Abstract
The expansion of the military establishment following our entrance into the war necessitated an immense program of building in order to provide housing and accommodations for the new army during its organization and training. The first plans provided for 32 camps divided into two classes, 16 for the accommodation of drafted men, designated as national army camps, and 16 for the accommodation of the federalized state militia, designated as National guard camps. It was presumed that the period of the occupancy of the latter would be relatively short on account of the advanced training of the national guard, and they therefor were not constructed in as permanent a manner as the national army camps. Consequently they were generally located in the southern portions of the country in order to take advantage of the milder climate. They were commonly known as tent camps, and were not provided with water-carriage sewerage systems, heating plants, laundries, and other conveniences, and their water works plants and water distribution systems were not designed in as generous a manner as were those of camps of the first class.
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