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For a period of two weeks from the 5th to the 21st of July
a Recruiting Caravan of 75 enlisted men and 5 officers were
housed on the post in the National Guard Area. They had a period
of rest and time for repair of equipment, and since the show was
presented in Mineral Wells the 16,17, and 18, this camp was an
ideal place for them. Through the cooperation of the ROTC Camp
the swimming pool was placed in operation for this period.
Tec 5 Alexander was transferred the end of July leaving
S/Sgt MTaxwell the only enlisted man on the post.
8 August 1946 there was a conference of representatives from
Fourth Army Headquarters, the District Engineer and the Camp
Commander. It had been learned by telephone that the Camp Wolters
National Guard Area had been declared surplus as of 27 June 1946.
At this conference arrangements were made for turning the camp
over to the District Engineer on 15 August, he in turn to return
it to the Texas National Guard not later than 1 October 1946,
The Guard immediately began making preparations for taking the
camp back and for several days there was much activity while the
buildings and property were being checked.
Thursday, 15 August 1946, at 1630 (4,30 P.M.)brief ceremonies
were held at the flag pole to mark the closing of the Camp
as an Army Post. About fifty Mineral IWells citizens were present
also Colonel Walter R. Linn, Lt. Col. :.M. Murray, and Captain
John WT. Foster, all of whom had returned to civilian life and are
located in Fort Worth. Remarks were made by the Camp Commander
at the close of which he read the citation and presented the Army
Commendation Ribbon to S/Sgt Mlaxvell. Mr. Ernest Mimms, Manager
of the Mineral rWells Chamber of Commerce spoke briefly and announced
the possibility that Camp Wolters would become a iehabilitation
center for soldiers. Colonel Linn recalled the early days
of Camp Wolters, when he lived in a half finished shack while the
camp was being started.
Julia Wells and James E. Nelson, civilian employees who came
to work at camp in the early days of construction and Joe McGill
who started in January of 1943 were with the camp until its final
closing.
While the strains of the National Anthem played softly on
the trumpet by Robert Durham of Mineral Wells (an AAF Veteran,
who was sworn into the Air Corps at the Camp Wolters Reception
Center) floated over the camp, the Flag was lowered for the last
time over Camp Wolters as an Army Post, the home and pride of the
1866 Service Unit.
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THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAMPf WIOLTERS
AND AT CAMP WOLTERS ViE HERE ALL ONE
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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/m1/4/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.