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Navy training station rises on Lake Bluff site
The United States plans the world's greatest naval training station at Lake Bluff on Lake Michigan. It will open July 1, 1914 with 2,000 to 3,000 recruits, costing about 2.5 million dollars for 39 buildings and grounds, plus 313,000 for medical facilities. The project features a ship basin, boathouse, gunboats and cadet quarters, and aims to greatly boost navy efficiency and Midwest enlistments, with Chicago harbor operations already the nation’s second largest recruiting office.
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Lake Bluti
Congress
Great Lakes
Lake Bluff
Mesa
United States
Navy Department
Great-Lake District
Navy
Aittle
Evanston
Lake Forest
Highland Park
Wilmette
Winnetka
Uncle Sam
Milwaukee
Waukegan
Lake Front
Chicago
Great-Lakes Naval Station
Secretary of the Navy
Lake Michigan
Albert E. Rogs
United States Navy
Washington
Naval Institute
James Corse
Racine
Neal Construction Company
Baltimore
Nashville
Uilola Naval Militia
Michigan
Middle West
Chicago Naval Recruiting Office