Rockford Municipal Sanitarium opens. City grows from five to eight wards. Companies H and K leave for Mexican border service as part of the 3rd Illinois Cavalry. South side courthouse addition built. Sunday movies are approved by a vote of 8,400 to 6,389.
Construction begins on the new camp.
First Illinois Army engineers arrive on July 2. First group of 2,000 draftees reaches the cantonment. Sarah Bernhardt appears at Shrine Temple. Camp Grant is ready to house 41,160 men. Swedish-American Hospital opens doors as Rockford's third major hospital.