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Camp Swampy

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The military training base used by Morrow Project Group North; it's located at Sleeping Bear Dunes, near Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan. Construction began in early September of 2140.

The buildings are mostly uninsulated wood frame structures.

structures -- description	#	$
radio tower, 35 meters tall: $150	1	$150
headquarters, includes radio room, guard room, clinic, (#5678), 24' x 30': $600	1	$600
platform wall tents for summer troops, 16' x 32' (GP medium) with wooden floor and frame, 2 stove jacks. 12 people can live in this, or 21 people can sleep here if that's all they do. Fabric is 200 kg of 10 ounce canvas duck, 1.8 cubic meters folded up with poles. $40 for the tent part, $100 for the foundation, platform and frame. The cost of canvas also includes poles to erect the tent on "plain ol' dirt" as a tactical shelter. $140 for platform and tent. Camp Swampy had tents only, no platforms.	85	$3400
bath house (based on #5507), 21' x 30', 24 showers; with stove, towels, etc. $900	1	$900
field hospital, 50 beds; with wooden platform floor: $700, plus $300 for beds, etc.: $1000	1	$1000
sauna for 10-12 people, 10.5' x 13.1': $305 including stove and towels	1	$350
cook house, not insulated, 24' x 30', with sinks, ranges, stoves, cold storage: $1000	1	$1000
boat house, not insulated (#5678), 24' x 30': $600	1	$600
barn for 12 horses, with harness room, feed room, and hay loft over, uninsulated (#5563), 30' x 70': $1500	1	$1500
5000 gallon wooden water tank on tower (#5520), 14' square base; $400	1	$400
laundry, $500	1	$500
armory and magazine, 24' x 30': $600	1	$600
total		$11,000

Other structures include rifle ranges, obstacle course, roads, jail, parade ground, watch tower, pier, 10 lister bags, 10 horse-drawn ambulances, privies. The troops built their own smoke lodges and saunas. All told, the camp cost about $12,000 to build (including cost of transport of materials). I think we can call the cost of "field housing an army" in style: $12 per person ...