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Hunt for Pancho Villa, 1916-1917, Archive [118166]

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Hunt for Pancho Villa, 1916-1917, Archive  [118166]
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The Hunt for Pancho Villa, 1916-1917 Archive of 26 black and white photographs and a Reward Poster for a soldier who deserted at Columbus, NM right after Villa’s murderous raid on Columbus. The photographic portion of this archive was taken and assembled by an unknown soldier. The photos appear to be from the 1917 period. The only dated photo is for the 143rd Field Artillery squad who was based at the old Ft. Crittenden site, which was used for firing range practice during the Mexico Expedition pursuing Pancho Villa and in the immediate aftermath of protecting the US-Mexico border, border towns and trains. One photo is of Ft. Huachuca, the main and central Fort used for the Mexico Expedition operations. Several photos are of US military encampments at Nogales. The Reward Poster is for $50 for the arrest and delivery of Robert O. Curry, who deserted at Columbus, New Mexico July 25, 1916, just a few months after the bloody Villa raid. Curry, obviously scared to death, got the heck out of town, rendering himself a coward for all history. Attending the poster is the original envelope sent from the War Department. Pancho Villa crossed into the American part of Nogales on November 26, 1915 and fired on US troops. The Mexican Revolution had begun five years earlier, and Villa was after control of Nogales, but got chased back into Mexico. On January 11, 1916, Villa and his men stopped a train in Chihuahua carrying 17 American mining engineers employed by Asarco, bound for their huge copper mine a few miles away. Villa removed the mining engineers, stripped them, then executed all (except one who escaped), later dismembering bodies. President Wilson refused to intervene, as the New Mexico President had agreed to go after Villa. On March 9, 1916, Villa and his men crossed the border riding three miles to Columbus, New Mexico, where they burned down the town, killed at least 18 people, but got locked up in a battle with the 13th Cavalry, who broke out a machine gun and gunned down part of the raiding party, killing 67 of Villas men. Wilson ordered General Pershing to hunt down Villa, and launched the Mexican Expedition to capture or kill Villa. The Mexican government, however, refused US troops into Mexico, instead promising to go after Villa themselves. The Mexican Expedition formally ended February 7, 1917 after an Agreement was signed, but the US continued to bring a stronghold of troops into the southern Arizona-New Mexico area for another year, expecting more deadly raids, and possibly war. This is an important group of “internal” and personal photos from a participant in the Mexican Expedition to hunt down Pancho Villa and the aftermath.

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