Reddit reviews The Great Call-Up: The Guard, the Border, and the Mexican Revolution
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This Punitive Expedition was in response to the [Battle of Columbus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Columbus_(1916), where Pancho Villa raided the New Mexico town of Columbus (which is smoldering in the background)
The artist is Sam Berryman, who's credited with creating the famous "Teddy Bear" in his cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt during his Presidency
edit: I've been reading "The Great Call Up" recently, and it goes into how in 1916, Wilson mobilized the entire National Guard (Around 150,000 men), in order to secure the border against an unstable Mexico & it's German sponsored rebels.
The Great Call Up was a a logistical DISASTER. But the mobilization lessons learned during it, significantly helped out just a year later when war were declared on the German Empire & their allies in WWI. IF you enjoy "forgotten" history, the book is amazing.
The Great Call up was essentially a dry run for the mobilization for WWI. President Wilson called up the entire National Guard in shifts over a year period. It weeded out all of the unfit soldiers and provided significant field training. Here are two recent books that you might find of interest.
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Call-Up-Border-Mexican-Revolution/dp/0806146451/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512008370&sr=8-2&keywords=mexican+border+mobilization
https://www.amazon.com/First-Border-Wall-Militia-Mobilization-ebook/dp/B01GD7CQ28/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512008370&sr=8-1&keywords=mexican+border+mobilization
Also, if you don't want to spend any money, you can search for a copy of the 27th Infantry Division WWI history. The first several chapters deal with the Mexican Call up.