-i: al ceremonies were attempted. HRKST, Monday, March ? (. Serre tary of. tho Navy Daniels after liis ii.vostig.i-tion ii.vostig.i-tion of camp conditions at West -taw.1 the Asocirit(-d I'ress tho following statement: "L havo spent a portiun t' two rainy rluj'S In the camp at I'ontam-zeii :md it mi us 3:tO days out of tho year hero. I . have soon more than 60,uno American t roops eti'-a mped here waiting for em-bp. em-bp. r It a I ion home and lua e conferred witn scores of officers and many men just from tho front. Eats With Soldiers. ."This morning' I walked for' miles on a solid board walk from lent to tent in which the marines arc quartered and in vitp wooden barracks where the -soldiers l'eep. 1 visited the modern kitchens and caning rooms and saw where dinner for 5ni marines was prepared in one of the twelve kitchens. This number is fed In forty minutes and just as many are fed in the eleven kitchens. sat upon the beds of tlie soldiers pnd I ate my midday meal with them. T:io meal was well cooked, palatable and plentiful. "The bigness of Fontanezen camp is ha i d to understand until yuu see the tented and barrack covered eiiy. Speaking Speak-ing of tents, f went into a score, of them. Not a drop of water can fall into any of Linn. The tents are we'd drained and i-ach one lias a stove and is warm and tiom tor table. "As an illustration of the magnitude of fhe camp's operatic; is, as many as SOOO troops are received some days and as .iuny as 17,000 are embarked in a single (.ay., Twelve thousand will embark on AVednesday on the Leviathan alone. ."The outstanding impression I brought -v i . h me out of the ra i n y days at Pon-t.-nczen is the buoyant and cheerful spirit of tlua 50,000 men I saw in camp there. Men Well Provided For. 1 ;fTn two trips over tlie camps lie re 1 walked about white It was raining, but fifty miles of board walk made it possible to yisit ll" parts of tlie camp without inconvenience. in-convenience. Every man in camp has a punk, mattress and five blankets. Every 'init is squared by wooden framing and has, a wooden floor and tove. 1 found an ample supply of fuel available for all Vv. stoves in the camp. I found bathing fa-'ilitiefc sufficient to give each man , in camp two baths a week and laundry facilities fa-cilities ample for clean underwear twice a week. "T found twelve, amusement places in operation which last week en tertained lo, '100 men. I found the water supply ample. I can fcoe no reason for criticism "of. this camp, but more to praise than iii any camp 'J have visited in the United mtes. I found the embarkation facilities facili-ties ample and above criticism. I found the camp well lighted and saw the beginning begin-ning of operations for a complete lighting light-ing system. -T wish to congratulate tlie war department depart-ment on the ability of Major General H. A: llehnick, who is the commanding general gen-eral of the base section of tho American expeditionary forces. He has executive ability, vision and discipline with sympathy. sym-pathy. The commanding general of tlie ca.mp is Wigadier General S medley D. BiKler. Mo is a steam engine in beches and his work here is monumental. What the generals have done is only equalled ty the excellent service of Admiral T-Ial-jsiead and the naval person ncl in charge of naval operations on tlie coast of iYance." |