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The office, commissary, and foreman's and storekeeper's 
quarters are placed in a single car, while a storage car holds 
supplies for the commissary and package goods for the kitchen. 
Running water is provided for the camp whenever a gravity 
supply is available. 
Floating Camps. — The camps used in the cypress region on 
pulll)oat operations are built on scows, and are usually two- 
storied buildings in which the entire camp is fed and housed. A 
portion or all of the lower floor may be devoted to the kitchen, 
dining room and foreman's quarters, while the upper floor is 
used for a barrack to house the men and is generally divided into 
two sections to accommodate white and colored laborers. 
A store building is moored close to the main camp and the two 
connected by a gangplank. 
Floating camps are tied up along the banks of bayous or of 
canals near the logging operation, and the men go to and from 
work in dug-out canoes called "pirogues," or in flat boats. 
BOARDING DEPARTMENT 
The establishment of a commissary department for feeding 
forest workers is necessary whenever the employees do not have 
their families in camp. This is true in all regions except the 
southern yellow pine, and often in camps in this region, boarding 
facilities must be provided for the bachelor members of the crew. 
The subsistence department is in charge of a head cook, who has 
helpers called flunkies or cookees, who wait on table, peel potatoes, 
wash dishes and perform odd jobs around the kitchen. One or 
more assistant cooks may be employed in large camps, for the 
preparation of meats and pastry. A high-grade cook is considered 
essential, because the season's success usually depends on a con- 
stant supply of labor, which cannot be retained unless a variety 
of wholesome food is provided. A weekly charge may be made 
for board or the cost of it may be included in the wage paid to 
a workman. 
One flunkie to every twenty-five men is sufficient. All camps 
also have one or more chore boys who clean up the men's quarters, 
cut firewood for the kitchen and bunk houses, carry water for 
bunk house use, and sometimes clean the stables. A launderer 
or laundress also is employed in some camps. 
