US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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Zncl L+ Ru+l1 L. Ma+++1ews ls+ L+ Irene Newman ls+ L+ Jean Niss Is+ L+ Elizabe+l1 Ruch Is+ L+ Oc+avia S. Snay ls+ L+ Corinne T. Seago ls+ L+ Fay E. Smiley Is+ L+ Na+alie Seliber Is+ L+ Alice M. S+one Is+ L+ Mar++la E. S+olxes Is+ L+ Ka+l1leen Triiclr Is+ L+ Ceridwen Williams

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I LT COL ELIZABETH B. MAHONEY Capl Hazel D. Davis Capl Mary R. DeFranco Capl Rulh D. Draclr Capl Mabel M. Eisele Capl Anna M. Evans Capl EIizabe+h Fowler Capl RulI1 E. MacEachern Capl Clirisline Moore Capl Agnes Miller Capl Dorolliy Murray Capl Geraldine McDowell CaplCall1arine Macdonald Capl Evelyn Niles Capl Gerlrude Paige Capl Margarel Paolilli Capl Callierine Pylypelz Capl Alice R. Winlr Capl Elizabelh Vielwmann Isl Ll Cecile Calelli Isl Ll Elma I. Conler Isl Ll Ann T. Duloylc Isl Ll Agnes I. Fay Isl Ll Kallierine Flynn Isl Ll Gladys Gissendanner Isl Ll Kallierine Glynn Isl Ll Anaslasia Gianaralxos Isl Ll Dorollwy A. Hillebrand Isl Ll Dorolhy Huelsman Isl Ll Elizabellm J. Horesla Isl Ll Marion E. Jaclrson Isl Ll Helen Keplinger Isl Ll L. J. Kowalski Isl Ll Virginia M. Madison Isl Ll Kallileen J. Mcl'Iugl1

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4 v HISTGRY 0F ForT Dix, a name which evolces memories To liTerally millions oT servicemen and women who passed Through iT or who served There, came inTo being I8 July l9l7 by General Order oT The War DeparT- menT over The signaTure oT lvlaior General llaTer Generali Taslcer H. Bliss, AcTing ChieT oT STaTT, designaTing a large area in The viciniTy oT WrighTsTown, BurlingTon CounTy, New Jersey, Then under con- sTrucTion as an Army camp, as Camp Dix. The name was selecTed in commemoraTion OT John Adams Dix, H798-l879l, a renowned Tigure on The American scene, soldier, sTaTesman, diplomaT, cabineT member. Camp Dix, which was redesignaTed as ForT Dix in 1939, covered an area oT TiTTy-Tive l55l square miles, 7,474 acres. lin 1950, 32,863 acres.l The greaTer parT oT This area was leased, however, The pur- chase oT The land Tor which 5700.000 was appropriaTed was ac- complished Tinally Tor abouT 5550.000 lT is locaTed sevenTeen lI7l miles below TrenTon in The cenTer oT a Triangle Tormed by New York, Philadelphia and ATlanTic CiTy. In May l9l7, The area was mapped by an Army uniT and The consTrucTion conTracT awarded To lrwin and LeighTon, Philadelphia, Pa. lT was planned To uTilize abouT halT The area Tor riTle and arTillery ranges and The remainder To house abouT 40,000 Troops. WrighTs- Town became The scene oT Teverish acTiviTy and as our parTicipaTion in World War l became a TacT and The SelecTive Service AcT oT l9I7 progressed, approximaTely 40,000 men enTered Camp Dix. Buildings sprang up almosT overnighT and by November I9l8, The camp consisTed oT l,655 buildings, including several leased Tarm houses sTill sTanding and in use as oTTicers' quarTers. There were acTually I43 diTTerenT Types oT buildings.