. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ican brawn, backed byAmerican dollars, that made possiblethe feat. The task that confrontedthe Quartermasters Department a fewmonths ago was a gigantic one. At one time during the height of theconstruction period 14,000 men wereemployed. From early morning untillate in the. evening they labored. Gowhere you would there was ever visible overall-clad figures working to the accom-paniment of rasping saws and the staccatomusic of hammer and nail—every hita blow for Liberty. Captain Ward Dabney, U. S. A.,constructing quartermaster in charge,was boss of the
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ican brawn, backed byAmerican dollars, that made possiblethe feat. The task that confrontedthe Quartermasters Department a fewmonths ago was a gigantic one. At one time during the height of theconstruction period 14,000 men wereemployed. From early morning untillate in the. evening they labored. Gowhere you would there was ever visible overall-clad figures working to the accom-paniment of rasping saws and the staccatomusic of hammer and nail—every hita blow for Liberty. Captain Ward Dabney, U. S. A.,constructing quartermaster in charge,was boss of the job. He was ably assistedby Captain T. E. Rhoades, engineer,U. S. R., and Captain John B. Coleman,quartermaster, U. S. R. A. Bentley andSons Company, of Toledo, Ohio, handledthe building contract and their repre-sentative, Thomas F. Butler, was one ofthe busiest men in the United Statesduring the progress of the work. In addition to the hundreds of build-ings erected for use as barracks, hospitals,kitchens, bath houses, post exchanges,. MEAT STORAGE WAREHOUSEBefore leaving this building every article is rigidly inspected 12 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. recreationcentres, government warehouses, remountstations and other purposes, a modernwater supply system was installed. Ata depth of seventy feet a fine flow wasstruck which, under sixty pounds pressure,is forced to various sections of the adjacent hills two sets of reservoirswere constructed. They have a dailycapacity of 2,000,000 gallons. Thirty-five miles of sewer mains and lateralswere laid and a septic sewage disposalplant was constructed. The health of the men at CampSherman need cause no concern to thefolks back home. The base hospital,located near the new Camp Shermanstation on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road, is a model. Buildings and equip-ment cost $1,250,000 and it has a capacityof upward of 1,000 beds. The medicalstaff includes a number of prominentsurgeons and physici
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