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An Archive From Fort Sam Houston In Texas During The Mexican Border War Including Two Letters From Julius Penn A Commander In The Pancho Villa Expedition

ref. 4764MEXICAN BORDER WAR. A series of battles and skirmishes that took place on the United States-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1919. The Pancho Villa Expedition was part of the Mexican Border War. PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION aka MEXICAN EXPEDITION. The 1916-1917 American expedition into Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa 1878-1923 after his 1916 attack on the town of Columbus New Mexico. General John J. Pershing led the unsuccessful expedition which was part of the Mexican Border War. Archive. Approx. 88 pieces. 1914 to 1917. Primarily Texas. An archive related to the Mexican Border War and the Pancho Villa Expedition. It contains the papers of Lieutenant Maurice B. Welty who served as an Aide-de-Camp at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas during the Mexican Border War. Most of the documents are routine military paperwork sent to and from Welty such as typed reports copies of orders letters relating to supplies and more. There are also a few pieces of personal correspondence including letters receipts and checks drawn on the Army Bank of Fort Sam Houston. Documents are mainly in good condition with rust and indentations from paperclips. The majority of the documents date from 1916 and 1917 when Welty was stationed in Texas though there are also some of his earlier service records. The star of the archive is a pair of TDsS signed by Julius A. Penn 1865-1934 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. Penn commanded the 3rd Infantry during the expedition; he also served in World War One and later become a Brigadier General. There are two relatively similar TDsS dated April 10 1916 from the Madison Barracks. Each is signed by Julius Penn around the time of the Pancho Villa Expedition. “Certificate of Suitability of Mount. I have this day examined one mare purchased by 2nd Lieut. R. S. Lytle B.Q.M. from 2nd Lieut. W. H. Moss and find the animal suitable under the provisions of G.O. No. 9 c.s. W.D. as a mount for 2nd Lieut. R. S. Lytle B.Q.M. 3d Infantry. Julius A Penn Lieut. Colonel 3d Infantry.” Below each copy of the document is a later addition. “I certify that I have this date sold and transferred to 1st Lieutenant M. D. Welty Infantry Aide-de-camp the mare referred to in the above Certificate of Suitability. R.S. Lytle”. Lytle’s signature only appears on one of the two copies. In good condition with rust and indentations from a paper clip. unknown books

Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. · United States$500.00≈ €445.83

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U.S.-Mexico Border Militarization and Army Activity During Revolution and Interwar Period 1910s-1930s

1910ref. 218961910. Large photograph archive circa 1910s-1930s documenting U.S. and Mexican military presence along the Rio Grande border and in Sinaloa during a period of revolution intervention and military modernization. The photographs depict soldiers fortifications and daily military activity across multiple locations providing primary-source visual evidence for the study of U.S.-Mexico border tensions the Mexican Revolution and interwar military development. One photograph identified en verso as taken at the "United States Immigration Station on the Rio Grande River - Border Service - 1916" situates the archive within the period of the Mexican Revolution and the U.S. Punitive Expedition while other images extend into the 1920s and 1930s reflecting continued military presence and surveillance. Archive comprises 22 vernacular silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3.25 x 5.5 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches several with manuscript annotations en versos and studio stamps including "Laboratorio Vega Mazatlán Sin." and "La Foto Madero 42." Images include U.S. soldiers positioned atop sandbag fortifications with rifles standing at border outposts and posing beside military vehicles including an early Dodge touring car. Mexican Army scenes depict officers and enlisted men in varied uniforms including kepis and high-collared tunics assembled in formations occupying trenches and constructing earthen defenses. A photograph inscribed "12º Rgto. Mazatlán Sin. Marzo 1929" identifies the 12th Infantry Regiment during a coastal inspection. Additional images show cavalry units riding in formation across fields soldiers resting near agave plants and encampments along beaches with troops engaged in labor or recreation. One aerial photograph taken from a biplane captures a valley settlement while another image shows a rural structure marked "U.S. 19" on its roof suggesting identification or surveillance use. Across the archive soldiers appear in both formal and informal groupings sometimes posed in relaxed settings with visible gestures of camaraderie. These photographs document a period of sustained militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border and within northern Mexico following the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution and subsequent stabilization efforts. The presence of both U.S. Border Service personnel and Mexican Army units illustrates parallel and overlapping military activities including patrol construction and occupation of strategic terrain. The imagery of trenches transport and aerial observation reflects evolving military practices in the early twentieth century while the combination of formal and informal scenes provides insight into daily life within these environments. Surface wear to several prints; overall very good condition. A concentrated visual record of binational military activity and borderland conditions during a formative period of regional conflict and modernization. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · United States$550.00≈ €490.41

Military Arrest in a Border StateABAA

MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED BY "MARY" DESCRIBING THE MILITARY ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL OF PROFESSOR ROBERT W. NEWMAN OF BELAIR MARYLAND FOR ALLEGED CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIES

1863ref. 37344Belair Maryland 1863. Neat ink manuscript. 4pp on a sheet folded to 6-78" x 8." Very Good. Maryland -- like her sister Border States of Delaware Missouri and Kentucky-- was a Slave State whose government remained loyal to the Union during the War. But each of those States contained many Confederate sympathizers. President Lincoln's policy was to suspend Habeas Corpus and subject such persons to military arrest and imprisonment generally without charging them or granting them access to the normal incidents of due process. One such unfortunate Robert W. Newman is the subject of this letter from an associate known only as "Mary." Newman was Principal of Maryland's Harford Academy. "His arrest took place at Belair near Baltimore in the latter part of June 1863 and was made by Lieutenant Offley at the head of a detachment of Delaware cavalry stationed in Baltimore and commanded by the notorious Colonel Fish then acting as Provost Marshal of the City." Marshall AMERICAN BASTILLE. A HISTORY OF THE ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS DURING THE LATE CIVIL 621-623. Philadelphia: 1870. After about a month's imprisonment he was released without charges. We have been unable definitively to identify Mary. From context she was a close associate-- a relative close friend possibly even his wife. Her Letter reads in full capitalizations are underlined in the original: "Belair July 15 /63. Dear Mother Brothers & Sisters "This is a gloomy Sabbath morning to me I can assure you; it will be a week tomorrow morning since Mr. Newman was taken PRISONER with another gentleman of this village and CONFINED in the COUNTY JAIL; no charge was preferred against them; they were arrested by a detachment of the 1st Delaware regiment. The officer who arrested them said he was acting under orders from a superior officer from the war department. They were kept in jail from Monday till Thursday. The officer told me they must go before the provost marshall and have a hearing. Then we would know why they were arrested. I have anxiously looked every day since they were taken from here for an account of their appearance before the provost marshall but have heard no tidings of them. I shall probably know something of their whereabouts before long but I thought it not best to delay writing you any longer as you must be anxious to hear from me surrounded as I am with such commotion. For the last four days we have heard the roar of cannon on the battle field. Our little village is desolate. Many of the men have fled since the arrests fearing a like fate. This whole country is in a state of the WILDEST EXCITEMENT. "There is no Service in any of the churches in Belair today. The FUNERAL PALL has settled upon our very homes. Who can describe the SADNESS that broods over our land TODAY. "I have about two thousand dollars worth of property here to take care of so I cannot leave NOW under any circumstances. Mr. Newman's friends will never let me suffer. Mr. Newman MAY BE released in a short time but I think it MORE PROBABLE he will be sent South or to a distant fort. If Mr. Newman is taken from us by death or imprisonment for a long period or is sent South and goes into the army you all know I shall never settle myself here. I shall endeavor to wait patiently for the future to be revealed and at the same time thank my Heavenly father that he has given me strength of body and mind to endure my trials. I have felt stronger since Mr. Newman's imprisonment than I have before for several months. It is of course nervous excitement. I am taking medicine under the doctor's instruction. I take a glass of wine every day at dinner. "I read Phebe's letter-- glad you are all getting along so well. Write as soon as you get this that I may hear from you Saturday. You dont know how DESOLATE I am- dont fail to write. "Yours in affliction-- Mary unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · United States$750.00≈ €668.75

US Mexico Border War U SBiblio.com

U.S. Military History Mexican Border War Cavalry and Artillery Operations Photographs During the Punitive Expedition Era 1916

1916ref. 221871916. Photographs of United States Army troops along the U.S.-Mexico border circa 1916 document military operations associated with the Pancho Villa Expedition led by John J. Pershing and record the deployment of cavalry and artillery units during a period of heightened border conflict. Produced in field conditions these images capture soldiers equipment and encampments in arid terrain providing direct visual evidence of U.S. military logistics mounted patrols and cross-border mobilization during the Mexican Border War. The archive supports research into early twentieth century warfare U.S.-Mexico relations and the operational structure of pre-World War I American military forces. Archive consists of approximately twenty two original silver gelatin photographs most measuring about 3.25 x 5.5 inches with several larger examples including some printed on postcard stock. The images depict cavalrymen in standard issue M1912 wool field shirts campaign hats riding boots and wrap puttees posed on horseback and alongside artillery equipment. Multiple photographs show tent encampments supply convoys horse and mule trains and field kitchens distributed across desert landscapes. One recurring unidentified soldier appears in several images including a view at a marked "Continental Divide Elevation 6900 ft Tombstone 25 Miles" and another near a roadside marker reading "Road constructed by Prison Labor A.D 1913-1914." Artillery scenes include horse drawn caissons transporting field guns and a close view of a 3 inch M1902 field gun with spoked wooden wheels and riveted barrel. Additional images show soldiers positioned beside artillery pieces and within organized camp environments documenting both operational readiness and daily military life. These photographs were created during a period when the U.S. Army relied heavily on mounted units and animal powered transport prior to widespread mechanization and they record the logistical demands of sustaining military presence across the borderlands. The Punitive Expedition marked a significant moment in U.S. military modernization as lessons learned from these operations informed subsequent participation in World War I. The images also document the physical infrastructure of border militarization including constructed roads and encampments within a contested geopolitical region. Minor edge wear and handling creases consistent with field use; images remain clear and well preserved; overall very good condition. This archive provides concentrated visual documentation of U.S. Army field operations and border conflict during a formative moment in American military history. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · United States$780.00≈ €695.50

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Annotated Panoramic Photograph Picturing the Texas-Mexico Border at Brownsville in the Midst of the Mexican Revolution

1916ref. 12895Des Moines IA: Hebard-Showers Company September 1916. Panoramic photograph 8 x 37.5 inches with numerous captions in the negative. Rolled tightly. A few soft creases minor wear at bottom right corner. Very good. An unusually informative panorama of Brownsville and Matamoros taken from the American side of the Rio Grande during the heat of the Mexican Revolution. The photograph was produced by the form of Hebard-Showers here spelled Hedard-Showers likely scratched backwards in the negative of Des Moines Iowa. The image captures the scene along the Red River from a portion of Fort Brown in the east west to Brownsville's Union Station with the International Bridge visible downriver. Directly across the river from Brownsville is labeled "Santa Cruz Mexico" with Matamoros a bit further south. Other landmarks identified on the Brownsville side include the aforementioned Union Station and the International Bridge as well as Fort Brown a river landing the customs house and various locations for American state guard units. Near the landing is the Brownsville Transfer Company's building. More pertinent to the Mexican Revolution are some of the captions identifying locations on the Mexican side. These include "Casa Mata Fort or place of execution" "Blanco's Battlefield June 3rd 1913" and "Villa's Battlefield March 27 - Apr. 13 1915. 100 Killed." Also identified on the Mexican side are a Mexican bull ring the "Bone yard" and a river landing. Interestingly a small rowboat containing a few people can be seen approaching the Mexican side on the Rio Grande. Naturally Hebard-Showers Company mainly documented Des Moines and its surrounding areas but they shot a handful of Brownsville border views over several years at least between the present example and about 1921. SMU holds an example of the later panorama; comparisons between the present example and SMU's does reveal some changes in the area over the course of those five years and the present example includes many more detailed captions in the negative. Hebard-Showers Company, September unknown

The Joe Fay Company LLC · United States$1,250.00≈ €1,114.58

US Mexico Border Photo Album ; Tourism and Leisure U SBiblio.com

Turn of the Century Texas-Mexico Border and Southwest Vernacular Photo Album Featuring 81 photographs of life in El Paso Juárez and New Mexico 1905-1906

1905ref. 231541905. Texas HistoryBorderlands U.S.-Mexico borderlands photograph album 1905-1906 centered on El Paso and Juárez with additional views in New Mexico Arizona California Oregon and Alaska. The album documents an early twentieth-century traveler's movement through the southern border of the U.S. when El Paso and Ciudad Juárez were being promoted through rail travel tourism and cross-border entertainment and when American visitors regularly treated Mexican religious sites plazas bullrings and street life as part of a border excursion circuit. Its strongest historical value lies in the concentration of images tied to the Texas-Mexico border including Juárez bullfight and cockfight scenes street and church views and domestic group portraits in El Paso alongside a labeled photograph of a Santo Domingo Pueblo corn dance likely Kewa Pueblo north of Albuquerque showing non-Native travelers recording Indigenous life in the Southwest. Photograph album containing 81 original photographs most measuring approximately 2 x 3 to 4 x 5 inches mounted on thick black paper leaves in a cloth-bound album. Contemporary manuscript captions identify numerous locations and subjects including "El Paso Tex" "Juarez Mex" "Bull Fight" "Cock Fight" "Near Albuquerque 1906" "1906 New Mexico" "New Mexico 1905" "Juarez Mex Church over 350 years old" and "Corn Dance. Santo Domingo." Visible subjects include family and social group portraits posed on porches and in front of residences; women in white dresses and men in coats hats and ties; a tree-lined park path in El Paso; religious architecture and church interiors in Juárez; a fountain identified as Robinson Park in Albuquerque; river and landscape views labeled Rio Grande; a saguaro cactus study; a donkey; a seated elderly woman in a doorway; and multiple arena photographs showing matadors horses attendants spectators and ring action in Juárez. Several photographs bear later ink inscriptions including one later image of five men captioned "Alaska" en recto and with names on verso including "Mayor Goldstein" a prominent Jewish businessman and six time Juneau Mayor Isadore Goldstein. The album records border travel encompassing scenes of domestic life in El Paso tourism in Juárez and excursions into New Mexico and the wider West. The Juárez images are especially strong preserving direct vernacular views of public spectacle in the bullring and cockfight pit as well as church architecture and urban settings seen from the perspective of a visiting American observer. Photographs mounted throughout; some images faded or silvered with scattered surface wear corner wear occasional discoloration and a few later annotations or tape remnants visible. Overall very good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · United States$1,250.00≈ €1,114.58

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