Camp Mills
Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) was a military installation on Long Island, New York. It was located about ten miles from the eastern boundary of New York City on the Hempstead Plains within what is now the village of Garden City. In September 1917, Camp Mills was named in honor of a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Major General Albert L. Mills, who had suddenly died the year prior in September 1916. Mills was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Spanish–American War.
| Camp Mills Aviation Concentration Center | |
|---|---|
| Garden City, Long Island, New York | |
Encampment of National Guard soldiers at Camp Mills, New York training for service in World War I | |
Location of Camp Mills. Note location of Hazelhurst Field and Aviation Field #2, later becoming Mitchel Field | |
| Coordinates | 40°43′32″N 73°36′58″W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1917 |
Camp Mills was one of three camps under control of the New York Port of Embarkation with a capacity for 40,000 transient troops. The facility was one of several military establishments built during World War I in the Mineola, New York area that included the Aviation General Supply Depot and Concentration Camp; Hazelhurst Field (later Roosevelt Field) and Mitchel Field.