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Col. E.Z. Steever comdg, El Paso Dist. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Robert & Kristin said:
    Found an 1912 NYT article about Col. Edgar Z. Steever's promotion to Brigadier General (pdf) during the Mexican Revolution and the accompanying cross-border troubles. He was born in Pennsylvania and graduated second in his class at West Point. He was commissioned a Second Lieutanant in 1871. He fought in 34 battles and skirmishes in the Philippines. BG Steever was forced to retire (pdf) in 1913.
  • yeknod said:
    shouldn't the title be "Comd G" instead of "Comp. G"?
  • The Library of Congress said:
    yeknod: Thanks for noticing the transcription error. We changed the title to transcribe the letters in the negative rather than the caption card.
  • Bean Isabella said:
    If he became Brigadier General in 1912, wouldn't this have to be 1910-1911? I mean, wouldn't they have mentioned that level of rank? Even whether they wuld write that or not that remains murky, clearly it could not have been later than 1913 if that was when he retired.
  • fabulous arithmetic said:
    Could this have been at Fort Bliss?

Brig. Gen. E.Z. Steever, Gen. V. Huerta, Gen. Joaquin Tellez (LOC)

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  • Infrogmation of New Orleans said:
    Edgar Z. Steever was promoted to Brig. General in August 1912 and Gen. Huerta became president of Mexico in Feb 1913. The titles given in the caption suggests photo between those dates. Joaquín Téllez was governor of the Mexican state of Sonora.
  • Jesús Roberto Duarte said:
    Found a similar version of this photo in El Paso Herald issue september 12, 1912 (Library of Congress, newspapers, Cronicling America). Above is written: "United States and Mexican Army Officer On The Border"; below: "Left to right, those in the photgraph are: Gen. Victoriano Huerta commanding the army of northern Mexico, Gen. E. Z. Steever, U. S. , commanding the Department of Texas. and The United States border guard; Col. Frank West commanding the Second Cavalry and Fort Bliss; Gen. Joaquin Tellez, second command of federal army of northern Mexico and Col. D. A. Frederick commanding 22d infantry U.S.A. on American border patrol duty. Dr. Roberto Duarte
  • B-59 said:
    The El Paso herald., September 06, 1912, Page 5 reported that Gen. Victoriano Huerta, Gen. Joaquin Tellez and others paid a visit to Gen. E. Z. Steever. Steever visited Huerta in Juarez a few days before, see El Paso herald., September 05, 1912, Image 1, Col. 4.
  • B-59 said:
    Another photo of Steever:
    Col. E.Z. Steever comdg, El Paso Dist. (LOC)
    See comments there
  • Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks to all who contributed to identifying the people and the occasion. We can add some information when we next update the description.