European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1f. I keeping our powder dry at Capri eur relocation and warehousing program at big up to Date com z installation keeps countless tons of ammunition in constant state of readiness ammunition reconditioning process French workmen clean rotating band on a 155mm projectile. I ,.-, Stencilling identification data of a Shell. Reconditioned shells Are banded together. I by Don Walter staff writer a new and better system for the storage of millions of tons of ammunition has gone into effect this summer at the . Army ammunition depot , France a relocation and Ware House program that has taken a year to Complete. Capri eur Usa eur com z s Southern most Post stands far apart from the other installations in the line of communications. But in Spile of the fact that one Seldom ears of the Job being accomplished there the depot still is very much in business and Riding High. South of Bordeaux and Inland from the Atlantic coast in one of the sparsely popu lated areas of France called the Landes Capri eur is the receiving Point for ammunition for Usa eur arriving from . Most of these supplies come into basses Corn z s port near Bordeaux front where they Are shipped by rail to Ca Lieux for storage. Like most com z posts Capri eur was established As quickly As possible to fill a urgent need. Back in 1950 it was decided the port at Bremerhaven Germany  adequately serve As the sole port for receiving supplies for Usa eur. This was Why the communications line across France later known As com a was Organ i de. Ca Lieux one of the Many depots along this line resembled most of the  came the depot warehouses then gradually the troop facilities. There was nothing very fancy at first. But now the depot has blossomed. There Are recently completed housing units in two nearby towns for depot families and these i addition to other Homes on the Economy provide suitable living conditions for nearly  latest improvement at Capri eur is one of the most important Steps yet  depot is one of Usa eur s larger installations in terms of area covering approximately 23,000 acres in a wooded Section of the Landes where the water table is Only three feet below the surface and the soil is so poor Only stunted pin Sand snarled underbrush can flourish. Viewing the depot from the Highway that passes in front of the troop area continued on Page 12 Waffa Tsoy july 22, 1959 the stats and str fes newly painted shells pass through the drying Cabinet. Page 11