Camp Lawrence J. Hearn was a
United States Army
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facility formerly located in
Palm City, San Diego, California. The
Third Oregon Infantry established the camp in 1916 during its
border service; it was abandoned in 1931 by the
11th Cavalry Regiment when the regiment moved to the
Presidio of Monterey.
History
Beginning in 1916, the
Third Oregon Infantry established the post during its
border service. The
United States Army
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, maintained Camp Lawrence J. Hearn, in honor of Major Hearn of the
21st Infantry Regiment, in response to the
Mexican Civil War, and was manned by the
1st Cavalry Regiment. It was abandoned in August 1920, but re-established by the
11th Cavalry Regiment in October of that same year. Brigadier General
F.C. Marshall visited the post just before he died in a plane crash, traveling to
Tucson, Arizona
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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. Until 1921, the post had no structures, and consisted of a tent cantonment; soldiers requiring medical care would be sent to
Fort Rosecrans for treatment. However, conditions on the post did not improve significantly, and was described by
Army Chief of Staff Major General
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Summerall as being like a "
logging camp", composed of "tumbledown shacks". In 1924, cavalrymen from the post assisted local officers, and federal agents in enforcing a 9 pm
curfew at the
international border crossing. It continued to be in use until it was abandoned in 1931. Later the former post was considered by the
Coastal Artillery Corps for the site of a
battery
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* Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact
Battery may also refer to:
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, however this was never built.
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Closed installations of the United States Army
Military facilities in San Diego County, California