Military: Soldiers Ordered To A Base That Dosen't Exist-1918, Natchitoches
Parish La
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker

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The Natchitoches Times article.
Sign of the Times
Natchitoches Times September 24, 1999 issue.
Information supplied by members of the Natchitoches Genealogy and
Historical Association.
By Shirley Porter

January 4, 1918
SOLDIERS ORDERED TO A BASE THAT DOESN'T EXIST
     An astonishing situation developed at Raritan, N. J., Saturday when
soldiers began arriving from all parts of the country.  They were
unexpected and no provision had been made for their reception.  They said
they expected to find an ordnance base, declaring that they had been
ordered to Raritan by the war department.
     The mayor telegraphed to Washington that there was no ordnance base
there.  A reply was received stating that there must be a base at Raritan as a
report had been received that it had been established.