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Camp Beauregard (1) (1917-Present) - A U.S. Army World War I National Guard Mobilization and Training Camp first established in 1917 near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Named Camp Beauregard in G.O. 95, 18 Jul 1917, after General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (Cullum 942), U.S. Civil War Confederate General. Active military installation.


Camp Beauregard Panorama 1941

World War I ((1917-1918)

One of sixteen U.S. Army National Guard Mobilization and Training Camps established in 1917 to train and integrate National Guard units for service in a U.S. Army division. Camp Beauregard was established in July 1917 under the supervision of construction quartermaster Captain R. W. Goss on a site of about ...... acres. The camp was first intended to have a capacity of about 27,152 officers and enlisted men (one Pershing division), that would become the 39th U.S. Infantry Division. The camp was completed in November 1917 at a cost of $ 3,835,218.03.

The first commander of the camp was Major General Henry C. Hodges, Jr. who formed the 39th U.S. Infantry Division and trained the troops. The 39th was to be composed of National Guard units from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. The 39th arrived in July 1917 and departed for France starting 1 August 1918 with the first units arriving in Europe on 12 Aug 1918. The 39th Division was designated as the 5th Depot Division on 14 August 1918 and furnished replacements for losses in other units. The 39th returned to the U.S. in 1919 and was demobilized at Camp Beauregard.

At the end of the war the camp became a demobilization center until it was abandoned in 1919.

World War II (1941-1945)

Current Status

No remains near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512052

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Location: Camp, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

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Lat: 31.4387555 Long: -92.2906235

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Elevation: 154'

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 .....

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 == [[World War I]] ((1917-1918) ==
 One of sixteen U.S. Army National Guard Mobilization and Training Camps established in 1917 to train and integrate National Guard units for service in a U.S. Army division. Camp Beauregard was established in July 1917 under the supervision of construction quartermaster Captain [[R. W. Goss]] on a site of about ...... acres. The camp was first intended to have a capacity of about 27,152 officers and enlisted men (one Pershing division), that would become the [[39th U.S. Infantry Division]]. The camp was completed in November 1917 at a cost of $ 3,835,218.03.