Old Navy Radio Station

MacFee indicated that he worked out of an office in Luray and buried Civil War munitions as well. The District of Columbia was also able to confirm that there were five CCC camps in Luray, including Camp Roosevelt and Camps NP-1, NP-2, NP-10, and NP-12. These camps were near a large storage depot and in an area rich with Civil War remnants, which may have provided MacFee and his unit with experience in burying munitions. The caller also indicated that munitions burials occurred at Aberdeen, Maryland, and that the Old Navy Radio Station in Arlington, Virginia, had two munitions dumps on it. 

Fort Myer had two gas and flame companies located there during 1918, and it is likely that they fired 75-mm chemical ordnance. Also, the Navy was involved in the research at the AUES and shells were tested in Virginia (see page 29 of Brief History). Because the CCC was working at Fort Myer, which is adjacent to the Old Navy Radio Station, at the same time that the dumps became available at the Radio Station, it is plausible that some ordnance may have been disposed of there. 

MacFee did not state that pits were dug but rather that there were dumps at the Radio Station. This subtle difference in descriptive language could be compatible with munitions simply placed in septic tanks being converted to dumps. MacFee also did not state that he was involved in the disposal at the Radio Station. A CCC Camp, NP-6-Va, was estabUshed in Fairfax County (Alexandria), Virginia, and was commanded by Nathan C. Sutton, Ensign, U.S.N. Ironically, this was the only Navy commander of a CCC camp in this area. Thus, CCC workers under the command of the Navy were available to work on the Radio Station. The District of Columbia believed that the creation of two waste dumps at the Old Navy Radio Station within the same time frame as Noel s service adds significantly to confirmation of MacFee s statements. 

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