Here Is Camp ISutner
ll is regarded as one of the finest training
eamps now in operation and is eoniplete to
the last derail, ll is now the training site
for the 71t(li Hi vision.
Colonel H. W. Huntley, post commander, assumed his duties upon the activation of Camp Butncr on June 15
of this year. — Photo courtesy the Durham Sun.
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MOST North Carolinians know
that Camp Butncr. located near
Durham, is the latest addition
to North Carolina’s array of training
centers. But what most of them do not
know is that it is one of the finest
training camp» to lie found not only
in the state, hut in the nation.
The men stationed at Camp Bitt¬
ner are proud of their camp. They
are proud of its location, of its physi¬
cal plant, of its recreational facilities,
and of its training facilities. They are
proud of its hospital, its theatres’ and
its sendee clubs.
Camp Butncr is located at the junc¬
tion of Person, (Jranville, and Dur¬
ham counties, and the reservation of
forty square miles occupies parts of
all three. The post proper, whore the
barracks arc built, is located near
Crcedmoor, fourteen miles from Dur¬
ham and twenty-four from Raleigh.
Men in the camp do not rely on lhe»e
towns alone for n place to go when off
duty; many find the young ladies in
Oxford. Henderson, Itoxboro, and even
distant Burlington most hospitable
and attraetive. (iirls from all these
towns attend dances and social occa¬
sions at the camp, and, as a result,
every week-end sees those men lucky
enough to have passes leaving the camp
area in all directions. Camp Bittner’s
fighting men consider themselves more
fortunate than most in their percen¬
tage of «oeial contacts.
Transportation and communication
arc not major problems at Camp But-
tier, in contrast with many other camps
today. Frequent bus schedules arc
maintained between the cantonment
and Durham. Raleigh, and other
points.
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modern automatic telephone
system also sendees the reservation,
providing ample telephones and a
number of outgoing trunk lines. These
combine with a small-sized garrison to
produce an ideal set-up for personnel
stationed there.
Camp But nor itself is a modern city,
complete with theatres, lire houses,
traffic signals, libraries, and even fill¬
ing stations. A soldier stationed here
can supply a majority of his wants
without leaving the post — hut most
still go to town. However, many sol¬
diers do their shopping in the post
exchanges, see their movies in the War
Department theatres, where the new¬
est movies are shown for twelve cents,
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