The camp was used by all units of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as their summer training ground.
The camp also contained a state arsenal where weapons and equipment was stored and issued to units.
Fort Dalton was a training battery from 1883 to 1898, 138 feet (42 m) long with two 10 in (254 mm) Rodman guns and four siege mortars.
[1] From May 1942 to December 1943, Headquarters, 181st Infantry Regiment was stationed with its companies serving on coast patrol duty for the Eastern Defense Command in New England.
In 1948, Camp Framingham was transferred from the Military Division to the Massachusetts State Police.