Company 2503
| Company 2503 | Camp Ballantine: BR-57 | Ballantine, Montana |
Company 2503 was organized in 1935, at Camp Camp Berry Creek, California. It arrived in Ballantine, Montana, in 1935, and was assigned the project of building roads and a dam. Company 2503 consisted of [number of men].
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Company 2503 was organized on June 22, 1935, at Camp Berry Creek, California, with 1st Lt. Leo C. Wilson as Commanding Office and 2nd Lt. C. W. Callahan as Adjutant. Only 27 members were assigned to the company during the first month of its existence. The company was disbanded at Camp Berry Creek one month later, and then reorganized at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on September 10, 1935, with 190 men under the command of Captain W. C. Farrell.
Construction of Camp Ashton, BR-57, was begun on July 15, 1935, and completed September 5, 1935. Company 2503 left Fort Knox, Kentucky, on September 10th and arrived at Camp Ashton on September 13th, and has remained at Ballantine, Montana, ever since. The name of the camp was later changed from Camp Ashton to Camp Ballantine.
The company at the present time is under the command of Mr. John B. Lawless. Mr. Charles A. Teeters is Subaltern; Dr. William L. Young, Camp Surgeon; and Mr. Lester E. Abey, Educational Adviser.
The camp had improved steadily since the date of its organization, and is now standing second in the Fort Missoula District in general rating. The company is unique in its educational course in practical agriculture, with a 40 acre farm, and 4 acres of garden land, maintained by enrollees of the company, the first project of its kind in the Fort Missoula District.
The work project at Camp Ballantine is under supervision of the Bureau of Reclamation, and the principal work is construction and maintenance of the mail canals on the Huntly Project Irrigation District. Since its organization in September, 1935, the Bureau of Reclamation at Camp Ballantine has used over 15,000 sacks of cement in construction of checks and turnouts and other small structures; has constructed 7 miles of road, cleared 409,000 sq. miles of channel, and placed 12,000 sq. yards of bentonite lining; and has constructed a large earth-fill dam at Anita, Montana.
Construction of Camp Ashton, BR-57, was begun on July 15, 1935, and completed September 5, 1935. Company 2503 left Fort Knox, Kentucky, on September 10th and arrived at Camp Ashton on September 13th, and has remained at Ballantine, Montana, ever since. The name of the camp was later changed from Camp Ashton to Camp Ballantine.
The company at the present time is under the command of Mr. John B. Lawless. Mr. Charles A. Teeters is Subaltern; Dr. William L. Young, Camp Surgeon; and Mr. Lester E. Abey, Educational Adviser.
The camp had improved steadily since the date of its organization, and is now standing second in the Fort Missoula District in general rating. The company is unique in its educational course in practical agriculture, with a 40 acre farm, and 4 acres of garden land, maintained by enrollees of the company, the first project of its kind in the Fort Missoula District.
The work project at Camp Ballantine is under supervision of the Bureau of Reclamation, and the principal work is construction and maintenance of the mail canals on the Huntly Project Irrigation District. Since its organization in September, 1935, the Bureau of Reclamation at Camp Ballantine has used over 15,000 sacks of cement in construction of checks and turnouts and other small structures; has constructed 7 miles of road, cleared 409,000 sq. miles of channel, and placed 12,000 sq. yards of bentonite lining; and has constructed a large earth-fill dam at Anita, Montana.
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