National Guard camps. (See National Army cantonments.)

National Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., fee earned under cost-plus contract 2841-2842

Navy Department (see also Bureau of Yards and Docks):

Bureau of Yards and Docks, contracts let during war emergency, with

reference to cost-plus...

2422-2461

Cost-plus contracts of, extracts from typical.

2143

Navy Office Building, Potomac Park, contract for construction of.
Nevers, France, bridge built by Engineer Corps at..

Newgard & Co., Henry, subcontract for electrical work at Camp Grant under
Ericsson Co..

2235-2237

2444

2854-2

Norman, W. L., examination of, re waste of cement and lumber and other
materials and loafing and useless employment of labor at Camp Grant, by-
Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

1809-1820

Hon. John C. McKenzie.

1809-1820

Newton, Maj. Tracy S., examination of, re cost of construction work at Camp
Sherman, by-

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

2666-2670

Hon. John C. McKenzie..

2666-2670

O'Connor, J. P., examination of, re merits of cost-plus contracts and estimated
cost of Camp Grant construction under proper management, by-

Hon. John C. McKenzie..

Hon. Frank E. Doremus..

2063-2079, 2621, 2625, 2629, 2632, 2637-2650

2620-2650

Officers of Construction Division, table showing.

2983-2986

Officers presented with saddles at Camp Gordon...
Ohio, Camp Sherman, irregularities in connection with construction of. (See
Camp Sherman.)

2323-25

Olin, Col. Hilden, examination of, by Hon Roscoe C. McCulloch re irregularities
in connection with construction work at Camp Lee, Va..
One and two story shelters for troops, testimony re merits of..

1855-1860
1873-1894

One-story shelter for troops, time gained in construction and housing of troops
over two-story shelter...

Organization chart of Division of Construction and Forestry, Engineer Corps,
A. E. F.

Oury, Col. William H., examination of, by Hon. Roscoe C. McCullough re
merits of one and two story shelter for troops and necessity for cost-plus
system of contracts..

Overn, Maj. James J.:
Examination of by-

1876

2854

1873-1894

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch re wages paid carpenters' helpers, merits
of cost-plus system of contracts, and relation of Cleveland Construc-
tion Co. with Crowell-Lundoff-Little Co.....

1844-1849

1844-1846

Hon. John C. McKenzie re wages paid carpenters' helpers and merits of
cost-plus system of contracts...

Padgett, Hardy, examination of, by Hon. John C. McKenzie re irregularities in
connection with Camp Gordon construction.

2366-2370

Pape, Lieut. L. F., examination of, by Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch re waste
and destruction of lumber and other materials at Camp Grant and inefficient
employees hired at..

1870-1873

Parks, Rear Admiral Charles W., examination of, re construction work of
Navy Department with reference to cost-plus contracts, by-

Parrott, Capt. Joseph M., examination of, by Hon. John C. McKenzie re cost
of shelter buildings at cantonments, and labor wages..
Patrick, Maj. Gen. M. M., comment on Col. Woodruff's article on Engineer
Corps work in France..

2777-2784

Pay roll irregularities at Camp Sherman.

2874-2875

1705-1717, 1746-1750, 1757

Payne, John A., jr., examination of, by Hon John C. McKenzie re contract of
Rinehart & Dennis Co. for Camp Lee construction...

2653-2656

Page.

Payne Lumber Co., investigation of accounts in connection with Camp Lee
construction....

2744-2746

Pease, Norman, examination of, re construction work at Camp Gordon, by-
Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

2354-2361

Rental rates per day under contract for road building at Camp Sherman... 2176
Pershing, Gen. John J.:

2356-66

Extract from annual report of work of Engineer Corps in France...... 2879-2880
Letter to Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin re Engineer Corps work in France.... 2872
Personnel of Construction Division, table showing.

2983-2990

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

Peters, John C., examination of, re employment of useless and incompetent
labor at Camp Grant, by-

1964-1971

Hon. John C. McKenzie.

. 1964-1971

Photographic concession at Camp Sherman:

Irregularity and discrimination in letting contract for..
Testimony re bid of Mr. John A. Coles for..

1569-1580
1592, 1592

Photographs. (See Illustrations.)

Pickens, Walter, examination of, re destruction of lumber and other materials

and loafing and useless employment of labor at Camp Sherman by—

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

Hon. Roscoe C. McCullough.

Pictures. (See Illustrations.)

1641, 1642
1638-1641

Pittman, F. A.:

Examination of, by Hon. Frank E. Doremus re inability to secure contract
at Camp Gordon...

Inability to secure contract for construction work at Camp Gordon.... 2461-2467
Plans of cantonments, letters to committee re.

2467

Plastering and lathing at Camp Grant, subcontract for

Plumbers at Camp Sherman, useless employment and loafing of..

2493, 2494
2241, 2242
1645-1650.

1727-1730, 1849-1854, 1979-1980

Plumbing and heating work at—

Camp Sherman, subcontract for.
Camp Lee, subcontract for...

2187, 2188, 2200
2566-2666

1645-1550

Plumbing of cantonments buildings at Fort Leavenworth, contract for.... 2268-2281
Plumbing materials, destruction of at Camp Sherman.
Plumbing supplies, letters of Crane Construction Co. inserted in the record. 2506-2510
Plumbing work at Camp Grant, subcontract for.....
2237-2239, 2250-2252

Poole, Joseph E., examination of, re useless employment and loafing of carpen-
ters and steam fitters and waste of material at Camp Sherman, by:

Porto Rico, Camp Las Caskas at. (See Camp Las Caskas.)

Post exchange, Camp Sherman, irregularity and discrimination in letting pho-
tographic concession at.

Prentice, O. I., examination of, re employment of useless and incompetent

Profits of contractors constructing Camp Sherman, table showing.
Public works, department of, testimony re proposed....

2760

2732-2739

Quartermaster Corps:

Letter to Hon. Thomas S. Martin re method of awarding contracts for con-
struction of camps..

1881

Quartermaster Corps-Continued.

Letter to Southern Sales Co. re use of cost-plus contract for construction

Page.

1882

1873-1894

2494-2499

1873-1894

2662

Raritan Ordnance Depot, fee earned by contractor on construction work at. 2842
Real estate, rental price of, at Camp Grant..

1956-1960

Reese, Harry O., examination of, re destruction of lumber and other materials
and loafing and useless employment of labor at Camp Sherman, by—
Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch..

Refrigerating plant at Gievres, France, built by Engineer Corps..

Remount depot, Camp Grant, buildings constructed for..

Rental of steam shovel at Camp Grant, contract for..

1632
1629-1632

2854-2, 2856-1
1849-1854
2254, 2255

Riggs, Prof. Henry E., statement re mismanagement at Camp Sherman... 2608-2609
Rinehart & Dennis Co.:

Contract for construction work at Camp Lee....
Faulconer Lumber Co., connection with contract for Camp Lee construc-

2653-2656

tion..

2653-2656

Harrison & Co., subcontract for plumbing and heating at Camp Lee.

2656-2666

Investigation of accounts....

2746-2754

Thomas, subcontract for plumbing and heating at Camp Lee..

2656-2666

Ringwald & Sons Co., W. H., contract for grading, culverts, and road building
at Camp Sherman..

Robertson, T. M., member Advisory Economic Board, Federal Trade Com-

mission, rendering price-fixing report..

2676-2684

Rockford, Ill., Camp Grant at. (See Camp Grant.)

Rothe, Chalres W., affidavit re mismanagement at Camp Sherman..
Saddles presented to officers at Camp Gordon.....

2596, 2597

Salaries paid officers, superintendent, and foremen at Camp Sherman.
Salaries paid labor at Camp Gordon...

2323-2325
2547

2321

Sanford, Harry C., examination of, re cantonment construction and lump-sum
and cost-plus contracts, by-

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

2784-2789

Sanitation promoted by proper installation of sewer and water systems in

camps.

2291-2309

Saylor, William, examination of, re loafing and useless employment of labor
at Camp Grant, by-

Examination of, re construction work at Camp Gordon, by-

Scott, W. Allen, affidavit re mismanagement at Camp Sherman..

Secretary of War, letter to Hon. Charles P. Coady re method of awarding con-

tracts for construction of camps..

Sewer and water systems in camps, proper method of installing.

Sheet-metal work at Camp Grant, contract for..

2303-2307

2291-2309

2293-2299

2854-1

2492

2601-2602

1881

2697-2732

2233-2235

Shelby, Col. Evan:

Page.

Examination of, re cost-plus contract in contonment constructions, by—

One and two story, testimony re merits of, and plans prepared for by Quar-
termaster Corps...

1873-1894

Decision re two-story by Col. Littell.

Sherman, Camp. (See Camp Sherman.)

1873-1894

Sherman, George A., examination of, re useless employment and loafing of
carpenters and waste of materials at Camp Sherman, by—

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

Hon. John C. McKenzie.

Sherrill, Col. Clarence O., examination of, re ability of Engineer Corps to con-
struct National Army cantonments, by-

Hon. Frank E. Doremus..

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

Hon. John C. McKenzie..

Shovel, steam. (See Steam shovel.)

1745
1738-1745
1744, 1745

2404, 2420
2385-2404, 2416-2421

2385, 2396-2398, 2416, 2421

2597

1876

Siberell, S. R., affidavit re mismanagement at Camp Sherman...
Sickness among troops when housed in two-story shelter cause of delay in train-
ing.....

2597, 2598

2597, 25

Siegfried, Edward, affidavit re mismanagement at Camp Sherman
Siegfried, Edward, affidavit re mismanagement at Camp Sherman
Sigler, C. V., examination of, re useless employment and loafing of carpenters
and waste of materials at Camp Sherman, by-
Hon. Frank E. Doremus..

1786, 1787

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

1785-1787

Silver Lake Cantonment. (See Camp Gordon.)

Small, John, examination of, re useless employment and loafing of labor at Camp
Grant, by-

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

1925-1929

Hon. John C. McKenzie..

1925-1929

Smith, Maj. Herbert E., letter to Brig. Gen. R. C. Marshall re accounting records
for construction work.

2670-2672

Southern Sales Co., letter to, from Col. I. W. Littell re use of cost-plus contract
for ccnstruction of camps..

Southern Concrete Ferro Co., contract for construction work at Camp Gor-
don...

Smith, Philip H., examination of, by Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch, re irregulari-
ties in connection with hiring of trucks at Camp Sherman and presentation of
automobile to Capt. Tragelis by Kissinger & Schullman, contractors.... 1651-1657
Smither, Col. H. O., letter to committee re cantonment plans.
Snare & Triest Co., fee earned under cost-plus contract.
Solomon, G. R., report on site for Camp Gordon.............

2494

2842

2293-2299

2344-2361

1882

Speck, Elmer T., examination of, by Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch, re waste of
materials and employment of incompetent labor at Camp Grant..
Starrett, Col. W. A.:

Hiring of inexperienced and poor quality of work performed by, at Camp
Lee...

1854-1857

Steam heating at Camp Grant, contract for

2239-2241, 2252, 2253

Steam shovel at Camp Grant, contract for rental of.
Stickley, F. M., clerk of court of common pleas, Ohio, statement re indictment
proceedings against Carl M. Watts for embezzlement of Camp Sherman
funds..

2254, 2255

2109, 2110

Stine, George S., examination of, re employment of useless and incompetent
labor at Camp Grant in connection with haulage contract, by-

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

Hon. John C. McKenzie..

2021-2024
2021-2024

Page.

Steese, Col. James G., statement re cantonment construction work..
Storage committee, letter to M. C. Tuttle re contract for emergency construction
work.

3012-3014

2385

Storck, George W., examination of, re investigation of accounting operations at
Camp Lee, by-

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

2740-2763

Hon. John C. McKenzie.

2740-2763

Story, C. W., statement re mismanagement at Camp Sherman.

2599

Stoves, Camp Grant, contract for setting up, at..

2233-2235

Subcontracts. (See Contracts.)

Sullivan, W. C., examination of, re waste of materials at Camp Grant, by-

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

1960-1964

Hon. John C. McKenzie.

1960-1964

Sunderland, Erskine Mason, examination of, re contracts used by Housing

Corporation, by-

Hon. Frank E. Doremus.

2471

Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch.

2468-2470

Superintendents on Camp Sherman work, salaries paid to .

2547

Supervising Architect, letter supplementing testimony re work performed for

Bentley & Sons Co. profit in constructing Camp Sherman
Buildings erected at National Army cantonments.

Cost of construction of...

Cost of, under

Camp Jackson, S. Ĉ., division auditor's office at .

Camp Lee, automobiles rented at..

Camp Sherman—

Cost of construction at

Equipment and material used in work at

Fees paid contractors at..

Profit of contractor on work at.

Camps, date of starting work on...

Cantonments, cost of construction of.

Capacity of cantonments.

Cement, cost of....

Construction Division, personnel.

Contracts for construction of camps, dates executed..

Contractors performing work on camps....

Division of Construction and Forestry, organization chart of...

2551, 2552
2111-2124

2760

2289

2966-2979

2981

2538

2983-2990

2289

2289

2854

2477, 2478

2854

Infantry personnel contemplated at time of cantonment construction. 2991, 2992

2755-2759

2760

2993-3001

2062, 2063
2075-2079

2929

2755-2759

2111-2124, 2565-2566

Emergency construction contracts, list of..

Engineer Corps, organization chart of

Labor engaged in construction work abroad..

Labor wages on cantonment construction..

2855
2779-2783

Lumber prices....

2524, 2500-2506, 2951

Lumber used and wasted in cantonment construction.
Materials used in cantonment construction.......

2906, 2907
2808, 2809, 2901

-

Camp Sherman.

National Army cantonments-

Comparison of estimates of cost of..

Per capita cost of .

Rental rates per day under contracts for construction at-

Camp Grant...

Troop capacity of cantonments.

Troops and animals at National Army cantonments.
Troops engaged in construction work abroad....

Tarbell, Miss Ida M., letter to M. C. Tuttle inserted in the record.

Teams:

Useless hiring and loafing of at-

Camp Grant....

Camp Sherman.

1865-1870, 1921-2030, 2036-2052
1730-1737, 1750-1797

2283-2288
3008

2217, 2225

2153, 2161, 2168, 2176, 2184, 2195

2901

2980

2855

2500