THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, 3IAY 23, 1919.
BRIGADE-POST RUMOR
AT
VANCOUVER
Development Work at Military
Barracks Being Done.
OFFICIALS APPROVE PLANS
Garrison Strategically Jjocatcd and
.Equipped, and Ready to Vare
for 12,000 Men.
VAXCOUYKR. Wash.. May C2. (Spe
cial.) The rumor that two. regiments
of troops are Fchedulod to be sent to
Vancouver barracks here within a short
flm-, and that the war department Is
lo make thiR a brigade post, has sprung
up again. It is reported, wholly unof
ficially, that from 10,000 to 1U.000
troops are to be stationed here.' How
ever, officers in command in the post
paid tonight that they have heard of no
FUoh orders.
During; the early part of the war a
contract was let for the clearing of
certain ground in the post for exten
sions. Part of this work was done then
and this contract is now being com
pleted. People seeing the ground being
cleared have surmised that It is being
done to accommodate more troops. It
is thought that the quarters built for
I ho troops durinf? the war may be made
permanent. The old quarters in the
old post proper, of course, are perma
nent, and have been for many years.
High Official Approve Plan.
When Iindley M. Garrison, then sec
retary of war, made a visit to Van
couver Barracks oh a tour of inspec
tion, he said that the war department
was considering enlarging Vancouver
Barracks to the size of a brigade post,
ut could not state when this would
be done. Many acres of ground have
Teen cleared since then and the post
much enlarged. There are over 640
acres of ground in the post and Major
Oeneral Morrison, when here, said that
this Is ample for a brigade post, with
sufficient ground for maneuvering.
He suggested that the quarters could
ho built more compactly, which would
be cheaper, require less jiiping for
water, gas arid heating and would give
more room for a maneuver field.
There is a fine target range at
Proebstel, which the government has
used for several years, and this is just
a day's hike from the post. Troops
leave here in the morning, prepare a
meal on the road and reach the target
range and go into camp that evening.
The government at one time made an
appropriation to buy this ground for
a permanent range.
Albert Johnson, representative in
congress, when here a few -weeks ago
said he was able to have an appropria
tion made for improving the Columbia
river from the mouth of the Willamette
river to the government dock at Van
couver barracks, so that the post at
Vancouver will enjoy a deep - water
channel from here to the Pacific ocean.
This district, it appears, was made
part of the Portland district, and will
be improved at the same time. It will
require little dredging to . give Van
couver oarracks, which Js above the
city, a deep-water channel to the ocean
with a mean depth of oyer 34 feet. At
the. present time the largest steel Fhips
in the district are being built tn Van
couver and can steam to the ocean
wihou passing hrough a drawbridge.
Vancouver Barracks has been recog
nized -for many years as a strategic
point in military affairs. It is large
enough for a brigade, is away from a
large city, but close enough' to be
reached in 15 minutes by automobile
and 30 minutes by streetcar. When
troop trains are needed, cars and en
gines may he secured in Portland on
two hours notice, and may be run right
into Vancouver Barracks on one of
several sidetracks, so troops may en
train with a!l of their equipment and
supplies. '
Vort Well Situated.
Supplies for the post may be deliv
ered by train to the very door of the
army warehouse or to .the government
dock by boat. Being near a large city,
supplies of all kinds may be secured at
low prices and the cost of delivery is
small. When the river is dredged be
tween here and the mouth of the Wil
lamette government transports mas
dock here to bring or take away troops
and supplies.
Vancouver barracks is also on the
main lines of several transcontinental
railroads and troops may be sent inland
by train on short notice. Supplies from
the east and the Inland empire may uw
shipped here by trains on a water
grade, this post securing the eame ter
minal rates as Portland.
And last but a very important item,
the post is located in a very healthful
place, the records showing that the
death rate here among troops is one of
the lowest in the United States.
FORUM WILL MEET TODAY
Criticism of Portland Dock Commis
sion to Be Heard.
Charles F. Berg, chairman of the
member's forum of the Chamber of
Commerce, will preside at a meeting to
be held at noon today at the dining
room on the eighth floor of the Ore
gon buildinf to hear criticism of the
Portland "Dock commission. Complaint
has been voiced concerning the policies
of the dock commission in the building
of the municipal dock, terminals and
elevators at St. Johns.
Mr. Berg said another meeting will
be held later when the criticism will
be answered.
Alleged White Slavers Held."
MEDTORD, Or., May 22. Deputy
United States Marshal S. P. Pace left
this morning for Portland with Dave
Rairdson of Albany, Or., and M. Whit
job of San Francisco, held to the federal
grand jury by United States Commis
sioner F. Roy Davis on ' a charge of
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DANIEL A. POLING
Associate President World' Chri&tliuft I'nflrnor
will iprak at
FIRST PRESBTTEIUAX CIICHCl! TOSIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK
THE CALL OF T11E EW CRUSADE
After reading- "Huts in Hell," Secretary of War Newton T. BaTseT. In a
personal letter to Dr. Poling, raid: "It will lighten the hearts of a
million mothers, and secure for the boys in the army that confidence in
their essential fineness which can only follow the testimony of
witnesses who, like you, have lived the life and seen conditions with
anxious but unprejudiced eyes."
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