World War I National Army Cantonments

Source: The United States in the Great War by Willis J. Abbot, Copyrighted in 1919 by Doubleday, Page & Company. 
Published in 1919 by Leslie-Judge Co., New York, New York; page 42.

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There were in all sixteen cantonments for the National Army and sixteen cantonments for the National Guard. Besides these there were officers' training camps and specials camps for the marine corps, the aviation force, and the reception of men whose training was completed and who were being concentrated immediately prior to being put on transports and sent to the foreign battlefields. A full list of the National Army and the National Guard cantonments with their locations and geographical distribution of the troops which were assigned to each will be of general interest: 

National Army Cantonments

The names borne by the various camps are those of distinguished soldiers of the United States.

Site - Organization - Troops From - Camp Name

Ayer, Mass. - 76th Division - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. - Camp Devens

Yaphank Long Island, N.Y. - 77th Division - Metropolitan portion of New York. - Camp Upton

Wrightstown, N.J. - 78th Division - Remainder of New York and Northern Pennsylvania. - Camp Dix

Annapolis Junction, Md. - 79th Division - Southern Pennsylvania. - Camp Meade

Petersburg, Va. - 80th Division - New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. - Camp Lee

Columbia, S. C. - 81st Division - Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. - Camp Jackson

Atlanta, Ga. - 82nd Division - Georgia and Alabama. - Camp Gordon

Chillicothe, Ohio. - 83rd Division - Ohio and West Virginia. - Camp Sherman

Louisville, Ky. - 84th Division - Indiana and Kentucky. - Camp (Zachary) Taylor

Battle Creek, Mich. - 85th Division - Michigan and Wisconsin. - Camp Custer

Rockford, Ill. - 86th Division - Illinois. - Camp Grant

Little Rock, Ark. - 87th Division - Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. - Camp Pike

Des Moines, Iowa. - 88th Division - Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. - Camp Dodge

Fort Riley, Kan. - 89th Division - Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. - Camp Funston

Fort Sam Houston, Tex. - 90th Division - Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. - Camp Travis

American Lake, Wash. - 91st Division - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. - Camp Lewis

Charlotte, N. C. - 26th (old 5) Division - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. - Camp Greene

Spartanburg, S. C. - 27th (old 6) Division - New York. - Camp Wadsworth

Augusta, Ga. - 28th (old 7) Division - Pennsylvania. - Camp Hancock

Anniston, Ala. - 29th (old 8) Division - New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. - Camp McClellan

Greenville, S. C. - 30th (old 9) Division - Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. - Camp Sevier

Macon, Ga. - 31st (old 10) Division - Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. - Camp Wheeler

Waco, Tex. - 32nd (old 11) Division - Michigan and Wisconsin. - Camp MacArthur

Houston, Tex. - 32nd (old 11) - typo, should be 33rd (old 12) Division - Illinois. - Camp Logan.

Deming, N. Mex. - 34th (old 13) Division - Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. - Camp Cody

Fort Sill, Okla. - 35th (old 14) Division - Missouri and Kansas. - Camp Doniphan

Fort Worth, Tex. - 36th (old 15) Division - Texas and Oklahoma. - Camp Bowie

Montgomery, Ala. - 37th (old 16) Division - Ohio and West Virginia. - Camp Sheridan

Hattiesburg, Miss. - 38th (old 17) Division - Indiana and Kentucky. - Camp Shelby

Alexandria, La. - 39th (old 18) Division - Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. - Camp Beauregard

Linda Vista, Cal. - 40th (old 19) Division - California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. - Camp Kearny

Palo Alto, Cal. - 41st (old 20) Division - Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. - Camp Fremont

Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. - 42nd Division - Most of the Middle and far Western States. - Camp Mills

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