1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
The Syracuse Recruit Camp 1918
Photographs from the Camp
Panoramic view of the
Syracuse Recruit Camp showing the Knights of Columbus building in
the left foreground
and Onondaga Lake in the right background. This view shows a
large part of the Camp but not the whole Camp.
Photo taken by A. F. Drey August 11, 1918 during the time when
the 22nd Infantry administered the Camp.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
Below are enlargements of sections of the above photo:
Looking behind the Knights of Columbus building.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
The Knights of Columbus building.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
In front of the Knights
of Columbus building. The small wooden structure in the center
foreground
on stilts is the projection booth for a movie projector. Silent
movies were shown on a screen which
is to the right out of this view. To the left of the tents are
long wooden mess halls. In front of the
mess halls the small building with the light colored roof is the
Camp laundry.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
In the left foreground
is the movie screen (missing from the right portion of the above
enlargement).
In the right center can be seen wooden tent frames and the frame
for a wooden building, all under construction.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
A close-up of the tent
frames and wooden building under construction in the above
enlargement.
Canvas tents would be stretched over the wooden frames.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
A view of the corral where horses and mules were kept.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
Tents of the Camp sit near Onondaga Lake.
Photo from the New York Heritage Digital Collections website
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society Collection
A small bear as the mascot of the 22nd Infantry elements stationed at the Camp.
Photo from the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
Military Mass and
blessing of Columbus Hut. Building was erected as recreation spot
for soldiers and their families
by the Knights of Columbus. Photo taken by A.F. Drey August 11,
1918 during the time when the 22nd Infantry
administered the Camp.
Photo from the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
Enlargement of left section of above Military Mass photo.
Photo from the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
Enlargement of center section of Military Mass photo.
Photo from the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
Enlargement of right section of Military Mass photo.
Photo from the Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
Syracuse Recruit Camp
Band. Bandmaster "Ben. Schwartz". The 1st Battalion
website could not confirm
that this band was from the 22nd Infantry. It may have been
assembled from recruits assigned to the Camp.
Photo taken by A.F. Drey 1918.
Photo courtesy of Sondra
Stallard
(Above photo is a composite of three different scans of the
original photo.)
Enlargement of left section of band photo.
Photo courtesy of Sondra Stallard
Enlargement of center section of band photo.
Photo courtesy of Sondra Stallard
Enlargement of right section of band photo.
Photo courtesy of Sondra Stallard
To view more photos
taken at the Syracuse Recruit Camp and the prior Syracuse
Mobilization Camp
go to the following link:
Solvay-Geddes Historical Society
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