Several state National Guard contingent published periodic newspapers or newsletters, some combined with multiple states, to inform mobilized National Guard Soldiers along the Mexican Border. Pictured here is the “Rio Grande Rattler,” published by the New York National Guard which was stationed in and around McAllen, Texas. June 18, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (Image courtesy of the New York Military Museum and Veterans Research Center)
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Soldiers from all over the country found themselves in a somewhat exotic region while they stood vigil on the Mexican border. Without engaging in actual combat, several of them wrote about their experiences, often in a comical light. This cover of a manuscript, “To the Border and Back” written by the First Louisiana Infantry that served in south Texas. June 18, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (NGB Historical Services Branch files).
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Kentucky National Guardsmen on patrol on horseback and by automobile along a roadway outside El Paso, Texas, ca. 1916. June 18, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (Photo courtesy, Kentucky National Guard, Frankfort KY).
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“Massachusetts and Michigan Brigade –Parade of 26,000 Troops in El Paso, Texas,” reads a hand-inscripted recto taken during a “Preparedness Day” parade held on September 21, 1916. This event was the largest of its kind in the U.S. since the end of the Civil War. June 18, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (Photo courtesy, Thomas Todsen papers, New Mexico State University Archives and Special Collections Department, Las Cruces NM).
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“First Kentucky Machine Gun Company at El Paso, Texas,” reads a hand-inscripted recto taken during a “Preparedness Day” parade held on September 21, 1916. This event was the largest of its kind in the U.S. since the end of the Civil War. June 18, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (Photo courtesy, Kentucky National Guard, Frankfort KY).
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