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[Cavalry wagon trains and pack trains. Picture]

Drawing of an Army wagon train; list of personnel of a wagon train; description of pack trains; information about water and camp sites in the Big Bend District, c. 1916-1920.

Date: 1916/1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map that identifies towns where Cavalry units were stationed on the border from El Paso to Del Rio in 1918 and 1919. An inset shows locations of the three U. S. Military District headquarters (Rockwell Field, California; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Kelly Field, Texas) for the pilots patrolling the border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.

Date: 1918/1919

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

Item Type: Map

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

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

The border air patrol 1918-1919. Picture

Illustrated description of the air support for the U. S. Cavalry on the Texas-Mexico border, 1918-1919.

Date: 1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

Cavalry officers of the 1916-1921 period. Picture

Drawings of officers in charge of activities on the U.S.-Mexico border between 1916 and 1921, indicating ranks and commands.

Date: 1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

[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

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

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

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

[Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing the border area between Texas and Mexico from El Paso, Texas (left) to Van Horn, Texas (right). Several towns, forts, roads, and geographic features are marked primarily on the Texas side of the map. A note in the bottom-left corner of the map says "Where the Rio Grande becomes the U.S. & Mexico boundary, and flows towards the Big Bend District. It makes 1,260 miles of the international border. Much of the early history of the south-west was made alo… more

Date: [1920..]

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

Item Type: Map

Location: None

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

Texas National Guard units on duty on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1917. Picture

Illustrated descriptions of the National Guardsmen in tent camps on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1917 and in service in France in 1918. Theses troops are variously identified by W. D. Smithers as the Fourth Texas Infantry, Militia (National Guard) of Texas, and the 36th Division (U.S.).

Date: 1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

Types of cavalrymen, their mounts and equipment 1916-1921. Picture

Depicts equipment and describes activities of U. S. Cavalry in defense of the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921.

Date: 1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

U. S. Cavalry Medical Corps 1916-1921. Picture

Illustrations and captions depicting activities of the Medical Corps of the Cavalry serving on the U. S. - Mexico border between 1916 and 1921. Includes prescription for treatment of colic in horses.

Date: 1920

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

Item Type: Artwork

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

Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture

Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.

Date: 1961

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

Item Type: Artwork

Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. Picture

Brief description of the personnel and operations of a battery unit of the U. S. Army on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921, including a note on the march of Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, into Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. Illustrations based on photographs taken between 1916 and 1922.

Date: 1961

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

Item Type: Artwork

The four famous cavalry regiments of the First Cavalry Division. Picture

Brief histories of the four cavalry regiments (5th, 7th, 8th, and 12th) organized into the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas in 1921. Illustrated with the insignia of the five units.

Date: 1961

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

Item Type: Artwork

Insignias of the branches of the Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Picture

Sketches of insignia and brief summaries of activities of the branches of the U.S. Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Includes protocol of hat cords.

Date: 1961

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

Item Type: Artwork

The U. S. Cavalry troops on the U. S. - Mexico border in 1916. Picture

Illustrated descriptions of activities of Cavalry patrols on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1918. Includes map of boundary line from California to the Gulf of Mexico.

Date: 1961

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

Item Type: Artwork

Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture

Illustrated descriptions of the Army field kitchens on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1920, from cooking equipment loaded on mule-drawn wagons to rolling kitchens pulled by trucks. Includes recipe for El Rancho Stew and a diagram of Army Field Range #1 (cook stove).

Date: unknown

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

Item Type: Artwork

[Map of Army Supply Routes in Big Bend, Texas 1916-1921]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing ranches in Presidio County, Texas with a list of water stops and camp sites on the ranches made available to U. S. Army troops stationed in the Big Bend District between 1916 and 1921.

Date: unknown

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

Item Type: Map

Location: None

[Map of the Lower Part of Brewster County, Texas 1916-1930]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map of part of Brewster County, Texas in the Big Bend region. It includes several annotations and identifies families and ranches in lower Brewster County Texas between 1916 and 1930, WWI quicksilver mines, and provides information on the Glenn Springs Raid of 1916.

Date: unknown

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

Item Type: Map

Location: None

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[Cavalry wagon trains and pack trains. Picture]

U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map

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

The awakening of a cavalry packer. Picture

The border air patrol 1918-1919. Picture

Cavalry officers of the 1916-1921 period. Picture

[A cavalry roundup. Picture]

Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture

Four stages of packing an army mule. Picture

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

[Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas]

Military pack train in Pinto Canyon, Texas. Picture

Texas National Guard units on duty on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1917. Picture

Types of cavalrymen, their mounts and equipment 1916-1921. Picture

U. S. Cavalry Medical Corps 1916-1921. Picture

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

Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture

Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. Picture

The four famous cavalry regiments of the First Cavalry Division. Picture

Insignias of the branches of the Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Picture

The U. S. Cavalry troops on the U. S. - Mexico border in 1916. Picture

Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture

[Map of Army Supply Routes in Big Bend, Texas 1916-1921]

[Map of the Lower Part of Brewster County, Texas 1916-1930]