Camp MacArthur

Camp MacArthur was named for and dedicated by Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, U.S.A., a veteran of the Civil War, an outstanding officer in the Philippines from 1898 to 1902, and the father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Founded on July 18, 1917, to train the 32nd Division of the National Guard in the First World War, it had a capacity of 45,074 at a time when Waco had a population of 32,000. It first had troops from Michigan and Wisconsin and later from Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas. The 32nd Division went to France in Feb. 1918, and the camp became an infantry replacement and training camp and officers training school. It demobilized 11,000 in Dec. 1918.

Waco, Texas · United States