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.
U.S. Army cavalry troops on horseback and horse drawn carriages, during training exercises prior to participation in the Punitive Expedition in Mexico under leadership of General Funston. Troops fire rifles from bushes during exercises.
At a U.S. Army training facility in the United States, Cavalry troops load and fire artillery. Soldier places hands over his ears as artillery pieces are fired across a practice range.
U.S. Cavalry troopers pack their horses and are inspected. Cavalry forces receive rifles and inspect them. Led by General Frederick Funston, they depart Galveston, Texas, for Mexico, to quell raids by Mexican leader, Pancho Villa, during the Punitive Expedition
Officials in the United States. Two officials in hats converse with each other. Group of officials pose for a photograph.
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