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Camp Merritt was a military base in Dumont and Cresskill, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, that was activated for use in World War I. It had a capacity for 38,000 transient troops and was one of three camps directly under the control of the New York Port of Embarkation . [ 1 ]
The Camp Merritt Memorial Monument is dedicated to the soldiers who passed through Camp Merritt, New Jersey on their way to fight in Europe in World War I, especially the 578 people – 15 officers, 558 enlisted men, four nurses and one civilian – who died at the camp due to the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918, whose names are inscribed at the base of the monument. [1]
Camp Merritt was established on May 29, 1898, pursuant to General Order 7 of the U.S. Expeditionary Forces. General Elwell Stephen Otis , commanding general of the U.S. Volunteer Army, established the headquarters for the Philippine Islands Expeditionary Forces at the southwest corner of the camp on slightly elevated ground at Fulton Street and ...
Camp Merritt may refer to: Camp Merritt, New Jersey, a U.S. military camp in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, more specifically in modern-day Cresskill, NJ, that was activated for use in World War I. Camp Merritt, California, a Spanish–American War era American military camp used to hold 18,000 American troops awaiting transportation to the ...
Three embarkation camps, Camp Merritt having a 38,000 transient troop capacity, Camp Mills with 40,000 capacity and Camp Upton with 18,000 capacity came under the direct command of the Port of Embarkation while Camp Dix remained under War Department control but served as an embarkation camp for the port. [18]
With personnel trained and all the necessary funds and equipment, the whole operation left the University for Camp Merritt, New Jersey on 1 April 1918. [6] During their three weeks in New Jersey, they were joined by the nurses, dietitians and three civilian stenographers, who had been stationed at Ellis Island, and finally on 22 April, they all ...
The 4th Division arrived at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, on 1 August 1919, after completing 8 months of occupation duty near and in Bad Bertrich and Bad Breisig, Germany. Emergency period personnel were discharged from the service at Camp Merritt after arrival. The division proceeded to Camp Dodge, Iowa, and arrived 8 August.
The 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery relocated to Camp Merritt, New Jersey on 2 January 1918. [ 22 ] [ 20 ] From Camp Merritt, the troops marched for over an hour to Alpine Landing and then took a two-hour ferry boat ride to the port of Hoboken , New Jersey for embarkation to the European continent. [ 23 ]