Leinhauser Camp Lee

Otto P. Leinhauser

This collection of photographs taken at Camp Lee, Virginia before the Battalion left for France.

The back of each photograph had a handwritten description which appears in the photo details. Photos courtesy of Otto Leinhauser (grandson).

The band which came in with the first of the drafted man. The white building is the headquarters.

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Parade grounds.

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Long distant view of the base hospital.

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One of the trenches. Camp Lee Virginia 1917

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One of the trenches. Camp Lee Virginia 1917

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The water tower. 110 feet to the platform and about 30 feet above that. Capacity 300,000 gallons.

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Part of the main street. At the right it turns and goes about 1 1/2 miles further.

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Some of the buildings along the main street. They are all alike, spaced the same distance apart and five in a row. The small ones are the bath houses and wash rooms.

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A view of what is called a company street, between companies and the barracks.

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Interior of the officers overflow barracks for the ones without rooms of their own. For the 319th regiment officers only.

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Lieutenant O. P. Leithauser with the officers barracks in the rear. The low one.

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The watch tower. A guard is on duty night and day. From here you can see all over the camp. The building this way is the temporary hospital.

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