General Montgomery and Staff - 1916

General Montgomery and Staff - 1916 - Ft Bliss, El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Ft. Bliss

Source: James Staub

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General Speaks, Commanding Officer - Fort Bliss, Texas - 1916

Seventh Brigade - Ohio Infantry, 4th Infantry, 5th Infantry, 8th Infantry - General Speaks, Commanding Officer. Photograph taken at Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Ft. Bliss

Source: James Staub

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9th Battalion In Front Of El Paso High School - 1916

9th Battalion in front of El Paso High School - El Paso High School - 1916

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: James Staub

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Mexican Officers - 1916

Mexican Officers - 1916 - Names are unknown.

Area: Out of Area / Out of Area

Source: James Straub

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Mexican Border Service - 1916

ON THE BORDER For better or for worse, the National Guard was now alert and mobilized, all the while believing they were headed for a war. Ultimately, the war with Mexico never came about. Instead of fighting their way to Mexico City as their forefathers had in the 1850s, the National Guard units settled into a cycle of border guard duty and rigorous training. The desert proved a tough environment and, with the Soldiers adapting as best they could, most units were rounding into shape by December 1916. In February 1917, when it was apparent to all that the Punitive Expedition had accomplished about all it was going to, Pershing was ordered to bring his command out of Mexico. The Guard units were likewise gradually withdrawn from the border and sent home. It was just in time. President Wilson had reached the end of his patience with the Germans and was about to take his nation to war against them. Many of the Guard units returned home to find a new set of mobilization orders waiting for them to protect "key installations" from sabotage. If the president was going to fight to make the world safe for democracy, the National Guard, now toughened after months of realistic training on the border in Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona, was going to be a key part of his force. It was no coincidence that three of the first five divisions sent to France were from the National Guard.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: James Straub

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

General Speaks, Commanding Officer - Fort Bliss, Texas - 1916

Seventh Brigade - Ohio Infantry, 4th Infantry, 5th Infantry, 8th Infantry - General Speaks, Commanding Officer. Photograph taken at Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Ft. Bliss

Source: James Straub

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

9th Battalion - El Paso High School - 1916

9th Battalion in front of El Paso High School in El Paso,Texas - 1916

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: James Staub

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

2nd Ohio Brigade - 1917

General John C. Speaks - commanded the 2nd Ohio Brigade in El Paso, Texas on the Mexican Border. Photograph of the brigade in front of El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: James Straub

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General Montgomery With Staff - 1916

General Montgomery with staff at Fort Bliss -- near El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Ft. Bliss

Source: James Staub

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History