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Cantonment boom runs on private builders in war drive
In Washington on September 21 two army officers led a contractor surge to construct 16 cantonments. A self forming team rented the Adams building for 250 workers, with Starrett as chief organizer and Col Littell heading the effort. About 150000000 in contracts issued without bids, labor paid top wages, and two story barracks cut costs by 12 million. Each cantonment spans about two miles by one mile and houses 150 men per barracks with 600 cubic feet per man. The drive employed thousands, peaking at 8000 to 10000 workers. Maurice Engle of Mount Holly notices his birth record incorrectly lists him as a girl after 40 years.
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Gilson Gardner Washington
War Department
Army
Anthie
Baker
Gen Scott
Col. Kelly
Col
Isaac Littell
Gen. Scott
Col. Littell
Munsey
Adams
Cantonment
Starrett
W. A Starrett
Frederick Taw Olmsted
CC. W. Laundoff
Crowell, Lundoff & Co
Cleveland
MC. Tuttle
Aver Thaw Construction Co
Boston
Olmsted and Starrett
Leonard Metcalf
Hoxton
George W. Fuller
New York
Col Littell
Murry
Adame
Leutenant
United States
Mount Holly
N. J
Maurice C Engle
Herrandura
Cuba
Josiah P. Engle
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Trenton