[New Mexico Nation Guard]

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Photograph of uniformed National Guard troops standing around a collapsed tent at a campsite, in front of two lines of raised tents of different shapes. Around the outside of the site (left side of image), Springfield rifles (United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903) are arranged in upright stacks, with packs around the outside of each grouping and a U.S. flag is visible above one stack. Text is printed at the bottom of the image: "National Guard on the Mexican Border, Deming, New Mexico." with a handwritten note written below the photo: "putting up tents."

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 March 1916.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 19 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Photograph of uniformed National Guard troops standing around a collapsed tent at a campsite, in front of two lines of raised tents of different shapes. Around the outside of the site (left side of image), Springfield rifles (United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903) are arranged in upright stacks, with packs around the outside of each grouping and a U.S. flag is visible above one stack. Text is printed at the bottom of the image: "National Guard on the Mexican Border, Deming, New Mexico." with a handwritten note written below the photo: "putting up tents."

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1 postcard : b&w

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Additional historical context: According to researched information; there was indeed a National Guard unit in Deming, New Mexico ca. March 1916 and that unit was Company I, 1st New Mexico Infantry of the New Mexico National Guard. Company I, 1st New Mexico Infantry was mobilized to assist the 13th Calvary after Pancho Villa and his Villistas entered the United States and raided the small town of Columbus, New Mexico. Villa raided Columbus on March 9, 1916. Citation: Nationguard.mil

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

These primary source items relate to the Mexican Revolution. The collection includes 15 books and 10 postcards dating from 1910 to 1919.

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  • March 1916

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [New Mexico Nation Guard], postcard, March 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187950/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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