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[A cavalry roundup. Picture]

Drawing depicting sergeant of a cavalry troop recovering stolen cattle on the Texas-Mexico border, c.1916.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Four stages of packing an army mule. Picture

Detailed illustration of the diamond hitch pattern of ropes used to secure a load to an army mule before 1920.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

The awakening of a cavalry packer. Picture

Illustration of ten mules secured on a picket line and their cavalry packer in camp at 3:00 a.m.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Uses of horses and mules in the U.S. Cavalry. Picture

Illustrated explanation of the qualifications and duties of the men, horses, and mules of the Remount Service of the U. S. Cavalry.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture

Drawing of muleteers in camp during a trip to deliver military cargo to places inaccessible by wagon. Figure on the left may represent W. D. Smithers, who was a packer for the Army.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Military pack train in Pinto Canyon, Texas. Picture

Illustrated description of composition and use of pack trains by the military in the Big Bend area of Texas, c. 1916.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Items needed for horse and man while on a march. Picture

Illustrated list of 24 items carried by the U. S. Cavalryman while on a march c. 1916.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

The 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery before 1920. Picture

Brief history of the 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery, pre-1920s to 1956; drawings of artillery loaded on mules.

Date: 1920

Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

[Pension notification, 1916]

Notification which details that Mrs. L. C. Redway's pension was increased to $20.00 per month under the Act of September 8, 1916.

Date: 1916

Creator: United States. Pension Bureau.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the Sweeney Family]

Photograph of the the Sweeney Family dressed in nice clothes; Mathilda Alice Sweeney (far left) front, Mathilda Ella Brown Sweeney, Moreau Sweeney, oldest son, Guinevere Graham Sweeney wife of Charles James Sweeney, Sr.(right corner with hat) Picture in font garden of Ashton Villa, Galveston, Texas. All of the women are wearing long dresses and the two men in the photograph are wearing nice suits.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Galveston Historical Foundation

[Photograph of Matilda Alice Sweeney with a Man and a Woman]

Photograph of Matilda Alice Sweeney standing on the right next to a man leaning towards another woman to his right; both women are wearing long dresses and the man is wearing a suit.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Galveston Historical Foundation

[Army Wagon Train]

Copy negative of a U.S. Army wagon train. The wagon train is shown crossing an unknown body of water. Their mission was to find the Mexican bandits that raided Glen Springs.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Troops At Camp Cotton]

Photograph of troops cooking at Camp Cotton. There are two men standing by grills and cooking for troops. There are dozens of tents in the background.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Motorized Commissary]

Photograph of United States Motorized Commissary delivering food in a Ford Model T. This automobile was used to deliver food to the U.S. troops in remote areas. There are five soldiers wearing military uniforms and hats. The men are standing by the car.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Major General John J. Pershing]

Photograph of General Pershing superimposed on an image showing men crossing a desert. The image of the general is shown on the left.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[United States Field Artillery]

Photograph of six military personal in the the desert with a cannon. The soldiers are wearing military uniform and hats. There are bushes and dead vegetation.

Date: 1916~

Creator: El Paso Public Library (El Paso, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Una Revolucionaria]

Photograph of a revolucionaria. The unidentified woman is sitting on a horse by train tracks. She is wearing a black coat and hat.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Dead Man]

Photograph of an unidentified dead man in the desert field.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Coffins]

Copy negative of coffins of deceased American soldiers about to be shipped to hometowns. The coffins are sitting on top of crates. There is a wooden building behind the coffins.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Army Troops]

Photograph of U.S. Troops on guard duty at the Santa Fe Bridge in EL Paso, Texas. Troops from the 24th Infantry were stationed at the bridge during the attacks on Juarez.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[American Soldiers]

Photograph of a group of U.S. Army troops posing for a camera. All of the men are wearing military uniforms and hats. The men appear to be in a desert location.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Army Motorized Unit]

Photograph of the U.S. Army motorized unit driving on a dirt road. The vehicle they used was the Ford Model T. There are four vehicles carrying cargo. The troops in the cars are wearing military uniforms and hats.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Soldier On Guard Duty]

Photograph of a soldier standing guard at the boundary commission marker. There is one man visible in the image, but three other men are behind the camera with their shadows stretching into the image.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Train Cars in a Roundhouse]

Photograph of train cars in a roundhouse. Written below the image are "(1916 era)" and "Watson & Brown Collection."

Date: 1916~

Creator: Watson & Brown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Grace Museum