Editing Fort Slocum (section)

===Post Civil War===
At the end of the war, Congress authorized the island's purchase for military purposes and it was conveyed to the United States as the '''Davids Island Military Reservation''' in 1867. From this date, the Federal government operated its own [[ferry]] to and from Neptune Island.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P7olj8hovuUC&dq=neptune+island,+New+Rochelle&pg=PA322 Army Appropriation Bill, 1921: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 1 of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress], U.S. Government, page.322</ref> In July 1878 Davids Island was made a principal depot of the [[United States Army Recruiting Command|U.S. Army General Recruiting Service]], taking over this assignment from [[Governors Island]]. This marked the beginning of the installation's longstanding mission as a recruitment and training center.