Camp Newton D. Baker
{{Short description|United States Army post in Texas}}
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Camp Newton D. Baker was a United States Army post located near El Paso, Texas.{{Cite book |last=School |first=U. S. Army Engineer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HB9DkeSVK7cC |title=Occasional Papers ... |date=1919 |language=en}} The post was in operation from 1916 to 1920. It was used as a mobilization center for border patrols and as a Signal Corps training center. The post was named after Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
References
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- [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/tx-sw.html#bliss Texas forts]
See also
Camp Newton D. Baker was first called [https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2017333 Camp Pershing #2], archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20240531204146/https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2017333 here] at the Wayback Machine.
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