▁b ak ery , ▁del ous ing ▁plant ▁and ▁other ▁facilities . ▁It ▁eventually ▁consisted ▁of ▁about ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁buildings ▁with ▁a ▁capacity ▁of ▁ 4 6 , 0 0 0 , ▁including ▁space ▁for ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁trans ients ▁( about ▁half ▁in ▁bar ra cks , ▁half ▁in ▁t ents ), ▁a ▁ 5 0 0 ▁in mate ▁det ention ▁camp ▁and ▁ 5 , 5 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁a ▁permanent ▁g arrison . ▁A ▁very ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁American ▁soldiers ▁sh ipped ▁out ▁to ▁France ▁from ▁Camp ▁M ills , ▁at ▁its ▁peak ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁over ▁ 3 1 , 0 0 0 ▁troops ▁were ▁station ed ▁there . ▁Notable ▁individuals ▁who ▁were ▁assigned ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁were : ▁Douglas ▁Mac Ar thur , ▁Wild ▁Bill ▁Don ovan , ▁Joy ce ▁Kil mer ▁and ▁Father ▁D uff y ▁among ▁them . ▁F . ▁Scott ▁Fitz ger ald ▁was ▁a ▁soldier ▁at ▁Camp ▁M ills . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁Camp ▁M ills ▁then ▁performed ▁a ▁mission ▁to ▁process ▁the ▁thousands ▁of ▁troops ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁a ▁dem obil ization ▁center . ▁Many ▁returning ▁units ▁passed ▁through ▁it ▁and ▁were ▁either ▁dem obil ized ▁or ▁sent ▁to ▁other ▁cam ps ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁where ▁the ▁men ▁were ▁processed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁civil ian ▁life .