Camel Corps (United States Army), 1936
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United States. Army. Camel Corps
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In 1836, Army Major George H. Crosman encouraged the War Department to use camels for transportation. Around 1848, Major Henry C. Wayne conducted a more detailed study and recommended importation of camels to the War Department; his opinions agreed with those of then Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. When Davis was appointed as Secretary of War in 1853, he convinced the President and Congress to take the idea seriously, especially since US forces were required to operate in arid and desert...
