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Map of American Cantonments

Map of 16 Cantonments



Here is the list of the 16 cantonments built in 1918, along with their location and the Division.

1.) Camp Devens - Ayer, Mass. - 76th Division
2.) Camp Upton - Yaphank Long Island, N.Y. - 77th Division
3.) Camp Dix - Wrightstown, N.J. - 78th Division
4.) Camp Meade - Annapolis Junction, Md. - 79th Division
5.) Camp Lee - Petersburg, Va. - 80th Division
6.) Camp Jackson - Columbia, S. C. - 81st Division
7.) Camp Gordon - Atlanta, Ga. - 82nd Division
8.) Camp Sherman - Chillicothe, Ohio. - 83rd Division
9.) Camp Zachary Taylor - Louisville, Ky. - 84th Division
10.) Camp Custer - Battle Creek, Mich. - 85th Division
11.) Camp Grant - Rockford, Ill. - 86th Division
12.) Camp Pike - Little Rock, Ark. – 87th Division
13.) Camp Dodge - Des Moines, Iowa. - 88th Division
14.) Camp Funston - Fort Riley, Kan. - 89th Division
15) Camp Travis - Fort Sam Houston, Tex. - 90th Division
16.) Camp Lewis - American Lake, Wash. - 91st Division


Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society, an organization that has been created to preserve, conserve and organize information and photographs directly from the largest World War 1 Military Training Camp built at the beginning of the war. We are working to assemble the complete history of it's creation and the men who served there.
Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society



Officers of the 84th Division at Camp Zachary Taylor
Officers of the 84th Division at Camp Zachary Taylor



General Hale
General Hale



Building Camp Zachary Taylor
Building Camp Zachary Taylor



Twenty-Sixth "Yankee" Division

US Marines in the Great War


American Cantonments - WFA East Coast Chapter
This picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men of the 88th Infantry Division preparing for war at Camp Dodge, in Iowa .
Facts about the Liberty figure::
Base to Shoulder: 150 feet
Right Arm: 340 feet
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet
Right thumb: 35 feet Thickest part of body: 29 feet
Left hand length: 30 feet
Face: 60 feet
Nose: 21 feet
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000
Number of men in torch: 2,800
Number of men in right arm: 1,200
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000



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CZTHS The American Cantonments, building the training camps overnight. 17 Nov 9 2008, 10:39 PM EST by mjroman
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Historians of World War 1, both professional and novice alike, focus their studies primarily on the European theater. The efforts taken here at home to build 16 new training camps has mostly been forgotten. Camp Zachary Taylor was built in less than 90 days, and covered over 3000 acres. Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society is dedicated to reviving the history, the magnitude and political fallout of the project.

Designed and laid out literally overnight, this massive project was started after many other training camps were already under way, but it was completed first. We are still working on detailing the construction of the cantonment, but you can visit us and read about the project and the people at http://www.camptaylorhistorical.org/

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