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Transporting soldiers from Marfa to border by US Army trucks

Description: Photograph of United States troops heading from Marfa, Texas, to the Mexican border. The uniformed men are piled into a line of open military trucks with covered beds. A note in the lower-right corner says "Transporting soldiers from Marfa to border by U.S. Army trucks." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "These troops resisted Mexican bandits under the leadership of Pancho Villa who raided ranches and farms on both sides of the Rio Grande" (p. 8).
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Infantry]

Description: This photograph shows a group of infantry men camping outside of Fort Davis after patrol duty. The men are all ranged on the slope of a mountain in army uniforms. In the foreground, there is a pot hung over a fire and two groups of guns arranged in teepees. The smoke from the fire is obscuring some of the men. They are surrounded by rocks and desert scrub.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of Seven Officers]

Description: This photograph shows seven men, wearing what appear to be army uniforms, sitting on rocks surrounded by desert vegetation. The men have moustaches and are wearing dark jackets with stripes on the sleeves, light-colored pants, and hats with a dark bands. The man on the far right is Sergeant Forsythe, the Post Commissary Sergeant. Clockwise, the other men are a 1st Sergeant, a Corporal, another Sergeant, the Hospital Steward, the Quartermaster Sergeant, and another 1st Sergeant.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library
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