Show government WILL ERECT 32 TOWNS the united states government is go ing into building on a large scale to house tile the new army of men thirty two towns are t to 0 boT be erected at the mobilization camps campi each capable of providing for about soldiers a division ot of infantry they are to be called cantonments canton ments and each will be a complete little city in itself the plans are all made the locations are now being selected by the various department commanders and as soon as the camp sites are chosen the surveys will be made and contracts will be let iel the construction w work ork will 1 be done by contract bialer the su supervision er of army officers tor to direct this undertaking col cal 1 I W littell of the quartermaster generals division has been placed by order of tile the secretary ot of war in charge ot of cantonment construction col littell has already begun organizing his forces tor for the work large amount of lumber required six hundred million feet of lumber will be required and arrangements are being made to secure this in all parts of a f the country preferably in the tha section where the camps will be located canvas is so scirce scarce and high in price at the present time that the amount needed tor for tents can not now be secured two sets of tents pre are required each year and the wooden construction is not only more desirable si the officers say but will act bally cost less than it would to pro vido vide tents each ot of the 32 cantonments canton ments contain about 2000 houses these will wili include quarters for the men officers quarters kitchens in mess e s a halls bathhouses hath bath houses storehouses and all the various buildings needed for housing the troops and providing for tile the varied 11 activities ot af a big camp most of 0 the buildings will be long lone one storey structures with some two story houses they will be of plain construction but will be of modem type and tile the plans and sanitary arrangements will carry out the most approved methods they are expected to be the best arranged cleanest and most up to date barracks yet erected will cover acres each town will cover about acres a little over a square mile and this does not include the largo large area required for drill grounds at each camp the contractors who are to do the construction work will organize their own forces a 0 carpenters laborers etc but the building will be done under the direction of army officers Olli cers several offic rs from tile the quartermasters department government govern ment inspectors timekeepers time keepers forer foremen neu eng engineers lueers plumbers et cwill be stationed at each camp town and col littell has already vi w berun to arrange for the men required for dais work in addition to the 32 camp towns the qua quartermasters I 1 ors department will erect groups of warehouses at points where army stores are to be concentrated the exact number and cocat ion of these saas has not yee yet been determined as they are to be erected to 40 meet the needs of 0 the army as they arise OFFICIAL BULLETIN |