These unique photographs from 1908 depict the hospital tent at Camp McKinley in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and the First Regiment Junior Order of United American Mechanics Volunteers of Pennsylvania. . Very little information was located for this pre-World War I camp, but a postcard featured online was entitled “Camp McKinley, Somerset, PA” and dated 27 July […]
Tag: Training Camps
Thanks to a generous donation from one of our followers, several new photographs of Camp Meade, Maryland are now available.
Waco, Texas Camp MacArthur, named for Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur (father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur), was established in July 1917 to become the training camp of the 32nd Infantry Division which was made up of federalized National Guard units from Michigan and Wisconsin. The National Guard units arrived in September 1917 […]
Accotink [Ft. Belvoir], Virginia Camp A.A. Humphreys [sometimes spelled Humphries], named for Civil War Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys and built on the Potomac River near George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon home, was authorized in December 1917 and construction began in January 1918. In May 1918 the camp was designated as an engineer replacement and […]