Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-16
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ing Cam ps to Bear Names
Lee, Wheeler, Cor don
and Beaur egard.
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cially paid a tribute to the military
tains. when 1t announced to-day that
four Of the training camps. where the
selcctive draft army and national
guardsmen will be prepared for service
in France. will be named for General
Robert E. Lee. General Joe Wheeler.
General John b. Gordon and General
r. q. r. Beauregard. Names of Union
generals and Revolutionary heroes
were also selected as designations for
cantonments and training camps
The ,cantonmcnt at Petersburg, Va,
for the Fifth Division troops. com
posed of the selective draft recruits
from Maryland. Virginia. New Jersey.
Delaware and the District Of Columbia
was given the name OF Camp Lee"
in honor of the famed Confederate mill
tary chiefta.n. The camp at Atlanta
Ga. where the Georgia, Alabama and
Florida troops will train. was named
Camp Gordon" in honor of that be-
loved Georgia general. John 3. Gordon.
The National Guard camp at Macon
Ca. where the Georgia. Alabama and
Florida guardsmcn will train, was
given the name OF Camp Wheeler"
in honor of General Joe Wheeler: and
the national guardsmcn camp at Alex
andria. La, where the Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas guardsmen will
train. will be called Camp Beaure-
gard" In honor OF the Louisiana mill
tary chieftain of that name.
FIRST TIME OFFICIAL
RECOGNITION IS GIVEN
This is the first time that the Ameri-
can War Department has officially
recognized the Confederate chieftains
by using their names in any apacity
The cantonment at Admiral, Md.
where the Pennsylvania selective draft
army Will train. was named Camp
Meade" in honor OF General George e.
Meade. L. S. A. who 5erved in the
Mexican and Civil Wars, and had COM
mand of the Union troops at the battle
Of Gettysburg. He was given a vote
OF thanks by Congress for services
when In command of the Army of the
Potomac during the decisive battles Of
the Civil War.
Ihe Admission, Ala. camp. where the
New Jersey. Maryland. Virginia. Della
ware and District of Columbia guards
men will train. was named Camp Nc
Clellan.' in honor OF George B. Nc
Clellan. who was one of the noted
ALL ARE NAMED FOR
MILITARY HEROES
Names OF American military heroes
of past wars, were given by the de-
partment TO all of the thirty-two can
tonments. In announcing the designa-
ions tonight the department revealed
that the subject had been given con-
sideration by "A board of officers headed
by Brigadier-General Kuhn. chief of
the War College Division. and that Sc
lections were governed by carefully
prepared policy. In each case the name
selected is man from the section rep
resented by the troops concerned but
not unpopularly in the vicinity of the
camp Short names were chosen for
convenience. Names like Washington
and Lincoln were omitted because of
the temporary nature of the camps. and
other names were avoided because they
are duplicated by prominent men now
living. The names chosen follow:
For the national army:
Camp Devens." Aver. Mass, after
Brigadier-General Charles Devens. U.
S. ". native of Massachusetts.
Camp Upton" Yaphank. L. l.. after
MajorGeneral Emery Upton. U. S. ". a
native of New York
Camp Dix" Wrightstown. n. j., after
Majo-General John Adams Dix, U. S.
". Governor of New York, 1S73-75.
Camp Meade" Annapolis Junction.
Md. after Maior-General George G..
Meade. u. S. a.
PETERSBURG CAMP
WILL BEAR NAME OF LEE
Robert f. Lee. General-in chief. c. S. a.
Camp Jackson" Columbia. S. c..
after Major-General Andrew Jackson.
U. S. A. born in North Carolina and
chosen President from Tennessee.
Camp Gordon" Atlanta, after Lieu
tenant-General ]. b. Gordon. c. S. A.
Governor of Georgia.
Camp Sherman" Chillicothe. Ohio,
after General w. r. Sherman. U. S. A.
Il native of Ohio.
Camp Taylor" Louisville. KY, after
MajorGcneral Zachary Taylor, u. S. A..
appointed from Kentucky.
Camp Custer" Battle Creek, Mich.
after Major-General George a. Custer.
u. S. ", who commanded Michigan
brigade in the Civil War
Camp Grant," Rockford, ILL.,. after
General u. S. Grant, U. S. A.. who
served as colonel of the Twenty first
Illinois Infantry at the beginning of
the Civil War.
Camp Pike" Little Rock, Ark. after
Brigadier General u. NJ. Pike. U. S. A..
explorer of the Southwest.
Camp Dodge" Des Moines. Iowa,
after Major General Granville NJ
Dodge. U. s. ", who commanded Iowa
volunteers in the Civil War.
Camp Funston" Fort Riley. Kans
after Major General Frederick Funston,
U. S. A.. and colonel Twentieth Kan
sas U. S. V.
Camp Travis" Fort Sam Houston.
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