Show CARRY A TON SIX-TON BUILDING r Squad j of Soldiers Move Structure 72 by 24 Feet Without Aid of Any Machinery 10 Carrying a ton six-ton building wIthout the aid old of machinery or other equipment equipment equip equip- ment was one of the thc unusual tasks performed per per- formed ormed by North Dakota soldiers it h when they were on the Mexican border borI bor bor- I 1 der according to tI the e Popular Mechanics Meehan- Meehan ics Magazine The Tile frame structure 4 that was moved housed the arm army Y M. M C. C A. A at Mercedes Tex Ter and ond measured measured measured meas meas- 72 b by 24 feet r. r Because Its site was undesirable ble it was vas proposed to hire a n contractor to A move the structure to a n new location 4 but the army engineers devised a plan planE E Jt by which the men themselves could I d' d i perform the task and so save sacs money They estimated that with 20 soldiers helping each would have to carry less l i i tr than 50 60 pounds Accordingly the build build- r t- t M 1 Ing lag was vas well braced and Its walls prof provided pro- pro f vided with runners Since there was f. f no floor the men were stationed along t nil all four tour walls walls Inside as well as os out tl 4 each soldier s standing next to a beamy beam r Inserted beneath At the word of at y If command they lifted the building from J. J the ground and marched away with it J to o a n site yards yard dl distant |