Camp Shelby can handle 3,500 155th troops, Guard says

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Posted on Tue, Jun. 29, 2004
Camp Shelby can handle 3,500 155th troops, Guard says

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Mississippi National Guard says its Camp Shelby training center will be able to accommodate the 3,500 soldiers of the 155th Separate Armored Brigade scheduled to arrive in mid- to late-August.

The addition of the Mississippi National Guard brigade will bring to about 7,500 the number of troops training at Camp Shelby at the same time.

Not since World War II, when 100,000 soldiers were stationed at the sprawling Hattiesburg-area facility, has Camp Shelby had so many troops.

About 4,000 troops from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment from Tennessee began training at Camp Shelby this month. They will be in the final stages of their training before the Mississippi troops mobilize.

"We'll have finished most of the administrative stuff and the small unit training before the 155th arrives," said Col. Stan Stricklen, Camp Shelby Training Site commander. "There won't be 7,000 people stacked on top of each other."
The camp could house up to 9,000 soldiers at once
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2. Ten thousand men on a hill,

Ten thousand men on a hill,
Ten thousand men on a hill,
Some of 'm goin' down, some of 'm gonna get killed.

Ten thousand men dressed in oxford blue,
Ten thousand men dressed in oxford blue,
Drummin' in the morning, in the evening they'll be coming for you.

Ten thousand men on the move,
Ten thousand men on the move,
None of them doing nothin' that your mama wouldn't disapprove.

Ten thousand men digging for silver and gold,
Ten thousand men digging for silver and gold,
All clean shaven, all coming in from the cold.

Hey! Who could your lover be?
Hey! Who could your lover be?
Let me eat off his head so you can really see!

Ten thousand women all dressed in white,
Ten thousand women all dressed in white,
Standin' at my window wishing me goodnight.

Ten thousand men looking so lean and frail,
Ten thousand men looking so lean and frail,
Each one of 'em got seven wives, each one of 'em just out of jail.

Ten thousand women all sweepin' my room,
Ten thousand women all sweepin' my room,
Spilling my buttermilk, sweeping it up with a broom.

Ooh, baby, thank you for my tea!
Baby, thank you for my tea!
It's so sweet of you to be so nice to me.

dylan