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mox a two-aay session.$6aedsedghuv*by311-si]!Camp to Operate on Partial Basis Into 1946,Eb306ame:contyeart;mentionvirtiUsentWar Dep'tSays | see!theContrary to a multitude of re evei ports circulating in Hagerstown ^ ax j over the wek-end, a high-ranking pric[er Army officer declared -last night I buil jld that Camp Ritchie would continue 0th(in I to. operate. ernRumors were ■ current that the Thi latjcamp would he abandoned, except to 3ss I for small maintenance detach- she ments, October 16. honap. I Col. M. A. Walter, commanding A nts officer, told the Morning • Herald rec ice last night the camp would continue woiLr. to operate, but added that along ble with general Army demobilizing, ver Camp Ritchie would naturally deear crease its personnel.' He said some« •SIXlUC-: to .ses hoi, lug-rta-dubtochanges are being made but did notelaborate. 'The War Department in Washington said yesterday Camp Ritchie would be continued on a partial basis into 1946, but is being partially closed down.The Veterans Administration is• * * ,said to be interested in the site fora large veterans* hospital.*thoCoiofChingasl“aiC.J1 U MJ'AlevipeiJthitinteize:mi
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Hagerstown Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Tue, Oct 16, 1945
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