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314th Infantry at Camp Meade

Very Wide Poster of Camp Meade, scanned in three sections
(notice the soldiers playing baseball in the lower right portion of the poster)
[you may need to scroll the window to the right to view the entire poster]
 

Left Section of Camp Meade Poster

Middle Section of Camp Meade Poster

Right Section of Camp Meade Poster

Camp Meade was a cantonment-training camp that was built in 3 months by 15,000 laborers.
The Camp contained 1,200 barracks to house 40,000 men.
Plus 100 other buildings including remount stables able to care for the 12,000 horses
that would be gathered here then distributed to other camps across the country & Europe.

Barracks 314th Infantry, Camp Meade, MD. Postcard

Photo would have been taken in 1917, no later than June 1917

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Remount Station, Camp Meade, Md. (1917)

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Written on the back of the postcard is this:
This will show you some of the sheds and corrals at the remount station where many horses and mules are quartered.
This camp has about twelve thousand horses and mules and more coming in, as high as eleven car loads a day.

WW1 US Camp Meade 1917 patriotic medal award. Decoration reads on the front: 1917 Camp Meade Admiral. MD. We Will Follow Gen'l Pershing To Make The World Safe For Democracy

WW1 US Camp Meade 1917 patriotic medal award. Decoration reads on the front:
1917 Camp Meade Admiral. MD. We Will Follow Gen'l Pershing To Make The World Safe For Democracy".

The Chapel at Camp Meade
The Chapel at Camp Meade

Eleventh 'Lafayette' Division in formation at Camp Meade
Eleventh "Lafayette" Division in formation at Camp Meade


Recycling by The Rag Man

The Remount Station at Camp Meade: Containing 22,000 horses and mules!
The Remount Station at Camp Meade: Containing 22,000 horses and mules!

Baseball at Camp Meade
Baseball at Camp Meade

Barracks of the neighboring 315th Infantry and 316th Infantry at Camp Meade
Barracks of the neighboring 315th Infantry and 316th Infantry at Camp Meade


View in Camp Meade, MD (postcard)

Camp Meade 1918 Photo Postcard (and close-up) showing many rows of tents in the background
Camp Meade 1918 Photo Postcard (and close-up) showing many rows of tents in the background
Camp Meade 1918 Photo Postcard (and close-up) showing many rows of tents in the background
 

 

 

 
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