Resource Type

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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