Shows Mexican Federal Navy officers aboard a Mexican warship. They are seen inspecting and talking to federal sailors on ships anchored in the harbor of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. Several Mexican warships at anchor in harbor. Distant views of Veracruz city buildings in background.
Brief scene shows former President of Mexico, General Victoriano Huerta (entitled "Dictator of Mexico" on film slate) looking through binoculars with other officers in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Scene shifts to the new President of Mexico, General Venustiano Carranza, seen walking with several other men along a railroad track on a harbor pier.
28th Infantry band and troops parade on a street in Mexico during World War I. People gather in large numbers to watch the Federal troops parade.
Scenes from a parade in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. Shows a group of Rurales, or Mexican mounted policemen (Guardia Rural) passing by. A large crowd gathers at the event.
United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, United States. Artillery on a mounted area with buildings in background and view out over the Hudson River. United States Army cadets stand in line with rifles in their hands.
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.