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After the outbreak of the First World War, the US Army needed training camps to house and train soldiers for the war effort. Fort Riley was selected as the location for the largest of sixteen divisional training camps.
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(2013). "Camp Funston," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2013/folioIII/3
Camp Funston
After the outbreak of the First World War, the US Army needed training camps to house and train soldiers for the war effort. Fort Riley was selected as the location for the largest of sixteen divisional training camps.