Bayard:
Fort Bayard General Hospital
Fort Bayard was founded in 1866. Its land area consists of about 22 square miles or a little more than 14,000 acres. During WWI, it was used as hospital to primarily treat tuberculosis patients. Up to June 1919, cost of improvements were $630,000. 2019 dollars: $9,350,183.
In 2005, I visited a friend who was working at Western New Mexico University in nearby Silver City. The trip to Bayard was worth it, as the old Fort has the feel of a vintage quarters and army parade grounds.It was designated a historic district in 2004.
Fort Bayard does not appear on any property lists for WWII, but it was used for housing POWs. At one point it belonged to the V.A. It was the Fort Bayard Medical Center, operated by the state of New Mexico. It is now facing the wrecking ball.
Columbus:
Camp Furlong
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| There was a camp site somewhere in Columbus. |
Deming:
Camp Cody
Camp Cody was one of 16 National Guard tent camps. It saw no reuse during WWII.
I have conflicting sets of information.
Set 1:
Entire camp 2,186 acres; Camp proper sat on 1,410 acres; 1,316 temporary buildings.
Set 2:
Entire camp 13,757 acres; Camp proper sat on 1,837 acres; 1,299 temporary buildings.
Total cost of construction $4,210,000 by 1919. In 2019 dollars: 62,482,970.
Camp Cody had a capacity of 45,000 men and hosted the 34th Infantry Division also known as the "Sandstorm Division". It consisted of National Guard troops from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Camp was closed on August 15, 1919. It was later re-used as a sanitarium. But that too is long gone.
Camp Cody was one of 16 National Guard tent camps. It saw no reuse during WWII.
I have conflicting sets of information.
Set 1:
Entire camp 2,186 acres; Camp proper sat on 1,410 acres; 1,316 temporary buildings.
Set 2:
Entire camp 13,757 acres; Camp proper sat on 1,837 acres; 1,299 temporary buildings.
Total cost of construction $4,210,000 by 1919. In 2019 dollars: 62,482,970.
Camp Cody had a capacity of 45,000 men and hosted the 34th Infantry Division also known as the "Sandstorm Division". It consisted of National Guard troops from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Camp was closed on August 15, 1919. It was later re-used as a sanitarium. But that too is long gone.
During the same trip to New Mexico in 2005, I also visited what little was left of Camp Cody. It was mostly desert with abandoned slabs of concrete with generous portions of graffiti thrown in. It was hard to imagine the same place was once a bustling WWI training center.
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