[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 65 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 65

   Honoring the 100th anniversary of Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2009

Mr. Kohl submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Honoring the 100th anniversary of Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin.

Whereas 2009 is the 100th anniversary of the Army operating a military 
        installation in Sparta, Wisconsin;
Whereas the Army began training in Monroe County, Wisconsin, on the 4,000-acre 
        family farm of Robert Bruce McCoy in September 1905;
Whereas the Army purchased the McCoy farm and established the Sparta Maneuver 
        Tract on June 8, 1909;
Whereas the Sparta Maneuver Tract was officially designated Camp McCoy on 
        November 19, 1926, in honor of Major General Robert Bruce McCoy;
Whereas Camp McCoy served as one of the largest and most modern artillery camps 
        in the Nation, training field artillery units for deployment in World 
        War I;
Whereas Camp McCoy served as a supply base for the Civilian Conservation Corps 
        during the Great Depression, supplying uniforms, lodging, and food to 
        thousands of young men;
Whereas Camp McCoy was modernized and expanded to help prepare military units 
        for deployment in World War II, resulting in the construction of 1,500 
        buildings capable of training and supporting 35,000 troops;
Whereas Camp McCoy was temporarily an internment camp during the Japanese 
        American internment, a period of grave injustice to individuals of 
        Japanese ancestry;
Whereas Camp McCoy served as a prisoner of war camp for 4 years, housing 
        Japanese, German, and Korean prisoners of war;
Whereas Camp McCoy served as a major training center for the Fifth Army 
        preparing for the Korean War;
Whereas Camp McCoy was officially renamed Fort McCoy on September 30, 1974, 
        recognizing Fort McCoy's status as a year-round Army training facility;
Whereas Fort McCoy was designated as a Resettlement Center for Cuban refugees, 
        housing approximately 15,000 Cubans in 1980;
Whereas Fort McCoy served as a major mobilization site during Operations Desert 
        Shield and Desert Storm, preparing more than 18,000 soldiers for 
        deployment; and
Whereas Fort McCoy continues to support our Nation's defense, training more than 
        100,000 soldiers per year and preparing 85,000 military personnel from 
        49 States and 2 territories for mobilization since September 11, 2001: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin, 
on its 100th anniversary and commends the men and women who have worked 
and trained at the fort.
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