Camp Cody

Camp Cody (1917-1920) - A World War I National Guard Training Camp first established in 1917 near Deming, Luna County, New Mexico. Named Camp Cody in G.O. 95, 18 Jul 1917, after William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), U.S. Army Scout and showman. Abandoned in 1920. Camp Cody Panorama Left - June 1918 Camp Cody Panorama Center - June 1918 Camp Cody Panorama Right - June 1918 World War I (1917-1918) One of sixteen National Guard Training Camps established in 1917 to train World War I National Guard troops. Established in 1917 under the supervision of construction quartermaster Major Charles H. Miller on a site of about 2,000 acres. The camp was to have a capacity of about 28,000 officers and enlisted men, work was started 20 Jul 1917, it was complete in November 1917 at an eventual cost of $ 4,300,000. The first commander of the Camp was Major General Augustus P. Blocksom (Cullum 2662) who formed the 34th U.S. Infantry Division and oversaw the training the troops. The 34th began arriving at Camp Cody in August 1917 and departed for France in October 1918. The 34th returned from Europe and was demobilized starting in December 1918. Also Trained: 97th U.S. Infantry Division (26 Sep 1918 - 20 Nov 1919) At the end of the war the camp became a demobilization center until it was abandoned in 1920 except for the hospital which became a Public Health Service Hospital for veterans until 1922. The Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame took over the hospital and reopened it as a Tuberculosis sanitarium for the order and the public on 12 May 1923 and operated it until it burned down in 1938. Camp Cody Partial Commanders List (edit list) Assumed Relieved Rank Name Cullum Notes 1917-08-25 1917-09-30  Maj.‑Gen. Blocksom, Augustus Perry 2662 1917-12-11 1918-04-18  Maj.‑Gen. Blocksom, Augustus Perry 2662 Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. Current Status No remains on vacant property outside Deming in Luna County, New Mexico. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Near Deming, Luna County, New Mexico. Maps & Images Lat: 32.275 Long: -107.8083333 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 4393' Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 523 Ayres, Leonard Porter, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary, U.S. War Department, 2nd Ed, 1919, 147 pages Rinaldi, Richard A., The US Army in World War I - Orders of Battle, Tiger Lily Publications LLC, 2004, 244 pages Brief Histories of Divisions, U.S. Army: 1917-1918, U.S.A. General Staff, June 1921, 92 pages Morden, Lt. Colonel Earle B., The Work of the Construction Division of the United States Army from Coast to Coast, 1917-1919, The Journal of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, Vol XXXVII-3, March 1920, No. 184, (Google Books) USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 940204 Links: North American Forts - Camp Cody Wikipedia - Camp Cody Genealogy Village - Camp Cody World War I History - 34th Division New River Notes - World War I Forces Visited: No