Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-16
NAME CAMP SITES
AFTER WAR HEROES
Names Selected Were of War
riors Who Fought in All
of Our Wars.
FUNSTON HEADS THE LIST
President of the Confederacy
Shares Honors With Those
of the Union.

WASHINGTON, July Is. - Names
of American military heroes of past
wars, including Confederate leaders,
have been given by the war depart
ment to 80 cantonments In which the
national army and the national guard
will be mobiliZed for training A
l-board of officers headed by Briga-
der General Kuhn. chief of the war
college division, chose the names OF
men who come from sections repre-
sented by the troops concerned
The names chosen include the fol-
lowing for tke national army
Camp Funston" Fort Riley. Kan.
for troops from Kansas. Missouri and
Colorado. After Mai Gen. Frederick
Funston. IT, S. A.. and colonel of the
Twentieth Kansas. u. 8. V.
Camp Travis" Fort Sam Houston,
Texas for troops from Texas. Arizona.
New Mexico and Oklahoma. After
Lieut. Col. w. B. Travis. the defender
OF the Alamo.
camp Grant" Rockford, H.. for
troops from Illinois After Gen n.
S. Grant. L. s A., who served as
colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois in
fantry at the beginning of the civil
war
Camp Pike" Little Rock. Ark, for
troops from Arkansas. Louisiana ana
Mississippi After Brig Gen. u. NJ
Pike. explorer of the southwest.
Camp Lee" Parkersburg, Va. for
troops from New Jersey. Virginia.
Maryland, Delaware and the District
of Columbia After Robert L. Lee,
general-in-chief, C. S. A.
Camp Jackson" Columbia. s. c.,
for troops from Tennessee, North
Carolina and South Carolina. After
nd Iah
born in North Carolina and chosen
president from Tennessee.
Camp Gordon" Atlanta, Ga, for
troops from Georgia. Alabama ana
Florida. After Lieut.. Gen. ]. b, Cor
don, c. s. A, governor of Georgia.
Camp Sherman" Chillicothe, Ohio,
for troops from Ohio and West Nir-
gnia. After Gen. W. T. Sherman,
native OF Ohio.
Camp Taylor" Louisville. Ky, for
troops from Indiana and Kentucky
After Mai Gen. Zachary Taylor, q.
S. A.. appointed from Kentucky.
For Indian Fighter.
Camp Custer" Battle Creek.
Wisconsin. After Mai. Gen. George
A. Custer, U. s. A. who commanded
a Michigan brigade in the civil war.
National guards:
Camp Greene" Charlotte. n c..
for troops from Maine. New Hamp-
shire. Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. After Gen.
Nathaniel Greene of the continental
army, n native of Rhode Island
Camp Wadsworth." Spartanburg,
s. C.. for troops from New York. Aft
er Brig Gen J. S. wadsworth, L. S.
A. horn In New York.
Camp Hancock" Augusta, Ga. for
troops from Pennsylvania. After Maj.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock u s. A.,
born in Pennsylvania.
Camp Mcclellan" Admission. Ala,
for troops from New Jersey. Virginia.
Maryland. Delaware and District of
Columbia. After Maj. Gen. G. B. Nc
Clellan. L. S. A.
troops from Tennessee, North Caro-
lima. and South Carolina. After Brig.
Gen. John Sewer. L. S. A., member
of congress from North Carolina and
first governor of Tennessee.
Camp Wheeler" Macon. Ga. for
troops from Georgia. Alabama and
Florida. After Lieut.. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, c. s. A.. born in Georgia and
member OF congress from Alabama.
for troops from Michigan and Wis
consin. After Lieut. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur. L. 6. A.. who command
ed Wisconsin troops in the civil war.
"Camp Logan" Houston. Texas, for
troops from Illinois After Maj. Gen.
John A. Logan, L. S. A.. Of Illinois.
camp Cody" Deming, n. NJ. for
troops from Minnesota. Iowa, Ne
hraslSa, North Dakota and South Da-
kota. After Col. William +. Cody
born In Iowa.
Doniphan for Sooncrs.
Camp Doniphan." Fort Sill. okla.
for troops from Missouri and Kan
sns. After Col. A. w. Doniphan, First
Missouri cavalry.
Camp Bowie" Fort Worth. Texas
for troops from Texas and Oklahoma.
After Col. James Bowie. killed in the
Alamo.
Camp sheridan" Montgomery.
Ala, for Ohio and West Virginia.
After Gen. Z. II. Sheridan. u. s. A.,
DISTINGUISHED especially for his cam
ta,ign in the Shenandoah valley
Camp shelby" Hattiesburg. Miss,