CPS Camp Number 022

CPS Camp Number 022

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 22, a Soil Conservation Service base camp located at Henry, Illinois and operated by Mennonite Central Committee, opened in November 1941 and closed in November 1942, partly because of hostile attitudes toward conscientious objectors. The men built fences, stock ponds and performed a variety of soil erosion duties.

CPS Camp # 22
CPS Camp # 22, Henry, Illinois
Men are helping after March 1942 tornado at nearby Lacon, IL. Left to right: Floyd F. Yoder, Kalona, Iowa, Orville C. Smith, Summer Iiowa.
Photo # B. Box 1, Folder 14. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 22
CPS Camp No. 22
Deep River Echo was a newsletter published by the men at Camp 22 from March to October 1942.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Six men transferred to NE to help in openiing a new camp at Weeping Water
CPS Camp 22, Henry, Illinois
Six men transferred to NE to help in opening a new camp at Weeping Water. Roy Ehresman, Donald G. gundy, Willard E. Schrock, Paul M. Springer, Eldon A. Schertz, Ralph H. Streid
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo
Date: April, 1942
Col. Kosch
Col. Kosch
Col. Lewis Kosch, deputy to Major General Lewis B. Hershey. Col. Kosch periodically visited and inspected the CPS camps to give guidance and check on sanitation etc.--especially in the early months of CPS camps.
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo
Kitchen Crew
Partial Kitchen Crew, CPS Camp #22, Henry, IL
L to R: Samuel L. Yoder, cook, Willard Schrock, cook, Mrs. Ralph Hernley, dietitian, Daniel Yutzy, cook, Edwin Martin, waiter, Wm Hiebert, storeroom clerk, Leon Ratzlaff, head waiter
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo
CPS Camp #22 at Henry, Illinois
Administrative Staff, CPS Camp # 22 at Opening Day
L to R Ralph Hernley, Educational Director, Elizabeth Hernley, Dietitian, Leland A. Bachman, Director, Elsie Bachman, Matron, Cornelius P. Lohrenz, Business Mgr.
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo
Date: December, 1941

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Henry, Illinois | Opened: November 1941 | Closed: November 1942