Ne* Plans for Army Camps-- zlMore Approyed-Sites Will Require 664 Million Feet of Lumber

Under the pre-planning policy adopted last spring by the Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster General, 72 camp sites have been selected and approved. Four of these are now under construction. No announcement of intention to construct camps at the remaining 18 sites has been made. But engineering plans and layouts for all are fixed in order to be prepared, so that construction can be expedited should developments require additional troop housing.

The Construction Division has put into effect revised plans for cantonment buildings, and the Southern Pine Emergency Defense Committee has distributed to manufacturers two lumber lists showing the approximate amounts of sizes and lengths required by these new plans. One list is for the construction of an armored division camp for 757 officers and, 15,247 enlisted men. The other is for a triangular division camp for 700 officers and 17,485 enlisted men.

The Committee points out that the proportionate amount of 2x4-I6' has been reduced materially, while 2x4-18' has been greatly increased. This is because of the requirement for continuous studs in most of the nelv type buildings. There are decreases in 2x6-fr', 2xIA10' and 2xI0-2O', with corresponding increases in other lengths of 2x10 and in 2x12. The amount of boards listed is based on all of the sheathing being lumber and not substitute material.

For the armored division camps, the total requirement of framing, sheathing and miscellaneous lumber for each camp is 34,461,989 feet; and of structural grade and Lamella framing lumber, 655,824 feet; or an aggregate of 35,117,813 feet.

For each triangular division, the total required lumber aggregates 30,534,971 feet; of which 30,106,584 is framing and sheathing lumber, and 48,387 feet is framing structural grade.

Of the Z2 camp sites, 16 are designated as triangular units, thus embracing a total qf 488,559,536 feet. Five are armored division type, requiring a total of 175,589,065. The grand total lumber requirements amount to 6&,148,601 feet. An additional project included in the Z2 sites is for an anti-aircraft training center, for 15,000 men.

The estimated cost for each of the units is about $23,000,000, except for the anti-aircraft site which is $11,400,00O; the total estimated cost being $491,950,000.

The four camps under construction are as follows: Augusta, Ga., motorized triangular division; Neosho, Mo., triangular; Fort Smith, Ark., and Santa Maria, Calif., both armored divisions. The other 18 approved sites are as follows: Blackstone, Va. ; Columbus, Ind.; Medford, Ore.; Cookson Hills, Okla. ; Bastrop, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Corvallis, Ore.; Durham, N. C.; Marysville, Calif.; Morganfield, Ky.; Camp McCoy, Wisc.; Ozark, Ala.; Paris, Texas; and West Yellowstone, Mont., all triangular divisions; Clarksville, Tenn.; Waco, Texas; and Fort lluachuca, Ariz., all armored divisions; and Venice, Flgrida, anti-aircraft training center.

Debnse Housing Reaches New High

San Francisco, Nov. lO-More than 48,00O publicly financed homes for families of defense workers and enlisted personnel are either occupied or ready for occupancy, it was reported here this week by the Division of Defense Housing Coordination.

Total number of homes completed or being constructed under the program has reached 1O2,L82. Federal funds have been allotted for the construction o1 123,379 defense homes. FHA-inspected privately financed homes that have gone into construction since January,1941, total 185,530.

Total number of dormitory units for unmarried defense workers has reached 5,210.