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- War Department's Plans Make Department
With Oliarleston Headquarters
Chief Training Center.
Washington, May 17.?Complete
plans for housing 22,000 men at each
' of thirty-two divisional cantonment |
camps in which the war army is to be
trained have been worked out by war j
department officials and construction
work will be undertaken as soon as
commanders of the military departments
have designated the sites.
Twelve of the camps will go to the
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manaea oy .wajor ueu. wouu, making
264,000 troops assigned to that de-!
partment. Six camps will be established
in the Central department; six !
in the Southern, three in the West- j
era, four in the Eastern and one in
the Northeastern department.
The buiding will be done by contract
under supervision of army officers.
Col. I. W. Little, of the
quartermaster's corps, has been
placed in general charge of construe- j
tion and has nearly completed the
organization of his forces.
In effect the project is to build j
thirty-two towns complete witji all j
necessary equipment and facilities.
There will be 2,000 buildings in
each encampment. These will include
quarters for officers and men, j
stables, kitchens, mess halls, bath \
houses and store rooms, in addition i
to numerous structures for special j
purposes.
Each town will cover a little more
than a square mile of ground, not
including the big tracts of land necessary
for drilling and military opera- i
tions during training.
In addition to the cantonments, the
quartermaster's department has laid
plans for the erection of central j
groups of warehouses and storage!
buildings which will be situated con- j
veniently as to transportation lines j
and will be the supply depots for the i
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BLEASE AT WAR DEPARTMENT.
Government Will See Boards Give
Square Deal.
Washington, May 1 7.?A delegation
from South Carolina, headed by
Cole L. Blease, called at the war department
today to discuss the question
of boards to pass on the exemp
tions from conscription in the Palmetto
State.
In the absence of Secretary Baker
Assistant Secretary Ingraham received
the visitors, who were introduced
by Senhtor E. D. Smith. Senator
Smith did not remain for tne hearing
because of another engagement.
Representatives Ragsdale, Stevenson,
Nicholls and Doininick were present
throughout.
Mr. Blease made the opening statement
and Messrs. W. A. Stuckey and
I others submitted supplementary observations.
The cause of complaint
was declared to be that Governor
Manning had varied the programme .
generally followed in appointing
boards of registration in that he had
substituted for the sheriff some other
citizens, the general rule as asserted j
by the complainants, being that the}
sheriff, county clerk and judge 01
probate court formed the board.
Above Suspicion.
. Representative Ragsdale said it
was inconceivable that Governor
Manning would appoint boards not
above suspicion. Representative
Stevenson declared that only men of
the highest character, most judicial
turn of mind, and freest from political
pias should be appointed on the
exemption boards. He said there
should be no suspicion that any man
would not have a square deal regard1
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acquiesced in that proposition. The
assistant secretary said that the
, registration boards already appointed
were not charged with any discrei
tionary powers. It was their duty,
he said, only to enroll the persons of
the required ages, and he asked if
! there was any suspicion that they
would not honestly do this. There
was general agreement that no suspicion
existed as to that matter, but
apprehension was expressed that the
exemption boards would have the
factional bias they claimed to have
been given in the case of the enrollment
boards. <
j Judge Advocate General Crowder
was present at the hearing and after- i
1 wards assured all concerned that the
i fairness of the exemption boards
| would be carefully protected.
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GUARD KILLS DEAF MUTE.
Unidentified White Mian Shot and
Dies Later at Roper Hospital.
Charleston, May 21.?An unidentified
elderly white man was shot late
yesterday afternoon by a marine
guarding the mams in the neighborhood
of the waterworks, late yesterday
afternoon, and died at the Roper
hospital at 10 o'clock last night. The
matt appeared to be deaf and dumb
and when he was asked questions by
the hospital attendants, would make
signs and point to his mouth and
ears. A soiled and worn notebook
was found on his person which contained
two names: J. B. Smith and
J. B. Davis.
The details of the shooting are
conflicting and very meager. Commandant
B. C. Bryan, of the navy
yard, absolutely refused to make any
statement last night for publication
and Rear Admiral P. E. Beatty, commander
of the Sixth naval district,
also had, nothing to say.
One of the stories is to the effect
that the man was seen tampering
with the water mains, and when the
marine discovered him, ran and was
fired on. Another story, which
seems to be a little better founded
than the others is to the effect that
the man was seen riding on a bicycle
and acting suspiciously within the
guarded zone, when he was ordered
to halt by the marine, he swerved
around and made an attempt to escape.
The marine gave chase and
ordered him to halt twice. The sentry
took a short cut to the main road
and succeeded in cuttine him off.
The marine threw his rifle on him
and again ordered him to halt. When
the man paid no heed to the summons,
he was knocked from the
wheel but regained his mount before
the marine could get to him and sped
away. Once more he was ordered to
halt, and then he was fired on. According
to orders, the marine fired
low. the bullet shattering the bone
and cutting the artery .in his left leg.
The navy yard ambulance was
summoned and the wounded man was
rushed to Roper hospital for treatment.
He was put 011 the operating
table at once and the limb amputated
in an effort to save his life. Coroner
Mansfield went to the hospital
at once to try to establish the identity
of the man, but aside from the
poorly written names in the note
book, nothing was learned that
would in any way clear up the mystery.
At 10 o'clock he passed away
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and carried the secret of his death
and his identity with him.
The body of the deceased appeared
to be that of a man of about 55
years, with reddish brown hair and
a bristly mustache of the same color.
The body measures 5 feet and 7
inches and will weigh about 145
pounds. His complexion is fair and
the eyes are of a grayish blue cast.
Several' teeth are missing from the
front of his mouth.
WILL INVESTIGATE COAL.
Attorney General, at Byrnes's Request
i Will Make lytquiry.
Washington, May 19.?Representative
Byrnes today asked the attorney
general to investigate the coal
situation. Mr. Byrnes is in receipt
of a communication from a constituent
who advised him that it was
impossible for him to secure coal
from any mine in the country, every
one of them advising him that they
had contracted for their entire output.
An investigation wiil be made
of the matter by the department of
J justice.
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