Camp Newton D. Baker

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Camp Newton D. Baker
El Paso, Texas
Site history
Built1916 (1916)
In use1916 - 1920

Camp Newton D. Baker was a United States Army post located near El Paso, Texas. [1] The post was in operation from 1916 to 1920. It was used as a mobilization center for border patrols and as a Signal Corps training center. The post was named after Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.

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References

  1. School, U. S. Army Engineer (1919). Occasional Papers ...

See also

Camp Newton D. Baker was first called Camp Pershing #2, archived here at the Wayback Machine.

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