U.S. Army soldiers arrive at a training encampment by train. Soldiers in training each firing a pistol at targets on an open field. Groups of soldiers prone in a line firing rifles, then running across a field. The troops mount a wall obstacle. Again they lie prone and fire across a field. The troops are in training for mission to Veracruz Mexico following the Tampico Affair.
U.S. Army cavalrymen arrive at a very steep embankment and ride their mounts down, one at a time. The slope is so steep that the horses must slide down. The riders must lean back to an extreme degree as they descend. Every horse and rider successfully accomplishes the test. The next scene shows cavalry riding rapidly toward a fence. They stop short and the cavalrymen make their horses lie down as they dismount.
Officials in the United States. Two officials in hats converse with each other. Group of officials pose for a photograph.
An operator types on an early printing telegraph machine. A man reads a paper punch tape as another man uses a telegraph Morse code perforator to convert messages to Morse code.
Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke play croquet in California, United States. Florenz hits ball with mallet. Billie watches him. Sea at the background.
Broadway and Hollywood actress Billie Burke (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke) seated on a chair in California, United States. Billie talks with a boy who stands besides her with a puppy in his arms. The famous actor, Ms. Billie Burke, files her nails and checks her hair and makeup after opening a compact.