The Mexican Border Incursion 1916

Texas was the flash point of tensions between the U.S. and Mexico as the result of repeated attacks by the Mexican bandit Poncho Villa into U.S. territory. The Mexican government seemed reluctant or incapable of dealing with this problem. President Woodrow Wilson called troops of the National Guard of the States into …

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The Guard Between the Wars

Between the wars the US Army was reduced from 280,000 to a mere skeleton force of 118,000 and even less. The National Guard was to have approx. 464,000, based on the formula of a strength of 800 per Congressional Representative. The Modified War Department Program of 1923 reduced this number to …

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