Camp Devens - World War 1 Cantonment – A.E.F. Training Center
Camp Devens, Massachusetts was named in honor of Brigadier General Charles Devens, U.S. V. (Bvt. Maj. Gen.), Attorney General of the United States, 1877-81. Established July 18, 1917, to serve as training camp for 76th Division (National Army), which occupied the cantonment, August 1917 to July 1918. Construction started June 1917 and continued through 1918. Designated as demobilization center, December 3, 1918. Retained as permanent reservation.
Index to the Content of our Camp Devens Archives
- The Building of Camp Devens
- The Mobilization of the Citizens
- The Arrival at Ayer, Massachusetts
- En Route to the Camp
- Entering the Grounds - Camp Devens
- Examining The New Arrivals at Camp Devens
- Physical Training at Camp Devens
- Looking North from Boulder Hill - Camp Devens
- A Bird's-Eye View of Camp Devens
- Town and Camp
- The Divisional Headquarters - Camp Devens
- A YMCA Hut at Camp Devens
- The Hostess House at Camp Devens
- The Knights of Columbus at Camp Devens
- Camp Institutions of Camp Devens - Divisional HQ, Officers' Quarters and Base Hospital
- Post Exchange, Heating Plant, Army Grub, Camp Guards at Camp Devens
- The Camp Fire Department - Camp Devens
- Concerning Trucks and Fatigue at Camp Devens
- Two Important Functionaries at Camp Devens - Bugler and Sentry
- Relieving the Guard at Camp Devens
- Bayonet Practice at Camp Devens
- Grenade Practice at Camp Devens
- Signaling Training at Camp Devens
Camp Devens, Described and Photographed By Roger Batchelder, Author of "Watching and Waiting On the Border" with a Foreword by Major Roger Merrill
Adjutant, 151st Infantry Brigade, Seventy-Sixth Division, National Army, Camp Devens With photographs taken by the author under the official authorization of the Committee on Public Information and the War Department, and with the endorsement of the authorities at Camp Devens
© 1918 Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers
1918: Book - The Pick: Third Officers Training Camp, 117 Pages. Covers First, Second and Thrid Company Officers Training at Camp Devens. Includes many photographs, Illustrations, Rosters and information on the 15 week training course for A.E.F. National Army Officers.
