Listmates,
    I am also interested in hearing any reports or clues regarding such temporary camps from
either the Spanish American War or World War I.  I may soon be involved in an investigation of
the area near Augusta, Georgia where Camp McKinsey was located during the Spanish American War
and Camp Hancock during World War I .

    Christopher Murphy

    Department of History, Anthropology, & Philosophy
    Augusta State University
    Augusta, GA  30904

Kris Oswald wrote:

> Something that has crossed my mind for along time regarding stateside
> military camps,,has anybody had any experience with Spanish American War
> Training Camps of 1898?..i know that occupation for these sites were
> real brief and that all if any    information on the camps and soldiers
> has been transferred From the National Guard to the specific state
> libraries that housed troops..i was wondering if there has been any
> excavations or site maps to see if these were set up similar from camp
> to camp or just hodge podge based on the terrain and conditions of each
> camp?..any information or direction on this would be greatly appreciated
> Thanks very Much
>  Kris Oswald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Sterner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: WWII military camps
>
> Lucy,
>
> May have something right up your alley. You should try to get some
> information from the Corps and BLM on the Desert Training
> Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC-C-AMA). This was a series
> of camps in the (mostly) California desert that trained Patton's troops
> for combat in North Africa. SRI has recently done some poking around at
> Camp Ibis, one of the umpteen camps under the Desert Training Center
> umbrella. Occupation was brief, 1942-1944, but the area was intensively
> used for as many aspects of tank/troop training as you might imagine.
>
> SRI has also been working at the Barry M Goldwater Range, a tactical Air
> Force Training facility established during WWII. We have several draft
> and completed reports on historic contexts for that area as well.
>
> Also recently completed a study of a prisoner or war camp in southern
> Arizona, if that's of interest.
>
> Feel free to contact me off list if you'd like.  (Am a little swamped
> right now, but would be happy to help out as I can.)
>
> Matthew
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucy Wayne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 12:08 PM
> Subject: WWII military camps
>
> Hi--
>
> Has anyone on the list done any research or documentation of World War
> II military camps?  Specifically we are looking at a semi-permanent camp
> established on Ascension Island (middle of the Atlantic Ocean) for
> construction of the airfield in 1942.  The camp had tents but with rock
> around the edges and rock-lined paths (rock is abundant on
> Ascension--nothing else is) and various other somewhat permanent
> features. We would like some comparative data if it is out there.
>
> Thanks--Lucy Wayne
>
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