Camp Merritt (2)

 (1917-1920) - A U.S. Army World War I Embarkation Camp first established in 1917 near Cresskill, Bergen County, New Jersey. Named Camp Merritt after Major General Wesley Merritt, U.S. Civil War cavalry officer. Abandoned in 1920.

World War I
A U.S. Army Embarkation Camp established in 1917 to process U.S. military units for sea transport to the war front in Europe through the Hoboken Port of Embarkation. Camp Merritt was opened 1 Oct 1917 on a site of about 770 acres at a cost of about $ 10,000,000. The camp processed about one million of the two million troops sent to Europe during the war.

At the end of the war Camp Merritt became a disembarkment center, reversing the embarkation process until it was abandoned in 1920.

In 1924 a monument to the 563 personnel who died at Camp Merritt during the 1918 influenza epidemic was placed at the former center of the Camp.

Current Status
Monument in Merritt Memorial Circle, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Sources:
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Links:
 * North American Forts - Camp Merritt
 * Wikipedia - Camp Merritt
 * Bergan County Historical Society - Camp Merritt
 * Cresskill Monument
 * Hstorical Marker Database - Camp Merritt