The Great Call-Up: The Guard, the Border, and the Mexican Revolution

Synopsis

On June 18, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson Called Up Virtually The Entire Army National Guard, Some 150,000 Men, To Meet An Armed Threat To The United States: Border Raids Covertly Sponsored By A Mexican Government In The Throes Of Revolution. The Great Call-up Tells For The First Time The Complete Story Of This Unprecedented Deployment And Its Significance In The History Of The National Guard, World War I, And U.s.-mexico Relations. Part I. Border Problem -- The Mexican Problem -- The First Call-up -- The War Crisis -- The Great Call-up -- Part Ii. Border Service -- San Antonio -- Corpus Christi -- Brownsville And Llano Grande -- Mcallen, Mission, Pharr -- More Mcallen, Mission, Pharr -- Laredo -- Eagle Pass -- The Big Bend -- El Paso -- More El Paso -- Deming -- Columbus -- Douglas -- Naco -- Nogales -- California. Charles H. Harris Iii And Louis R. Sadler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.