The term station complement is not only at time a bit confusing to the civilian visitor who is uninitiated, but often so to more or less inexperienced members of the military establishment. In a few words, therefore, the Station Complement is the permanently assigned troops of various branches of the Army Service Forces who provide the "housekeeping" facilities of the camp. This function, prosaic though it sounds, is the first fundamental of a modern military camp and its complex functions are intensely interesting.

  Branches of the Army represented in the Station Complement at Camp Davis include the Quartermaster Corps; the Signal Corps; the Medical Corps; the Engineer Corps; the Corps of Military Police; the Adjutant General's Branch; the Ordnance Department and smaller detachments of other military services.

  All of the myriads of items of supplies necessary for a huge military establishment are provided by the Quartermaster Corps — a thriving industrial plant in itself. A number of companies of the Quartermaster Corps are engaged constantly in their huge trim warehouses, storage plants, offices and other structures. This branch also maintains a supermodern power laundry where millions of garments are washed every month and returned promptly to the many thousands of troops on the post.

  Telephonic, telegraphic and radio communication are provided by the Signal Corps whose apt insignia of crossed signal flags is familiar to all Americans. This important branch, whose intrepid men brave live wires in time of gale and disaster, thus forms another vital military blood vein which conencts Camp Davis with the great network of the Army.

  Order and discipline are enforced by the Corps of Military Police, an organization of highly trained soldiers.

ABOVE: Policing the grounds.
BELOW: Harvesting Christmas trees.