On the Texas Border

    "The Mexican frontier was patrolled by 6,700 soldiers endeavoring to cover territory 1,600 miles in extent, from the Gulf  of Mexico to thirty miles west of Nogales, Arizona. Huerta having succeeded Madero, was opposed by Carranza, Villa and Zepata. Much firing took place on the territory adjacent to the boundary line which was coveted by all the Mexican parties. Many refugees and wounded Mexicans came over the border, and shots often flew northward across the Rio Grande. At length the trouble became so acute that orders were issued for the concentration at Texas City and Galveston of the Second Division, under Major General Wm. H. Carter. 

    The Twenty-Seventh Infantry moved from Fort Sheridan by rail, February 26th, 1913, and arrived at Texas City during the afternoon of February 28th. Within a week 11,450 men assembled on the border. 

    The regiment became a part of the Fourth Brigade of the Second Division, and participated in the training of the large command, engaging in reviews and maneuvers in addition to regimental and marksmanship training. 

    The regiment participated in a Division Review at Texas City, January 27th, 1914, and on March 5th was part of the Fourth  Brigade honoring Sir Christopher Craddock, Admiral of the British Navy, in a review. 

    In April the regiment, as part of the Fourth Brigade, marched to Houston, Texas, by way of Hulen Park, Webster, and Dumont. A march was made to Genoa and Dickinson and return. 

    While in Houston the Division was ordered back to Texas City by telegraphic instructions from the War Department and directed to be held in readiness to embark for Vera Cruz, Mexico.1 

    The regiment was called upon for many marches and parades in the border towns, appearing in the Cotton Carnivals at Fort Crockett, Galveston and Dallas. August 5th, 1914, the whole Second Division paraded in Galveston. 

    The great storm and flood of August 16-17, 1915, found the Twenty-Seventh Infantry in camp at Texas City, hut prepared to save its records and colors. After the flood the regiment rendered great assistance in the community, remedying havoc caused by the elements. 

    The provisional companies provided in the Tables of Organization for 1914 were organized October 1st, 1914. Regimental and battalion adjutants, the Band, the Non-Commissioned Officer Staff, and the Mounted Orderly Section became the Regimental  Headquarters Company; the commissary officer and the former enlisted men of the machine gun platoon became the Machine Gun Company; the quartermaster officer, non-commissioned staff personnel and men detailed from each company constituted the Supply Company. 

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1  When the Huerta Government insulted Admiral Mayo, at Vera Cruz, it was found necessary to bring the Army into action in Mexico. Brigadier General Funston was ordered to go to Vera Cruz and he set out from Galveston with four regiments of infantry and other troops. He took command of the city April 30th, 1914.

 

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