World War I

World War I Training Camps and Cantonments

Listed below are World War I Army training camps and cantonments by state. This list is not complete, and will be expanded over time. To read more about World War I training camps and cantonments, see our blog here.

Camp Name – City – (Designation)

Underlined camps are links to additional photos, postcards, and information.

ALABAMA

Camp McClellan – Anniston (NG)

Camp Sheridan – Montgomery (NG)

ARKANSAS

Camp Pike – Little Rock (NA)

CALIFORNIA

Camp Fremont – Palo Alto (NG)

Camp Kearney – Linda Vista (NG)

GEORGIA

Camp Gordon – Atlanta (NA)

Camp Hancock – Augusta (NG)

Camp Wheeler – Macon (NG)

ILLINOIS

Camp Grant – Rockford (NA)

IOWA

Camp Dodge – Des Moines (NA)

KANSAS

Camp Funston – Fort Riley (NA)

KENTUCKY

Camp Zachary Taylor – Louisville (NA)

LOUISIANA

Camp Beauregard – Alexandria (NG)

Camp Nicholls – New Orleans

MARYLAND

Camp Meade – Admiral [Fort Meade] (NA)

MASSACHUSETTS

Camp Devens – Ayer (NA)

MICHIGAN

Camp Custer – Battle Creek (NA)

MISSISSIPPI

Camp Shelby – Hattiesburg (NG)

NEW JERSEY

Camp Dix – Wrightstown (NA)

Camp Merritt – Dumont & Cresskill (EC)

NEW MEXICO

Camp Cody – Deming (NG)

NEW YORK

Camp Upton – Yaphank, LI (NA)

Camp Mills – Mineola, LI (NG)

NORTH CAROLINA

Camp Greene – Charlotte (NG)

OHIO

Camp Sherman – Chillicothe (NA)

OKLAHOMA

Camp Doniphan – Fort Sill (NG)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Camp Jackson – Columbia (NA)

Camp Sevier – Greenville (NG)

Camp Wadsworth – Spartanburg (NG)

TEXAS

Camp Bowie – Fort Worth (NG)

Camp Logan – Houston (NG)

Camp MacArthur – Waco (NG)

Camp Travis – San Antonio (NA)

VIRGINIA

Camp A.A. Humphreys – Accotink [Fort Belvoir]

Camp Lee – Petersburg (NA)

WASHINGTON

Camp Lewis – American Lake (NA)

(EC) = Embarkation Camp

(NA) = National Army

(NG) = National Guard

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