These warehouses were built in 1921 for the Eighth Quartermaster Corps as a supply depot for Army outposts and units away from Fort Bliss. Unrest related to the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1921 led to the establishment of a string of border outposts. El Paso's strategic location on the border with Mexico at the hub of five railroads made Fort Bliss the natural center of logistics and supply for 25 Army outposts from Douglas, Arizona to the Texas Big Bend. Proposals for increased storage facilities had been made and funds requested of Congress during and since the huge buildup for the Punitive Expedition from 1916 to 1917. Five years later, the Quartermaster Corps was still renting some twenty-five large buildings in El Paso. Other buildings constructed at Fort Bliss during this period included Fire Station No. 1, shops, stores, two granaries, and the Officers' Club. The growth of Fort Bliss during these years was unusual for an Army post of that time. Nationally, the period was one of military downsizing, reflecting American isolationism following the First World War from 1914 to 1918, with U.S. involvement from 1917 to 1918. Along with the creation of the First Cavalry Division, the Border Zone project made Fort Bliss viable during the interwar years.