AGENCY: National Guard
SERIES: 6305
TITLE: Mexican border campaign records
DATES: i 1916-1917.
ARRANGEMENT:
DESCRIPTION: This series provides a comprehensive account of the activities of the National Guard when called into service by President Wilson in June 1916. The Guard protected against raids conducted by Mexican revolutionary factions across the border into the United States. The series consists primarily of administrative records and correspondence of individual units of the Guard: the First Utah Cavalry, the Field Hospital and Sanitary Department, and the First Field Artillery. Records include internal memoranda and orders, plus memoranda and orders between the units and the federal War Department or regional headquarters of the Regular Army. Correspondence with the State Adjutant General's Office in Salt Lake is also included. Mobilization activities are detailed, including recruitment, physicals, equipment issues, and muster in. Activities at the border are well documented, involving both logistical (rations, supplies, animals, etc.) and personnel issues. Personnel issues include absences, changes in rank, payroll, oaths, etc. Relief for dependent families is also addressed. There were few hostile encounters, but regular marches and maneuvers. Part of the Utah Cavalry was combined with a squadron from California to form a Provisional Regiment. Also cited are efforts to ensure adequate sanitary conditions and the role of the field hospital in treating the sick or injured. Mustering out procedures are detailed, spanning from Nov._10, 1916 to Mar._8, 1917.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
This disposition is based on the extensive and intensive information provided on the activation of Utah National Guard troops.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Private. particularly medical records, disciplinary actions, and personal financial records.