This rapid increase in population led to serious housing problems and difficulties. House to house canvasses for the listing of available rooms, the seizing of vacant buildings and such emergency measures were not sufficient to provide even the most temporary and crowded of homes for all of the hundred thousand new residents. The problem could be met only by Government assistance and $10,000,000 was appropriated for the building of dormitories and apartments for the housing of the newcomers. Experts on apartment house and residence hall construction, on women’s welfare work, on heating, lighting and sanitation were consulted and buildings that would afford comfortable living accommodations for several thousand people were under construction when the armistice was signed. Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation errors have been corrected. Page 29: “Ameriman Expeditionary Force” changed to “American Expeditionary Force” Page 38: “to the serivce” changed to “to the service” Page 49: “debarkation hosiptals” changed to “debarkation hospitals” Page 73: “were mutiplied by” changed to “were multiplied by” Page 114: “and at Gibralter” changed to “and at Gibraltar” Page 139: “over the Goverment’s” changed to “over the Government’s” Page 174: “will be born” changed to “will be borne” Page 285: “war service oganization” changed to “war service organization” Page 319: “a women architect” changed to “a woman architect”