Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — CAMP SHELBY NOTES. [ARTICLE]

CAMP SHELBY NOTES.

Mayor Batson has received word from Brigadier General Williams that a provost guard of sixteen men will ie maintained i nthe city from now on. The guards will co-operate with the city police and will be on guard during the twenty-four hours of each day. Mayor Batson is trying to arrange to lodge the men in the court louse during their stay in Hatties>urg. The United States govrenment today took over the construction of the road leading to Camp Shelby. Major W. J. Howard, Camp Shelby construction quartermaster, received awire from Washington today, ordering that the construction of the highway be immediately taken over by the army forces. Accordingly, the government will complete the road within the shortest possible time. The lighway will be graveled throughout and it is planned to put some kind of binding to add substance to the road. In abandoning the work the county will turn over $20,000 to the government as its share toward the construction. The work to date on the road has cost approximately slo r 000. It is estimated that another SIO,OOO will be spent by the government before the work is completed.