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The 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery before 1920. Picture
Brief history of the 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery, pre-1920s to 1956; drawings of artillery loaded on mules.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture
Illustrated descriptions of the Army field kitchens on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1920, from cooking equipment loaded on mule-drawn wagons to rolling kitchens pulled by trucks. Includes recipe for El Rancho Stew and a diagram of Army Field Range #1 (cook stove).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The awakening of a cavalry packer. Picture
Illustration of ten mules secured on a picket line and their cavalry packer in camp at 3:00 a.m.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The border air patrol 1918-1919. Picture
Illustrated description of the air support for the U. S. Cavalry on the Texas-Mexico border, 1918-1919.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture
Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cavalry officers of the 1916-1921 period. Picture
Drawings of officers in charge of activities on the U.S.-Mexico border between 1916 and 1921, indicating ranks and commands.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A cavalry roundup. Picture]
Drawing depicting sergeant of a cavalry troop recovering stolen cattle on the Texas-Mexico border, c.1916.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cavalry wagon trains and pack trains. Picture]
Drawing of an Army wagon train; list of personnel of a wagon train; description of pack trains; information about water and camp sites in the Big Bend District, c. 1916-1920.
Date:
1916/1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture
Drawing of muleteers in camp during a trip to deliver military cargo to places inaccessible by wagon. Figure on the left may represent W. D. Smithers, who was a packer for the Army.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. Picture
Brief description of the personnel and operations of a battery unit of the U. S. Army on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921, including a note on the march of Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, into Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. Illustrations based on photographs taken between 1916 and 1922.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The four famous cavalry regiments of the First Cavalry Division. Picture
Brief histories of the four cavalry regiments (5th, 7th, 8th, and 12th) organized into the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas in 1921. Illustrated with the insignia of the five units.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four stages of packing an army mule. Picture
Detailed illustration of the diamond hitch pattern of ropes used to secure a load to an army mule before 1920.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insignias of the branches of the Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Picture
Sketches of insignia and brief summaries of activities of the branches of the U.S. Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Includes protocol of hat cords.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Items needed for horse and man while on a march. Picture
Illustrated list of 24 items carried by the U. S. Cavalryman while on a march c. 1916.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military pack train in Pinto Canyon, Texas. Picture
Illustrated description of composition and use of pack trains by the military in the Big Bend area of Texas, c. 1916.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nomenclature of harness, ambulance, or escort wagon. Picture
Drawing of the "off" (right) side of a four-mule army wagon team detailing and naming the harness parts. The drawing was published in Chronicles of the Big Bend, W. D. Smithers, Madrona Press, Austin, Texas, 1976, p. 14.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pershing expedition into Mexico 1916-1917. Map
Shows area of Mexico covered by the Expedition, lists places used as U. S. headquarters, gives details of battles fought with Villistas and Carrancistas by cavalry units commanded by Colonel Dodd and Major Robert L. Howze, lists bases of the First Aero Squadron commanded by Captain B. D. Foulois.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas National Guard units on duty on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1917. Picture
Illustrated descriptions of the National Guardsmen in tent camps on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1917 and in service in France in 1918. Theses troops are variously identified by W. D. Smithers as the Fourth Texas Infantry, Militia (National Guard) of Texas, and the 36th Division (U.S.).
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Types of cavalrymen, their mounts and equipment 1916-1921. Picture
Depicts equipment and describes activities of U. S. Cavalry in defense of the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
U. S. Cavalry Medical Corps 1916-1921. Picture
Illustrations and captions depicting activities of the Medical Corps of the Cavalry serving on the U. S. - Mexico border between 1916 and 1921. Includes prescription for treatment of colic in horses.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The U. S. Cavalry troops on the U. S. - Mexico border in 1916. Picture
Illustrated descriptions of activities of Cavalry patrols on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1918. Includes map of boundary line from California to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uses of horses and mules in the U.S. Cavalry. Picture
Illustrated explanation of the qualifications and duties of the men, horses, and mules of the Remount Service of the U. S. Cavalry.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]
Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date:
December 16, 1836
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketch of the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church]
Sketch of the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church with the choir door and the main door marked. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History