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"THE LAST DAYS OF CAPI WOLTERS"
It comes to mind that some of you who receive this may be
interested in having some of the details of "The Last Days of
Camp Wolters". The last days, of course, only as far as the
Army is concerned, for it may be that the national Guard will continre
Camp Wolters as they had it before World War II, Time will
For the benefit of those who may have left before January,
this brief account starts back at the beginning of the year.
Those of you who were here recall the New Year's Eve party
at the cleub which was a gala affair and one long to be remembered
ii-' p;easurt.; Perhaps it was the realization that it was the
la St Suc-l: . f iair here that lent impetus to it, but whatever the
cause ib was a good party.
6 January the club closed, on the 19th the IRTC was inactivated
and the personnel departed. On the 31st the District Enginee"
assumed jurisdiction of Camp Wolters and the 1866 Service
Unit became a more or less unwanted tenant in its former home.
Camnp Wolters was declared surplus with the exception of the National
Guard area of 206 5 acres which became "inactive". Truly
an eventful month this January of 19461
February was a month of activity--and headaches. Lt. Col.
Linn departed on the 3rd and on the 5th Colonel Flegel departed.
Col. Linn has long since become a civilian and is residing in Fort
Worth* Col. Flegel still is at Brooke General Hospital.
Lt. Col. Kenneth J. Foster assumed command upon the departure
of Col. Flegel. On the 14th a demolition team arrived to clear
the ranges. This team was here for several weeks and found plenty
of duds to remove. One might almost think that the duds were rolated
to the rabbit family.
Until the 25th of February the flag continued to fly over
what all of you knew as Camp Headquarters. A pole (of suitable
proportions was erected on building T-208 (the two story building
which properly had the law members on the first floor, with
intelligence above.) and the flag was flown daily with business
"as usual".
On the 25th of February Camp Headquartors was moved to the
building which previously had been the Headquarters of the Prisoner
of War Camp in the National Guard Arc, 'Prior to this
move the Medical Activity, the Finance and *ers onnel offices had
been discontinued, and in this move the Pernonr.el Office was combined
with the Camp I Headquarters. A short cirn thereafter the
Engineer Office was discontinued and the romai.ing employees likewise
combined with tho Camp Headquarters.
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Coing, Edward E. The Last Days of Camp Wolters, 15 August 1946, book, August 15, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46563/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.