Great War Cantonments
There were in thrity-three cantonments for the National Army and the National Guard. Besides these there were officers' training camps and specials camps for the marine corps, the aviation force, and the reception of men whose training was completed and who were being concentrated immediately prior to being put on transports and sent to the foreign battlefields. The names borne by the various camps are those of distinguished soldiers of the United States.
| Site | Organization | Troops From -- | Camp Name |
| Alexandria, La. | 39th (old 18) Division | Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. | Camp Beauregard |
| Fort Worth, Tex. | 36th (old 15) Division | Texas and Oklahoma. | Camp Bowie |
| Deming, N. Mex. | 34th (old 13) Division | Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. | Camp Cody |
| Battle Creek, Mich. | 85th Division | Michigan and Wisconsin. | Camp Custer |
| Ayer, Mass. | 76th Division | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. | Camp Devens |
| Wrightstown, N.J. | 78th Division | Remainder of New York and Northern Pennsylvania. | Camp Dix |
| Des Moines, Iowa. | 88th Division | Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. | Camp Dodge |
| Fort Sill, Okla. | 35th (old 14) Division | Missouri and Kansas. | Camp Doniphan |
| Palo Alto, Cal. | 41st (old 20) Division | Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. | Camp Fremont |
| Fort Riley, Kan. | 89th Division | Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. | Camp Funston |
| Atlanta, Ga. | 82nd Division | Georgia and Alabama. | Camp Gordon |
| Rockford, Ill. | 86th Division | Illinois. | Camp Grant |
| Charlotte, N. C. | 26th (old 5) Division | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. | Camp Greene |
| Augusta, Ga. | 28th (old 7) Division | Pennsylvania. | Camp Hancock |
| Columbia, S.C. | 81st Division | Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. | Camp Jackson |
| Linda Vista, Cal. | 40th (old 19) Division | California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. | Camp Kearny |
| Petersburg, Va. | 80th Division | New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. | Camp Lee |
| American Lake, Wash. | 91st Division | Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. | Camp Lewis |
| Houston, Tex. | 32nd (old 11) - typo, should be: 33rd (old 12) Division |
Illinois. | Camp Logan |
| Waco, Tex. | 32nd (old 11) Division | Michigan and Wisconsin. | Camp MacArthur |
| Anniston, Ala. | 29th (old 8) Division | New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. | Camp McClellan |
| Annapolis Junction, Md. | 79th Division | Southern Pennsylvania. | Camp Meade |
| Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. | 42nd Division | Most of the Middle and far Western States. | Camp Mills |
| Little Rock, Ark. | 87th Division | Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. | Camp Pike |
| Greenville, S. C. | 30th (old 9) Division | Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. | Camp Sevier |
| Hattiesburg, Miss. | 38th (old 17) Division | Indiana and Kentucky. | Camp Shelby |
| Montgomery, Ala. | 37th (old 16) Division | Ohio and West Virginia. | Camp Sheridan |
| Chillicothe, Ohio. | 83rd Division | Ohio and West Virginia. | Camp Sherman |
| Louisville, Ky. | 84th Division | Indiana and Kentucky. | Camp (Zachary) Taylor |
| Fort Sam Houston, Tex. | 90th Division | Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. | Camp Travis |
| Yaphank Long Island, N.Y. | 77th Division | Metropolitan portion of New York. | Camp Upton |
| Spartanburg, S. C. | 27th (old 6) Division | New York. | Camp Wadsworth |
| Macon, Ga. | 31st (old 10) Division | Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. | Camp Wheeler |
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