Camp Colt, Pennsylvania
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Camp Colt was a military installation near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
used for Tank Corps recruit training
prior to deployment in World War I
. The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield
site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913
and the preceding 1917 WWI recruit training
camp for U. S. troops along the Round Top Branch
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and...
used for Tank Corps recruit training
Recruit training
Recruit training, more commonly known as Basic Training and colloquially called Boot Camp, is the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel, enlisted and officer...
prior to deployment in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East...
site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913
Great Reunion of 1913
The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg's 50th anniversary...
and the preceding 1917 WWI recruit training
Recruit training
Recruit training, more commonly known as Basic Training and colloquially called Boot Camp, is the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel, enlisted and officer...
camp for U. S. troops along the Round Top Branch
Round Top Branch
The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania...
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| 1918-03-06 | A United States Tank Corps United States Tank Corps The Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force was the mechanized unit that conducted American tank combat in World War I. An initial plan for 2,000 light Renault FT-17 tanks and 200 heavy British Mark VI tanks was changed to 20 battalions of 77 light tanks each and 10 battalions of 45 heavy... camp with "no designation" was established at the "Camp, United States Troops, Gettysburg, PA" for "preliminary training to fit [tank soldiers] as rapidly as possible to go overseas for their finishing technical and tactical courses at the American training centers in England and France." |
| 1918-03 | The first contingent of soldiers was assigned to the camphttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_RwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1539,2320579&dq=camp-colt+samuel-colt&hl=en (e.g., from Camp Cody, New Mexico).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=27MlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6447,2448018&dq=round-top-branch&hl=en |
| 1918-03-22 | Trains from Camp Dix and Camp Upton Camp Upton Camp Upton was an installation of the United States Army located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was located near Camp Mills.-History:... arrived with 500 troops that increased the camp to ~1000. |
| 1918-03-23 | Despite Eisenhower's March 25 orders to the "Tank Service Camp at Gettysburg", the camp had been named for Samuel Colt Samuel Colt Samuel Colt was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company , and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver. Colt's innovative contributions to the weapons industry have been described by arms historian James E... , e.g., subsequent April 20 orders directed 1st Lt T. H. Symmes to "Camp Colt". |
| 1918-03-24 | Capt Garner (302nd Heavy Tank Battalion) transferred command of Camp Colt to Captain Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... , who received a 1924 Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal (United States) The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United... for commanding the campform. From Camp Meade, 123 men arrived via a special Western Maryland train. |
| 1918-04-08 | A blizzard covered Camp Colt with 24 inches of snowhttp://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=1918+blizzard+gettysburg+april&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=5fc6e4edb7c346ed just prior to Mamie Eisenhower Mamie Eisenhower Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower was the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.-Early life:... 's arrival. On December 4, 1994, a PHMC Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage... marker was placed at the 1918 Eisenhower home at 157 N. Washington St home. |
| 1918-04 | The 3rd Tank Company was organized at Camp Colt in the National Army National Army The term national army has many meanings around the world, and is used typically, but not necessarily, to mean the lawful army of the state as distinct from rebel armies or private armies that may operate there.National Army may also refer to:... as Company A, 328th Battalion, Tank Corps. |
| 1918-05 | Companies B & C of the 303d Battalion were formed at Camp Colt,http://www.3ad.org/67ar/67ar_4/67ar_4_home.htm and the camp newspaper, Treat 'Em Rough, was established. In August, the paper featured a description of the town of Gettysburg.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8KQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6361,357531&dq=treat-em-rough+gettysburg&hl=en As of January 2009, neither the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center The United States Army Heritage and Education Center , in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is the U.S. Army's primary historical research facility. Formed in 1999, the center consists of the Military History Institute , the Army Heritage Museum , the U.S. Army Conservation Center, and the Visitor and... , the Adams County Historical Society, nor the Adams County Library have any copies of the Camp Colt newspaper. |
| 1918-05-30 | The Camp Colt Drum Corps participated in the Memorial Day procession from Gettysburg to the National Cemetery Gettysburg National Cemetery The Gettysburg National Cemetery is located on Cemetery Hill in the Gettysburg Battlefield near the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery to the south... ,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ErQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6297,4548765&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en and the Camp Colt "Athletic Carnival"http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DrQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6073,4404154&dq=treat-em-rough+gettysburg&hl=en on Memorial Day was held on Nixon Field at Pennsylvania College Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women... . An April 26 field day had been held at the camp,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9rMlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6535,3519199&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en and the Camp Colt baseball team played an Independence Day game against the local team, with future Hall of Famer Eddie Plank Eddie Plank Edward Stewart Plank , nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is the first left-handed pitcher to win 200 games and then 300 games, and now ranks third in all-time wins among left-handers with 326 career victories and first all-time in career shutouts by a... playing left field for Gettysburg. The camp's YMCA Athletic Director was George LeRoy Alenifer.http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/ys/r19ys4.htm |
| 1918-06-05 | Doctors' quarters were erected at Camp Colt,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sTUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cf4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3221,2325344&dq=camp-colt+fourth&hl=en and nurses at the U.S. Army Post Hospital subsequently included Helen G. Hill (chief nurse), Grace E. Baker, Mary R. Helstrom, Helen Lauffer, Edna Merrill, Honor A. Barry, Helene Hugues, Margaretha A. Lehman, Elizabeth M. Harty, Nelle M. Bream, and Francis MacKey.http://books.google.com/books?id=GHYXAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA45&lpg=RA1-PA45&dq=%22camp+colt%22+samuel&source=bl&ots=1bGVpK97aU&sig=B6pRwXOb4tNSfOhtljrcyUYcYGo&hl=en&ei=7uUsTf2pAsT68AayzN3dCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBTgU#v=snippet&q=%22Camp%20Colt%22&f=false |
| 1918-06 | A Renault light tank arrived at the camp. |
| 1918-06-21 | The Episcopal Parish House was a recreation center for camp soldiers, and the Gettysburg Academy was quarters for some Camp Colt officers' familieshttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4795,5211679&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg-academy&hl=en (Stevens Hall was the old Gettysburg Academy building).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gUhgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G3ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,966309&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg-academy&hl=en |
| 1918-06-28 | The Adams County court naturalized several hundred new US citizens in the YMCA tent at Camp Colt (53 more were naturalized on July 15, 47 more on September 30). |
| 1918-07-01 | Camp Colt consisted of "176 acres of the Codori farm, 10 acres of the Smith farm, and 6 acres of the Bryan House place", and was the only "camp for Tank Corps troops". The camp included an Officer's Training School, and Walter F. Burke of the Quartermaster Corps was the first officer commissioned by Eisenhowerhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BJAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1372,181924&dq=camp-colt+eddie-plank&hl=en (Howard T Torkelson graduated October 15).http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~yourfamilyhistory/Buena%20Vista%20Co.%20Site/military_wwi_t.htm |
| 1918-07-11 | The 330th Battalionhttp://www.newrivernotes.com/ww1/aefoob.htm was at Camp Colt.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b0hgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G3ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=7135,24616&dq=camp-colt+fourth&hl=en |
| Col William H Clopton, Jr, arrived in the US; and prior to July 27, Camp Colt troops were ordered to his tank training center at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot Tobyhanna Army Depot, is a logistics center for the United States Defense Department , specializing in electronic systems and located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, near Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Established Feb... (~2000 Camp Colt men transferred to Tobyhanna, e.g., the 302ndhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ECkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=890,1442534&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en & 326thhttp://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/pierce/military/wwi4.txt Battalions). Tobyhanna had 2 tanks and ~2200 men.http://books.google.com/books?id=5-wsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1455 To "form the nucleus" of the tank training center that subsequently transferred from Tobyhanna to Camp Polk Camp Polk Camp Polk may refer to*Camp Polk , a former military installation in the U.S. state of Oregon*Fort Polk, a United States Army post located near Leesville, Louisiana... in September,http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/the_builder_1919_april.htm a heavy battalion from Camp Colt was sent to Camp Polk (Clopton was ordered to Camp Meade on February 24, 1919). |
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| 1918-07-16 | A "Soldier's Club" was leased at Dr. L. L. Sieber's residence in Gettysburg Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and... .http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ObQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6407,5910568&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en On April 19, 1919, the "War Camp Community activity in Gettysburg" ended operations at the Soldier's Club.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G9slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,1568149&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en (called an "Officer's Club" during the 2003 recognition for historic preservation at 37 West Middle St).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sx0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7104,1378150&dq=camp-colt+fourth&hl=en |
| 1918-08-22 | Deputy US Marshal Harvey L. Smith, of Harrisburg, ordered all Gettysburg bars, clubs, and wholesale bottling works to stop the sale of liquorhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8KQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6361,357531&dq=treat-em-rough+gettysburg&hl=en (the March agreement by local establishments to only sell alcohol for consumption at the establishments was unsuccessful).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_RwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1539,2320579&dq=camp-colt+samuel-colt&hl=en Eisenhower had even assigned military guards at one off-limits establishment to prevent it from being used. |
| 1918-09-30 | A Camp Colt quarantine had been implemented for the 1918 flu pandemic.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aq1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kVgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4547,5276546&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en In September, the camp reached a peak of 10,600 officers and men. |
| 1918-09-15 | With 1000 Camp Colt and Tobyhanna soldiers (150 of whom took the stage),http://books.google.com/books?id=VTfrVOw8c_0C&pg=PA51 "Major D. D. Eisenhower, commander at Gettysburg, and his [Camp Colt] staff" attended a Tank Corps Welfare League benefit show at the Century Theatre Century Theatre The Century Theatre, originally the New Theatre, was a theater located at 62nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. Opened on November 6, 1909, it was noted for its fine architecture but due to poor acoustics and an inconvenient location it was financially unsuccessful... in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... with performances by Enrico Caruso, George M. Cohan George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan , known professionally as George M. Cohan, was a major American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer.... , Anna Fitziu Anna Fitziu Anna Fitziu was an American soprano who had a prolific international opera career during the early part of the 20th century. Her signature roles included Fiora in L'amore dei tre re, Mimi in La Boheme, Nedda in Pagliacci, and the title roles in Isabeau, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca... , and Al Jolson Al Jolson Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer".... . |
| 1918-10-09 | New influenza cases for the day at Camp Colt totalled 93.http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/chm/influenza/assets/pdfs/camp_crane/amc/amc23.pdf |
| 1918-10-10 | By 8 AM, 121 Camp Colt soldiers had died since the beginning of the flu pandemic.http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129791 (e.g., William J. MacDonald subsequently died October 14 from spinal meningitis after the flu).http://books.google.com/books?id=Gp8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486 |
| 1918-10 | The 310th Tank Center was established at Camp Colt, as were the 338th, 339th, & 346th Tank Battalions. John Montgomery Mahon was the commander of Camp Colt's 310 Brigade Headquarters.http://books.google.com/books?id=nD4MAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA831 |
| 1918-10-14 | Eisenhower was ordered to embark his unit from New York City on November 18 for France, but the deployment was overcome by the event of the Nov 11 armistice. |
| 1918-11-11 | The Tank Corps had 483 officers and 7700 enlisted men. |
| 1918-11-18 | Eisenhower's command at Camp Colt ended,http://www.aco.nato.int/page61515153.aspx and he was at Camp Dix until December 22.http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/EisenhowerLibrary/_General_Materials/DDE's_Military_Career.html |
| 1918-11-22 | Patients from the camp hospital were transferred to Fort McHenry Fort McHenry Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a star-shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in Chesapeake Bay... , and Earl M. Lawrence died at the camp of the flu on November 27.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g0hgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G3ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6494,1094048&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en The pandemic claimed 150 camp soldier's lives, and the local Gettysburg Hospital was planned as a result of the camp's illnesseshttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zI0lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=934,930562&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en (the cornerstone was laid July 1, 1919).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hMIlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,2070581&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en |
| 1918-12-01 | The camp of over 200 acres on the Codori, Trostle, Smith, and Brian farm Abraham Bryan Abraham Bryan, or Brian was a free black man who owned a farm on Cemetery Ridge at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg near the High Water Mark of the Confederacy. During the battle, Bryan and several other blacks left the area to avoid capture and enslavement. Federal troops positioned around... s had less than 6000 soldiers. |
| 1918-12-24 | Eisenhower arrived at Camp Benning Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama... http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=34 (he remained until March 15, 1919),http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/EisenhowerLibrary/_General_Materials/DDE's_Military_Career.html and about 250 Camp Colt soldiers were transferred to Camp Benning after the armistice.http://books.google.com/books?id=uLPJOb9n95oC&pg=PA72 On December 26, 1918, a portion of the Camp Polk tank school was transferred to Camp Benning Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama... "to work in conjunction with the Infantry school". Camp Benning tank troops were moved to Camp Meade from February 19-21, 1919. |
| 1919-04-11 | The Motor Transport Corps Motor Transport Corps (United States Army) (World War One) The Motor Transport Corps was formed out of the Quartermaster Corps on 15 August 1918, by General Order No. 75. Men needed to staff this new corps were recruited from the skilled tradesmen working for automotive manufacturers in the U.S.... arrived to move Camp Colt vehicles to Camp Holabird: 18 Riker Andrew L. Riker Andrew Lawrence Riker was an early automobile designer. He began experimenting with electric vehicles in 1884. He formed the Riker Electric Motor Company in 1888 to make electric motors, and a year later formed the Riker Motor Vehicle Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey... , 6 Packard Packard Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana... , & 10 Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide.... trucks; 1 Reo REO Motor Car Company The REO Motor Car Company was a Lansing, Michigan based company that produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.REO was initiated by Ransom E. Olds during August 1904... ; 4 Dodge touring cars; 1 Ford ambulance; and 48 motorcycles.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUhgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G3ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4084,1211477&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en |
| 1919-05-17 | A Liberty Loan Drive Liberty bond A Liberty Bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Act of Congress which... volunteer was given a ride from the Camp Colt landing fieldhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I9slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6175,1912207&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en in a "Curtiss Acrobatic Aeroplane" by Air Service United States Army Air Service The Air Service, United States Army was a forerunner of the United States Air Force during and after World War I. It was established as an independent but temporary wartime branch of the War Department by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation... Sgt Walter Shaffer who had downed a German bomber over Reims Cathedral Reims Cathedral Notre-Dame de Reims is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned. It replaces an older church, destroyed by a fire in 1211, which was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. That original... . |
| 1919-05-24 | Camp Colt buildings had been sold to the Lewis Wrecking Co.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=snQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yvIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3050,1766276&dq=lewis-wrecking+gettysburg&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DY89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5965,1157192&dq=lewis-wrecking+gettysburg&hl=en |
| 1919-06-30 | Camp Colt had a very small guard under the Quartermaster Corps. |
| 1919-07 | 1919 transcontinental convoyThe First Transcontinental Motor ConvoyZero Milestone The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be reckoned when it was built. At present, only roads in the Washington, D.C... that had left Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... on July 7 camped on the Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg Battlefield The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East... (Eisenhower had joined the convoy in Frederick, Maryland Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater... ). |
| 1919-08-08 | Captain Fred P. Desmond (quartermasters commander at Camp Colt), 2 corporals, and 11 civilian employees remained of the 15,000 who had been at Camp Colt (Quartermaster Headquarters was on Chambersburg St).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a9slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6391,4749830&dq=camp-colt+quartermaster&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XdslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6983,4217730&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DY89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6735,1154833&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg+cook&hl=en Cook James J. Matranga was assigned to the camp from 1917-1919.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DNslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,1011245&dq=camp-colt+quartermaster&hl=en |
| 1919-08-15 | Camp Colt closed. |
| 1932-08 | The 1st Camp Colt reunion was held.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fhYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-JsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5917,6933778&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en Eisenhower was honored during the 1954 World Wars Tank Corps Association reunion when they planted a 22-foot "Memorial Pine Tree" with a tablet at 39°48.893′"N 77°14.253′"W. Dirt from various states was used,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rY8oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RtcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4410,5098474&dq=camp-colt+gettysburg&hl=en including Connecticut soil from Samuel Colt's "Colt Park" estate Camp Colt (Samuel Colt also had a Maine fishing camp named "Camp Colt".) |