UUS_p0030.xml Guide to the Idaho 2nd Infantry Expedition to Mexico1916-1917 Idaho 2nd Infantry Expedition to Mexico1916-1917 Finding aid created by Ryan Lee, May 2002. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0030 Idaho 2nd Infantry Expedition to Mexico 1916-1917 1916 1 box .25 linear ft. Forty postcards and photographs of military activities, equipment, drilling, and soldiers of the Idaho 2nd Infantry at either Boise, Idaho or Fort Huachuca, Nogales, Arizona. Most of the images were developed at La Luna Studios, Tucson, AZ. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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Idaho 2nd Infantry Expedition to Mexico, 1916-1917. (P0030). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books (Salt Lake City) in December of 1994.

Register completed by Ryan Lee, May 2002.

Historical Note

The Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 prompted the states on the border to activate their National Guard troops. Soon the need for more troops became apparent and President Wilson ordered Secretary of War Newton D. Barker to activate one regiment of the Idaho National Guard with 1,800 men. All companies of the Idaho National Guard were required to gather at the Boise Barracks until they reached full strength. They arrived in Nogales, Arizona on July 12, 1916. Duties for the Idaho National Guard were mostly centered on outpost patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border. This task proved difficult because the border lines were difficult to determine. Besides border patrol, the troops also trained rigorously. The Idaho Guard became known along the border as the model guard unit due to their fine organization and preparedness. They returned to Boise on December 23, 1916. The Idaho National Guard regiment was led by Idaho's Adjutant General Philip J. Crow, while all troops along the border were under the command of General Frederick Funston.

Numerical by photo number.

This Collection consists of forty postcards and photographs of military activities, equipment, drilling, and soldiers of the Idaho 2nd Infantry at either Boise, Idaho or Fort Huachuca, Nogales, Arizona. Most of the images were developed at La Luna Studios, Tucson, AZ.

 Military Idaho. National Guard--Photographs. Idaho. National Guard--Military life--Photographs. United States. Army. Idaho Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1916)--Photographs. United States. Army--History--Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916--Photographs. United States--Boundaries--Mexico--Photographs. Mexican-American Border Region--Photographs. United States--History--1913-1921--Photographs.. Arizona--History--1912-1950--Photographs. Fort Huachuca (Ariz.)--Photographs. Nogales (Ariz.)--Photographs. Container List 1 (click to view all the images in Box 1) undated 1 1:001 Six soldiers, including Lt. Hodge(?) and Major Wilkins(?), standing next to desert brush. Taken W.P. Holt undated 1 1:002 Seven soldiers, including Major Wilkins(?), sitting on a desert hill undated 1 1:003 Eight soldiers sitting in the ruins of an adobe structure; one soldier standing below undated 1 1:004 One soldier sitting among ruins of an adobe structure undated 1 1:005 Nine soldiers sitting in front of an old adobe structure undated 1 1:006 Soldiers, including Major Wilkins(?) setting up camp undated 1 1:007 Truck Company, Nogales, Ariz undated 1 1:008 Soldiers (Company "C"?) lined up with firearms undated 1 1:009 Training at Boise, 1916 1 1:010 Idaho Infantry Camp, Nogales, Ariz undated 1 1:011 Part of a company just after reaching Ft. Huachuca, in front of the barracks undated 1 1:012 Infantry camp undated 1 1:013 Tents and barracks at Ft. Huachuca(?) undated 1 1:014 Soldiers lined up, marching and drilling undated 1 1:015 Soldiers pitching camp on their way up to Ft. Huachuca(?) undated 1 1:016 Soldiers walking between tents in a camp undated 1 1:017 Tents atop a desert hill undated 1 1:018 Soldiers in a pit behind concrete wall, part of a target range(?) undated 1 1:019 Second Idaho Infantry camped at Nogales, Ariz undated 1 1:020 Company "C" (?) after a storm undated 1 1:021 Major Wilkins and Captain Jeeter in Boise undated 1 1:022 2nd Idaho Infantry camped at Ft. Huachuca target range, August 15, 1916 1 1:023 2nd Idaho Infantry camp, Nogales, Ariz undated 1 1:024 Eight soldiers standing in camp with firearms undated 1 1:025 Company drilling at the fort undated 1 1:026 Company "C" of the 2nd Idaho Infantry standing at the target range, Ft. Huachuca, August 15, 1916 1 1:027 Tents and barracks undated 1 1:028 Soldiers marching down a city street undated 1 1:029 Idaho regiment camped at Ft. Creatman(?), Arizona, August 13, 1916 1 1:030 Company "C" cleaning ground for a hospital(?) undated 1 1:031 One soldier standing outside a tent undated 1 1:032 Two soldiers, one sitting and one standing, taken indoors undated 1 1:033 W. P. Holt standing outside camp with firearm undated 1 1:034 Felix Rousseau, Jr., a member of the border militia undated 1 1:035 Four soldiers sitting on boxes in camp undated 1 1:036 Military band standing in line outside camp with instruments in hand, conductor standing behind undated 1 1:037 Tents and barracks atop a desert hill undated 1 1:038 Fourteen soldiers posing in front of a building undated 1 1:039 Large group of soldiers sitting on stairs undated 1 1:040 Soldier sitting on a bench (washing?) undated