![]() ![]() New York National Guard officers were experimenting with the use of motorcycles and armored cars on the battlefield in the 1st New York Armored Motor Battery. It had an air force in the form of the 1st Aero Company based in Mineola. In 1916 the New York National Guard was the country's most sophisticated Guard organization. The men marched there from the train station in Poughkeepsie and also marched to what is now Camp Smith for training on the rifle range. Within a week the New York National Guard began mobilizing at Camp Whiteman, which was located next to the current Green Haven Correctional Facility in Duchess County. New York Governor Charles Whiteman mobilized the New York National Guard on June 18. On JWilson announced he was calling up the entire 105,000 man National Guard of the United States to guard the border. Army division pushed into Mexico to punish Villa, which resulted in skirmishes with Mexican Army troops, while cross border raids continued. Villa's forces lost 60 in the attack.Ī U.S. Villa's forces, seeking revenge against American backing of their enemies, attacked Columbia, New Mexico on March 9, 1916, killing 8 Soldiers of the 13th Cavalry and 10 civilians. By 1915 the United States had picked sides and Mexican revolutionary commander Pancho Villa was not on the side backed by President Woodrow Wilson. The New Yorkers wound up in Texas because Mexico had been in crisis since 1910 when the government collapsed. Their months on the border, according to Major General John O'Ryan, the commander of what was then called the 6th Division, taught the officers and men of the New York National Guard how to soldier and paved the way for their success in Belgium-fighting with the British Army- in 1918. Some troops remained on the border until February 1917, returning home in time to mobilize for war against Germany two months later. Starting in June 1916 the New York National Guard mobilized and dispatched troops to the Brownsville, Texas area to prevent Mexican incursions across the border. In the Civil War and Spanish-American War, Guard Soldiers resigned from their Guard unit and enlisted as a volunteers. The Mexican border mobilization a hundred years ago this June was the first time the National Guard federalized as part of the Army. īefore they went "over there" to France in World War I in 1917, more than 17,000 members of the New York National Guard went to the Mexico-Texas border in June 1916. The New York National Guard eagerly adopted cars, trucks and motorcycles as the latest tools. Two members of the New York National Guard's 23 Infantry Regiment Provost Guard pose with their Indian motorcycle while on duty near McAllen, Texas in 1916. ![]() Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Pictured are ( from left) Major General Frederick Funston, the commander of the Army's Southern District who was responsible for. ![]() ![]() Leaders of the New York National Guard troops on the Texas/Mexico border in 1916 survey troops during an inspection tour. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Squadron A was composed of wealthy men from New York's east side who honed their horsemanship skills playing polo. Troopers from the New York National Guard's Squadron A conduct cavalry saber practice along the Mexican border in 1916. ![]()
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