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Former U.S. Army facility in San Diego, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Camp Lawrence J. Hearn was a United States Army facility formerly located in Palm City, San Diego, California. The Third Oregon Infantry established the camp in 1916 during its border service; it was abandoned in 1931 by the 11th Cavalry Regiment when the regiment moved to the Presidio of Monterey.
Camp Lawrence J. Hearn | |
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Part of Southern California Border District[1] | |
Palm City, San Diego | |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army |
Site history | |
In use | 1916–1931 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 11th Cavalry |
Beginning in 1916, the Third Oregon Infantry established the post during its border service.[2][3] The United States Army maintained Camp Lawrence J. Hearn in honor of Major Hearn of the 21st Infantry Regiment in order to patrol the border during the Mexican Civil War.[4] It was manned by the 1st Cavalry Regiment.[5] It was abandoned in August 1920 but re-established by the 11th Cavalry Regiment in October of that same year.[6] Brigadier General F.C. Marshall visited the post just before he died in a plane crash while traveling to Tucson, Arizona.[7] Until 1921 the post consisted of a tent cantonment with no permanent structures and soldiers requiring medical care would be sent to Fort Rosecrans for treatment.[8][9] Conditions on the post did not improve significantly. Army Chief of Staff Major General Summerall described them as being like a "logging camp" composed of "tumbledown shacks".[10] In 1924, cavalrymen from the post assisted local officers and federal agents in enforcing a 9 pm curfew at the international border crossing.[11] It continued to be in use until it was abandoned in 1931.[12][13] Later the Coastal Artillery Corps considered the former post as the site of a future battery. This, however, was never built.[14]
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