Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1920 — CAMP TAYLOR IS TO BE RAZED [ARTICLE]

CAMP TAYLOR IS TO BE RAZED

Jasper County Soldiers Received Training at This Camp. Camp Taylor at. Louisville, Ky., to which most of the Jasper county conscripted men were sent during the world war, is to be abandoned, and the First division, now stationed there, is to be transferred to Camp Dix, N. J. The camp must be abandoned, salvaged and disposed of before June 30, 1921. Camp Zachary Taylor was completed during the summer of 1917, at a cost of $7,500,000. It comprises 2,300 acres of land and contains 2,500 buildings. The government holds title to the land and the money derived from its sale and the sale of the buildings and other improvements will revert to the federal treasury. Camp Taylor has trained 125,000 recruit®, Including the 84th division. It has held a maximum population of 63,000 and now ha® approximately 7,000 officers and men of the First division. Major-General Charles P. Summerall, commander of the division, states that the personnel can be moved in 24 hours' notice, but that probably four months would be required to move the supplies, which are estimated to total $25,000,000.