Paul Quillin WWI

The records from Camp Travis in the Texas World War I Records list him as Paul B Quillan. His record is found on page 294 and he is listed as a wagoner in the 85th infantry supply company. 

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WORLD WAR I   

Camp Travis & The 90th Division
San Antonio, Texas   by John Troesser

With the war over - or nearly so -

the troops of the "Cactus Division" had time for photos.

Photo Courtesy of the Carl McDonald Collection

When the United States entered World War I, thirty-two training camps were set up. Half of them were "tent cities" and were for National Guard Units while the other half had wooden barracks for the regular Army.

Camp Travis was situated a few miles from downtown San Antonio adjoining Fort Sam Houston. Originally the name was Camp Wilson, named after the man who "kept us out of war." It was the point from which troops were mobilized in 1916 to quell the Mexican Border Crisis brought upon by the Mexican Revolution.

 

With the formation of the 90th Division in 1917, it was renamed Camp Travis after William B. Travis of Alamo fame. One of the Regiments within the 90th was the 19th Infantry.

Originally the troops of the 90th were to be from Texas and Oklahoma exclusively, but as the men were shipped out, their replacements were from other states. By the time they got orders for Europe in June, 1918, a good percentage of the troops were "foreign."

In August and September of 1918, The 18th "Cactus" Division was formed of the left over units still at the Camp. They were still preparing for the French trenches when the war ended on November 11th. After the war - troops were mustered out through the camp and in 1922 - Camp Travis was absorbed by Fort Sam Houston.