[Scrapbook]: 4th Brigade Rifle Team and Mexican-Border War
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- Hardcover
- Mt Gretna, Pennslyvania ; El Paso, Texas , 1916
Mt Gretna, Pennslyvania ; El Paso, Texas, 1916. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto measuring 10" x 12". Green cloth over stiff paper boards. Contains 156 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 4½" x 6" with captions. Very good album with edgewear and some tears with very good or better photographs.
A scrapbook made in a dos-à-dos fashion with one side beginning in 1910 and following a military rifle team and the other in 1916 during the Mexican-Border War. The older photographs start from the rear of the scrapbook and take place between 1910 and 1914 but are not in chronological order. The photos show the 4th Brigade Rifle team at the state rifle matches in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania in August of 1914. These show the teams in military uniform keeping score, cleaning rifles, and posed in team photos. Following this are team photos at events in Gettysburg and Mt. Gretna in 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913.
From the front of the album the compiler starts captioning his time in Texas fighting during the Mexican Border War in 1916. These captions are longer and in a journaling style with snapshots illustrating his time at the border. He begins, “about the first purchase I made in Texas was a Nest Pocket Kodak and in the 8 months to follow I secured the snap-shots shown herein.” The compiler was clearly interested in the art of photography and apologizes for his inexperience and “lack of knowledge” throughout the album. Many of these images show the construction of the mess and other camp areas. It appears the compiler was part of the cook unit and often photographs “the kitchen gang.” The camp is seen throughout the album including the men sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner in 1916. His entries discuss “regimental inspection,” mail day, and the men’s favorite pastime, “the old army game, craps.”
In a page long entry he writes about a “four day hike” he writes about the regiment marching to a new camp. “Previous to the Mexican Border Trouble, the Army regulations dictated that for a regiment or larger unit a day’s march would be 15 miles. However, the War College was now faced with the fact that South of the Rio Grande “water” was 30 miles apart, therefore any body of troops that entered Mexico must make 30 miles before camp.” One picture shows the men standing in a row which reads, “back from a hike covered with dirt.” This is followed by portrait photos for some of the men in the company.
An interesting account of the military career of a young man during the Mexican Border War.
A scrapbook made in a dos-à-dos fashion with one side beginning in 1910 and following a military rifle team and the other in 1916 during the Mexican-Border War. The older photographs start from the rear of the scrapbook and take place between 1910 and 1914 but are not in chronological order. The photos show the 4th Brigade Rifle team at the state rifle matches in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania in August of 1914. These show the teams in military uniform keeping score, cleaning rifles, and posed in team photos. Following this are team photos at events in Gettysburg and Mt. Gretna in 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913.
From the front of the album the compiler starts captioning his time in Texas fighting during the Mexican Border War in 1916. These captions are longer and in a journaling style with snapshots illustrating his time at the border. He begins, “about the first purchase I made in Texas was a Nest Pocket Kodak and in the 8 months to follow I secured the snap-shots shown herein.” The compiler was clearly interested in the art of photography and apologizes for his inexperience and “lack of knowledge” throughout the album. Many of these images show the construction of the mess and other camp areas. It appears the compiler was part of the cook unit and often photographs “the kitchen gang.” The camp is seen throughout the album including the men sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner in 1916. His entries discuss “regimental inspection,” mail day, and the men’s favorite pastime, “the old army game, craps.”
In a page long entry he writes about a “four day hike” he writes about the regiment marching to a new camp. “Previous to the Mexican Border Trouble, the Army regulations dictated that for a regiment or larger unit a day’s march would be 15 miles. However, the War College was now faced with the fact that South of the Rio Grande “water” was 30 miles apart, therefore any body of troops that entered Mexico must make 30 miles before camp.” One picture shows the men standing in a row which reads, “back from a hike covered with dirt.” This is followed by portrait photos for some of the men in the company.
An interesting account of the military career of a young man during the Mexican Border War.