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Camp Mercedes

105 West 10th Street
Mercedes, TX 78570
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105 West 10th Street
Mercedes, TX 78570
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CAMP MERCEDES

IN MARCH 1917, PRIOR TO U.S. ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I, MAJ. GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING CHOSE MERCEDES AS THE SITE OF A PERMANENT CAMP FOR TRAINING PERSONNEL TO SERVE OVERSEAS IN FRANCE. CONSTRUCTION OF CAMP MERCEDES ON THE 80-ACRE EMERSON FARM TRACT SOUTHEAST OF TOWN WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL 1917. THE POST CENTERED ON A PARADE GROUND LINED BY 23 BARRACKS BUILDINGS AND 14 LOOK-ALIKE OFFICERS BUNGALOWS. POST STRENGTH WAS 16 OFFICERS, 700 MEN AND 600 HORSES. A TRAINING CADRE FROM THE 16TH CAVALRY UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. W.S. SCOTT OCCUPIED CAMP MERCEDES IN MAY BEFORE FIRST RECRUITS ARRIVED MAY 17. AFTER THE ARMISTICE, THE UNIT WAS DEMOBILIZED AND CAMP MERCEDES CLOSED IN 1922.

(2012)

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