Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — $1,000,000 Set Aside For Winter Quarters for Troops on Border. [ARTICLE]

$1,000,000 Set Aside For Winter Quarters for Troops on Border.

" Fan Antonio, Tex., Odt. 27. —iMoie than £1,066,000 has been made availab'e by the war department for provid;ng winter quarters for troops on the border. Southern department headquarters was advised to this effect today and ordered to proceed to work at once. Cantonments are to be erected for troops of the regular army engaged in border duty and provision has been made for framing and flooring the tents of national guard troops. In authorizing the expenditure the war department relied on recommendations submitted by Gen. Funston. The expenditures provided for by the appropriation aggregate $1,140,200, as follows: Cpntonmeptp for regular troops, $670,000; framing and flooring tents, $246,550; barracks and quarters, $62,450; inclosing mess shelters for militia and regulars $123,600; hot water bathing facilities for regulars and militia, $57,500.