In the early 1900s, Columbus boasted one of the greatest concentrations of rail and highway networks in the central United States, with the potential for faster shipping. During the Mexican border conflicts in 1916, the Columbus Barracks, built in 1905, was one of five posts that supplied the Army through the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot in Indiana. The city itself had become a major Midwestern rail hub and a military center during the Civil War and into the 1900s. Ohio’s capital city was within 500 miles of most of the nation’s manufacturing centers, where military supplies and equipment were produced.
In 1917, the site was a combination of undeveloped swamps and tracts of farmland 5 miles east of downtown Columbus - a considerable distance at the time.
On May 4, the Defense Supply Center Columbus - home to Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime - celebrates its centennial and recognizes a century of warfighter support from thousands of military and civilian personnel over the decades. For 100 years, a small military post in central Ohio has played a major role supporting U.S.
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