Camp Cody Deming New Mexico

Camp Cody, located 3 miles northwest of Deming, New Mexico. Important World War One Army camp from 1916 to 1918.

History

During World War One, Camp Cody was an army training camp for the National Guard units from North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa. Soldiers received basic training there before leaving for the war in France. The different National Guard units together formed the 34th Infantry Division and were nickname the "Sandstorm" Division."

Construction

The camp was constructed during the summer of 1917 by the government. In able to accommodate the 30,000 troops that served at the camp it was necessary to build 120 mess houses and 1,200 bathhouses. Each regiment had its own office building and it took 11 large warehouse to store all the supplies needed for the Division. A large hospital was needed and stayed in use long after the war ended.

World War One

During the US-Mexican Border War the camp was named "Camp Brooks". Then with the beginning of the First World War it was renamed "Camp Deming". The camp was renamed again shortly after the death of the famous buffalo hunter and showman, William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill Cody." The camp was open from July 16, 1916 until the early months of 1919.

External links

* [http://iagenweb.org/greatwar/tcs/cpcdy.htm Training Camps & Schools - Camp Cody]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txfannin/merrittc6.html 143 Yound Men leave for Camp Cody]
* [http://www.huntel.com/~artpike/cody2.htm Some History of Camp Cody]
* [http://iagenweb.org/fremont/famhistory/soloman_darst.htm Alva Darst at Camp Cody Deming, New Mexico, 1918]
* [http://sydaby.eget.net/emig/aacm.htm Asked Agnes to marry him and live at Camp Cody]
* [http://www.lindamclark.net/Family/thomas-lewis/hh.htm Officers and Enlisted Men of-Auxiliary Remount Dept No.326-Camp Cody]
* [http://www.zianet.com/kromeke/ Camp Cody - Deming, New Mexico U.S. Army - WW1]