Camp Hancock (Georgia)

Machine Gun Insignia. 22,500 Officers & Men; 600 Machine Guns; Machine Gun Training Centre; Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, 1918

Camp Hancock near Augusta, Georgia was a military cantonment that was opened during World War I. It was named after Winfield Scott Hancock.[1]

It included an airfield and it served as a base for a reserves unit.[1]

It was also a divisional camp for the United States Army National Guard and a special camp for training of Army machinegun troops.[2]

Edward Leonard King was a chief of staff there.[3]

  1. ^ a b New Georgia encyclopedia
  2. ^ Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, Zone of the Interior: Territorial Departments Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918 Posts, Camps, and Stations, Volume 3, Part 2, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC, 1988, reprint, (first printed 1949-CMH Pub 23-4), pages 677-678.
  3. ^ Fred S. Wertenbach (December 21, 1933). "Keystoners' War-Time Chief of Staff, Heart Attack Victim, Buried at West Point". The Pittsburgh Press.