The 162d Depot Brigade was a training and receiving formation in the United States Army during World War I. Secretary of War Newton Baker authorized Major General Samuel Sturgis to organize the 162d Depot Brigade, an element of the 87th Division (National Army).[2] It was later detached and placed directly under Camp Pike as an independent unit.[3] [4][5] The depot brigade filled two purposes: one was to train replacements for the American Expeditionary Forces; the other was to act as a receiving unit for men sent to camps by local draft boards.[6][7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162d_Depot_Brigade_(United_States)
World War I[edit]
87th Division was a National Army division allocated to Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Was activated at Camp Pike, Arkansas on 25 August 1917.
Went overseas in September 1918, was utilized as a pool of laborers.
Returned to the Continental US in January 1919 to Camp Dix, New Jersey, and was deactivated in February 1919.
Was reassigned to the Organized Reserve program in 1921, and allocated to Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
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