Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington : cantonment of an infantry division and auxiliary troops Hurley Mason Company, General Contractors (1918)

Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington : cantonment of an infantry division and auxiliary troops Hurley Mason Company, General Contractors (1918)

Fort Lewis (Wash.) -- Maps. <br>Military bases -- Washington (State) -- Maps. <br>United States. Army. Infantry Division, 91st.

1 map ; 59 x 109 cm. <br>Large scale plan of base designated to accommodate 91st Infantry Division and auxiliary troops. <br> "David L. Stone, Lieut. Col. Q.M.C., constructing quartermaster ... C.F. Pilat, planner and consulting engineer ... " <br> Design and construction of Camp Lewis described in: Pilat, Carl F. Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. Architectural record v. 43 (Jan. 1918), p. 52-64. <br> Includes location map. Originally folded to 13 x 19 cm. <br>Camp Lewis was created in 1917, during the height of the first World War. It was created from a donation of land by county residents, who voted to bond themselves for the cost of the land (two million dollars) and then donate it to the federal government. Construction began in early July of that year, and was mostly finished just three months later. <br>The 91st Infantry Division trained here from late 1917 until it was sent to France in June of 1918.

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