Shipping list no.: 2016-0034-S.

1. The Need -- A background of the war in Europe, why the United States entered the war in 1917, and how the United States answered the need for trained Soldiers -- 2. The Offer -- An account of how Columbia solicited the Army to build a military cantonment in the middle of South Carolina -- 3. The Construction -- A history of how a cantonment for 44,000 Soldiers was built in less than six months -- 4. The Buildings -- A description of the buildings and infrastructure constructed at Camp Jackson to train an Army -- 5. The Units -- A record of the units who passed through Camp Jackson from June 1917 to October 1919 -- 6. The People -- A listing of the significant people who populated Camp Jackson during the Great War -- 7. The Training -- A brief sketch of the training that was necessary to mold average American citizens into the world's greatest infantry and artillery Soldiers.