 Camp Meade was established August 24, 1898, and soon thereafter was occupied by the Second Army Corps, of about 22,000 men under command of Maj. Gen. William M. Graham, which had been moved from Camp Alger in an attempt to outrun the typhoid fever epidemic.Camp Meade was visited by President William McKinley on August 27, 1898.It was inspected November 3 and 4, and found to be spacious and well laid out.