The Fight for an Army Camp
Representatives debate whether Tacoma or Spokane should host the new regional military mobilization center.
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A hearing was given by the house committee on military affairs yesterday on the question of establishing an army camp site in the state of Washington. Representatives Cushman and Jones addressed the committee, the former favoring the American Lake site near Tacoma, and the latter the site near Spokane. Mr. Cushman argued that the American Lake site would be far more advantageous for the mobilization of troops in case of war, for it not only has more railway facilities but is near tide water.
“The American Lake site would be a far more advantageous site for the mobilization of troops.”
This debate preceded the establishment of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, which remains the cornerstone of the regional economy and military presence, highlighting the early-20th-century scramble to secure federal defense dollars.
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