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Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for U.S. involvement in World War I, and was closed three years later. It was initially commanded by Guy Carleton and after the war its commanders included Julius Penn. [1] Its name (and some of its buildings) live on as the Camp ...
Panorama view of Camp Zachary Taylor circa 1918. Camp Taylor is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. First announced on June 11, 1917, it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor. For a time it was America's largest military training camp ...
World War I had not yet ended and Camp Zachary Taylor was one of 16 national Army camps in the United States that trained more than 125,000 soldiers, according to the Kentucky Historical Society ...
The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Indiana and Kentucky (who chose the formation's distinctive patch and nickname, an allusion to Abraham Lincoln who grew up in those two states), with a cadre of Regular Army , Officers Reserve Corps , and National Army officers.
During World War I, he commanded Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky and the 159th Depot Brigade, followed by Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina and the 96th Division, and then Camp Kearny, California and the 16th Division. After the war, Carleton commanded Camp Lewis, Washington and the 166th Depot Brigade.
Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reorganized in 1921 in the Indiana National Guard as the 1st Field artillery. Redesignated 30 June 1921 as the 181st Field Artillery with headquarters at Kokomo. Redesignated 27 February 1922 as the 150th Field artillery. Assigned 16 March 1923 to the 38th division.
At Camp Beauregard the division was brought to full strength by the arrival of troops from Camp Zachary Taylor (men from the states of Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky.) [52] Battery A, 1st Battalion, 142nd Artillery firing in support of the Artillery School at Du Valdahon, France, 1919
The 152nd Infantry was demobilized on 8 March 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Per the National Defense Act of 1920, it was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 38th Division, and allotted to the state of Indiana.