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The camp was abandoned about August 27, 1898 when the remaining troops were moved to Camps Merriam and Miller a bit north at Presidio of San Francisco. Camp Merritt existed only long enough for the fleet to be assembled for the 18,000 troops destined for the Philippines to be sent off.
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Camp Merriam, California was a U.S. military camp for American troops destined for the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. Located at the San Francisco Presidio, the camp, named after Major General Henry C. Merriam, the Commanding General of the Department of the Pacific. Camp Merriam was located on the hills just north of the ...
Opening day for the short lived operation of Alan Pegler's #4472, The Flying Scotsman along San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Seen running on Jefferson St., Pegler is in the engineers seat and riding the tender is Joseph Silva, manager of the State Belt RR.
On April 28, 1898, the Regiment was activated after the United States declared war on Spain and ordered into federal service on May 12 as part of the United States Volunteers where they mobilized out of Camp Merritt, California, near San Francisco, before embarking for the Philippines. [3]
English: Camp Merritt (1898), San Francisco; View south from the roof of Hahneman Hospital (California and Commonwealth) toward Cap Merritt and the 51st Iowa Volunteer encampment. View of Lone Mountain Cemetery and Odd Fellows Cemetery in the background, Parker Avenue at left.
Camp San Bernardino, San Bernardino 1861 [15] Camp Lyon, San Francisco 1861-1865 [16] Mare Island Post, 1861–1862; Camp McClellan, Auburn 1861 [17] Camp McDougall, near Stockton, 1861 Camp Gilmore, 1863 [18] Camp Union, Sutterville 1861-1866 [19] Camp Sigel, near Auburn, 1861–1862 [20] Camp Sumner, San Francisco, 1861-1865 [21]
The Department of the Pacific was created on October 31, 1853, at San Francisco, California, replacing the older Pacific Division, (1848–53) and abolishing the existing 10th (California) and 11th (Oregon) Departments, consolidating them within the new department. The department reported directly to the headquarters of the Army in Washington, D.C.