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 …
By August 5, 1917, 379,000 Guardsmen were drafted individually into Federal service, doubling the size of the U.S. Army. There were 43 army divisions in the American Expeditionary Force of which 18 were National Guard. 29 Divisions saw action of which 12 were National Guard. On 26 July 1918, on the Marne, …
To provide sufficient organizations in each state so trained and equipped as to enable them to function efficiently at existing strength in protection of life and property and preservation of the peace, order and public safety, under competent orders of state authorities. When activated for Federal duties, to provide a …
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 …
