 1892 - 1984 (91 years)
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| Name |
BAIRD Lonnie Franklin |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
13 Nov 1892 |
Prince George County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Oct 1984 |
Petersburg, VA (Petersburg General Hosp) |
| Burial |
Chesterfield County, VA (Sunset Memorial Cemetery) |
| Notes |
- Served Under Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Colt, Pa., during WW-I. He worked in the orderly room and the motor pool. He knew Eisenhower. Camp Colt was a training base for tanks.
Thank you very much for the info and pictures on Camp Colt. The war ended two weeks before Dad was to go to France. At that time he was at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was back in the Orderly Room then and helped to make up discharges. He filled out his own discharge and Ike signed it.
History of Camp Colt: Camp Colt - WW I In 1917, "Camp Colt" was established at Gettysburg and was the first US Army camp authorized to train the fledgling army Tank Corps during World War I. Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded Camp Colt. All traces of this historic camp are gone except for a commemorative tree and marker planted adjacent to the Emmitsburg Road on the general location of the camp. CAMP OF UNITED STATES TROOPS IN THE PARK AND VICINITY. Camp Colt was established in the park in the spring of 1918, using the buildings, water system, drill, and parade grounds of the camps established in center of the park in 1917. Nearly all the troops of the Tank Corps and all the other troops have moved away or been mustered out of the service, leaving a very small guard and the United States property in charge of the quartermaster's department. Action has been taken to abandon the camp and sell the buildings. Bids have been asked to dismantle the camp ground and restore it to its original condition. CAMP EQUIPMENT. On May 24, 1919, the camp equipment, consisting of the buildings, drain, sewer, and water pipes was sold to the Lewis Wrecking Co., of Rock Island, Ill., by the Quartermaster's Department, United States Army. A set of specifications designating the work to be done in restoring the park land after the removal of the camp equipment was prepared by the commission and a copy was sent to the chief of construction, Washington, D.C., with the request that it be incorporated in the contract for sale. A copy was also furnished the quartermaster in charge of Camp Colt, and a copy was furnished by him to the purchaser. Six months time was allowed the purchaser for the removal of the buildings, pipes, and the restoring of the land as far as practical to its former condition. The dismantling of the buildings and the work of removing the pipes is now being done on the privateowned land. A large number of the buildings have been sold, but as yet few have been removed from the park land, and the work to be done here will not likely be completed before the winter. The wrecking company has a reputation for fair dealing and the work of restoring the land will be carried out as far as possible. About 4,500 cords of wood belonging to the Government and not included in the sale of the camp remained on the park land. Bids for the sale of this are now being received and when sold will be removed. CULTIVATION OF UNITED STATES LAND UNDER LEASE. There were 19 properties with a total acreage of 1,400 acres under lease during the year. As in the preceding year over 200 acres of land belonging to the Codori, Trostle, Smith, and the Bryan properties were used as part of the site of Camp Colt, thereby reducing the acreage actually under cultivation, and production of farm crops. A detailed statement of all the crops raised during the year as well as the number of the live stock kept by the tenants was compiled and reported to the commission at the end of the year.
Ike Deals With a Cheater You may have known someone - maybe even a close friend - who has cheated in school or in sports. You may have wondered what to do about it, so you might find it interesting to see how Dwight David Eisenhower handled a cheater. This happened long ago during World War I. Ike Deals With a Cheater Ike's flexibility was legendary - but so was his iron will. His toughness came into play when he was an officer Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, during the war. The case involved an officer who cheated at cards. When the victims of his cheating discovered his trick, they promptly seized his marked cards and complained to Major Eisenhower. Ike sent for the man and displayed the marked cards for him to see. The cheater probably had little or no idea that Major Eisenhower was an expert card player, so he tried to bluff his way through the questioning. When he refused to confess to his guilt, Ike pressured him. Years later, Ike recalled the scene. When push came to shove, Ike looked the man straight in the eye and said, "I can show you exactly where you have marked them. Would you like me to do it?" The guilty man stammered, Ike recalled, and then said "No." Ike continued as follows: "Would you rather resign at once for the good of the service or would you like to be tried by court-martial?" The man agreed to resign from the Army. A few days later, the father of the cheater appeared at Camp Colt with the United States Congressman from his district. The Congressman suggested to Ike that the man be reinstated in the Army and then transferred to another camp. Ike politely refused. Then the Congressman asked whether Ike would consider deleting the words "for the good of the service" from the guilty man's written resignation. Ike refused. Then, Ike remembered, "the congressman got angry and said he thought I was acting arbitrarily for a Major." Ike replied that he was simply "acting as an Army officer protecting my command." Eisenhower knew that a man who would cheat his fellow officers could never be trusted to lead soldiers into war. And that was that. © Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Washington, DC, 2004
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| Person ID |
I760 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
| Family |
ROSSMANN Bertha Mary, b. 30 Sep 1892, Pittsburg, PA d. 10 May 1985, Virginia Beach, VA (Bayside Hosp) (Age 92 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Nov 1923 |
Pittsburg, PA |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F279 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
11 Feb 2006 |
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 | Birth - 13 Nov 1892 - Prince George County, VA |
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- [S46] Lonnie Baird records show marriage on 7 Dec 1849.
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