Fort Meade (2)

Fort Meade (2) (1917-Present) - First established as a U.S. Army World War I National Army Mobilization and Training Camp in 1917 near Admiral, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Named Camp Meade in G.O. 95, 18 Jul 1917, after Major General George G. Meade (Cullum 804), who commanded Union forces at Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War. Active military installation. Also known as Fort George G. Meade.

Fort Meade Troops in Front of Bldg. 4553

Fort Meade Officer Quarters

World War I

Camp Meade was Authorized by an Act of Congress in May 1917, as one of 16 cantonments built to process World War I draftees. The site was selected 23 June 1917 and cost $18 million to construct. Over 400,000 troops passed through Camp Meade during the war. The post remount station processed over 22,000 horses and mules.

The post was renamed Fort Leonard Wood (2) in 1928, but angry congressmen held up Army appropriations until it was renamed Fort George G. Meade on 5 Mar 1929.

World War II

Fort Meade was a training center during World War II and more than 3 million men passed through the post between 1942 and 1946. Starting in 1943 the post housed a POW camp for German and Italian prisoners of war.

Current Status

An active military installation and a part of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington. Houses the National Security Agency and the Fort George Meade Museum.

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512196

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Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maps & Images Lat: 39.100293 Long: -76.740103 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 174'

Sources:

• Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 387
• Ayres, Leonard Porter, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary, U.S. War Department, 2nd Ed, 1919, 147 pages
• Rinaldi, Richard A., The US Army in World War I - Orders of Battle, Tiger Lily Publications LLC, 2004, 244 pages
• Brief Histories of Divisions, U.S. Army: 1917-1918, U.S.A. General Staff, June 1921, 92 pages
• Morden, Lt. Colonel Earle B., The Work of the Construction Division of the United States Army from Coast to Coast, 1917-1919, The Journal of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, Vol XXXVII-3, March 1920, No. 184, (Google Books)

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Meade (2)
• New River Notes - World War I Forces

Visited: 30 Jul 2010

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