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community of Barlow. In March, 1944, William Tull of Canby reported that his grandfather, William S. Tull, was one of the first to enlist at Camp Barlow, and that Mrs. William Barlow served dinner to the recruiting staff the first day. The record shows that William Tull, aged 18, enlisted in E Company of the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry on February 5, 1862. Camp Barlow does not seem to have been long in use.

CAMP CARSON, Union County. The origin of the name Camp Carson, for a place near the headwaters of Grande Ronde River in the south part of the county, is a mystery as far as the writer is concerned. There seems to be no satisfactory explanation of the name nor of the exact location of the place. A War Department map of 1887 shows Camp Carson on Fly Creek in the west part of the county near the toll house on the road between Pilot Rock and Powder River Valley. The place is marked "Abandoned" and there is an implication that it had been a military establishment. However, a diligent search of military records fails to bring to light any mention of such a camp, and there is no mention of it in campaign reports. Modern maps show Camp Carson in quite a different location. It now appears to be about ten miles southeast of the location on the War Department map, and a little to the northeast of Chicken Hill. It is possible that it was named by gold seekers from the Carson City area of Nevada. There were many Nevadans in eastern Oregon in the early '60s and they may have brought the name along with them. Camp Carson was well known in the mining days of the '60s, which seems to set its naming at the time of the gold rush and prior to military activities.

CAMP CASTAWAY, Coos County. This appropriate descriptive name was applied to a military camp used by soldiers and sailors who got ashore from the wreck of the transport Captain Lincoln a couple of miles north of the entrance to Coos Bay. The Captain Lincoln sailed from San Francisco December 28, 1851, with C Troop of the First Dragoons under command of Lieutenant H. W. Stanton. A medical officer, Dr. Francis Sorrel, was also on board. Instead of making Port Orford, the ship got into difficulties and in very bad weather was wrecked on the morning of January 3, 1852. A report, dated at Benicia, March 24, 1852, is in the annual report of the Secretary of War, dated December 4, 1852, page 109, and gives many details. There are other reports and letters about Camp Castaway in the same volume. Stories of the wreck are in Dodge's Hist tory of Coos and Curry Counties, page 144, et seq. See also Victor's Early Indian Wars of Oregon, page 290. Camp Castaway was apparently used about four months, and was a tent town. The troopers finally reached Port Orford after some remarkable adventures. Camp C. F. SMITH, Harney County. This camp was established in June, 1866, during the Indian outbreaks. It was on Whitehorse Creek, probably not far from the Whitehorse Ranch, but the compiler has been unable to get details about it. It was established when Camp Alvord was evacuated. See under that heading. Presumably it was named for Major-General Charles Ferguson Smith, a distinguished officer of the reg. ular army. This camp was abandoned November 9, 1869.

CAMP CLATSOP, Clatsop County. Camp Clatsop, on Clatsop Plains, is named for Clatsop County and the Clatsop Indians. In February, 1944, Colonel Elmer V. Wooton, acting adjutant general of Oregon, wrote the compiler: "Camp Clatsop was established in 1927 under a lease arrangement and part of the camp was purchased in 1934. Additional land was