ew buildings fitted
for hotels, and this is being done in many cities.

In both the higher and the lower class men's hotels, the general plan is
to have two or three grades of sleeping apartments. The first grade is
in the form of dormitories, where each dormitory will contain from ten
to fifty beds in the smaller hotels, and from fifty to one hundred and
even two hundred beds in the larger.[41] For a bed in one of these
dormitories, 10c and 15c per night is charged in the United States, and
in England 2d up. This includes the use of a locker beside the bed, with
sometimes a nightgown, and sometimes a bath. The second grade of lodging
is in individual rooms, partitioned off, but inside rooms, for which the
charge is 15c in the United States, and 4d to 6d in England. Then
finally we have the third grade of lodging, which consists of individual
rooms which have outside windows, and for which the price varies from
20c to 50c per night according to situation and furnishing.[42]
Sometimes the three grades of lodging are found on the same floor, a
part of the floor being dormitory, and a part partitioned off into
rooms, the partitions running up to a height of eight or nine feet. This
method of partitioning off the rooms is almost universal. It is cheap
and to some extent sanitary, since by means of windows at either end of
the building a continual current of air can be maintained all over the
floor. In most of the higher class hotels one floor is given up to
dormitories and another to individual rooms, while the majority of lower
class hotels consist entirely of dormitories. Hotels are of all sizes,
and run from one floor up to eight or ten.

The beds found in the Army hotels are iron, with mattresses usually
covered with American cloth or some form of leather, but sometimes with
strong canvas.[43] Each bed is provided with pillow, sheets, a coverlid,
and sometimes an additional counterpane. The individual rooms, in
addition to having better beds, contain a looking glass, a chair, a
small table, and other furnishings according to the price of the room.
In most cases washing facilities are only found in the lavatory, common
to the whole floor.

Comparative cleanliness is enforced at all grades of hotels. Baths are
sometimes made compulsory, though often this rule cannot be rigidly
enforced. Usually each floor is provided with bath tubs and shower
baths. Nearly every hotel has a fumigating room, an air tight apartment
fille