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5494Rice map March and Border Patrol Mexican Expedition 1916 - 1917DetailsRice, Charles A.1917
Map Showing Lines of March and Border Patrols Mexican Border Service 1916 1917
Rice, Charles A.
1917
LOC:1402
$8,500.00Rice--Charles-A-Map-Showing-Lines-of-March-and-Border-Patrols-Mexican-Border-Service-1916--1917Extremely rare, self-published map by C.A. Rice: "Lines of March and Border Patrols, In My Mexican Border Service. 1916 - 1917." Rice's map records the first deployment of the U.S. National Guard in time of emergency or war. A very desirable map for collectors of Texas cartography. Only 2 examples in WorldCat. <br></br> Rare map of the Texas border during the 1916-1917 Mexican Expedition or Mexican Punitive expedition, a military action taken by the United States Army during 1916 - 1917 in the second decade of the 20th century. Covers a 20 mile-wide swath of the U.S. along the border with Mexico from Rio Grande City, Texas south to the Gulf of Mexico. <br></br> The action was taken in response to the attack of Pancho Villa across the U.S. border on the town of Columbus, New Mexico that killed 19. <br></br> As a response to Villa's attacks, the President authorized General Pershing to pursue Villa and his band of rebels hundreds of miles into Mexico. As authorized by the National Defense Act of 1916, the National Guard was mobilized for the first time to man the U.S. border with Mexico. By August 1916, an estimated 117,000 guardsman were stationed along the U.S. side of the border, although they were unable to cross over into Mexico. <br></br> By Act of U.S. Congress in 1918 the Mexican Border Service Medal was a established as a military award for service between May 9, 1916 and March 24, 1917, or with the Mexican Border Patrol between January 1, 1916 to April 6, 1917. <br><br> Noting it's rarity one map dealer noted: "The map is both intrinsically interesting for its depiction of an intensely militarized border and historically resonant in light of present-day concerns about illegal immigration and—as of this writing—the ongoing deployment of the Texas National Guard by Governor Greg Abbott."