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It is not uncommon for military bases to be renamed. You arrive, you have an encampment, the mission changes, stay longer, await orders, at some point it's called something like camp x then at some point its renamed to a post etc...
I never saw anything that actually indicated Camp Furlong was the name in 1917, my searches never indicated that Columbus existed before 1917, Camp Furlong may have been part of the Fort Bliss and Fort Huachuca string of installations, I know they existed.
I never saw anything that actually indicated Camp Furlong was the name in 1917
This was posted back a few posts:
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Following the Villa attack on Columbus and the adjacent military installation, and as a result of a US Army troop buildup, the installation was called Headquarters, Punitive Expedition, US Army — Columbus, NM. After Pershing's expedition moved into Mexico, and as a result of supply and troop buildup at Columbus, the installation was known as Camp US Troops. This installation was named Camp Furlong by General Orders, No. 9, War Department, 1937. It was named in honor of Major John W. Furlong, 13th Cavalry.
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my searches never indicated that Columbus existed before 1917
Columbus has an unusual and colorful history. The village was first established in 1891, just across the border from Palomas, Mexico. In 1902, when the El Paso/Santa Fe Railroad Line opened a station for Columbus, the residents moved themselves and their village three miles north to the present location.
Ft. Bliss and Ft. Huachuca were (are) permanent installations, thereby the name "Camp" Furlong, indicating it was never intended to be permanent.
Sorry I should have said, I never saw anything that really proved Camp Furlong was the name in 1917.
I went through the photo album I referenced earlier in this thread and none of the photos had the word "Furlong" on them. Other than the research of this historian, I don't know of other proof either but presume he has some basis for his claim.
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