FORT BENNING, Ga. AP – Most of the Army personnel and civilian employees at Fort Benning had long since gone home when the urgent call came on a Friday night in February: One of the post’s historic buildings was on fire.

Post police officers arrived at the Judge Advocate General’s office first, and forced their way in to see paper burning in piles on several desks. They grabbed fire extinguishers, but were driven out by dense smoke.