newyorknationalguard

same buildings in the background as

When the 71st marched out of their armory at 34th and Lexington on June 27, 1916, bound for the Mexican border, they marched west to 5th Avenue with 45 pounds of equipment each, then uptown to 58th Street and west to 11th Avenue, and north to the New York Central rail yards at 60th St. (11th Ave. became West End Ave. at 59th Street). There, they boarded 46 wooden passenger cars for the 5 day trip. They arrived at the yards at 11:35 a.m. According to The Sun's account: "The train were all standing ready, the cars open and inviting looking, but the men had a roasting of fifty minutes in the sun before things were ready for them." This and the linked photo were taken on West End Avenue, looking North. The building at far right stood between 60th and 61st Streets. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1916-06-28/ed-... digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0C14FA3C5F13...

The Ogden standard., June 19, 1916, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, Page 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1916-06-19/ed-... has articles with headlines "National Guard of every state has been ordered mobilized" and "Governor Spry gets order: Call to the Guards issued." Mobilization was for service on the Mexican border.

Also in the Robert Runyon collection - identified there as the 14th New York Infantry at Mission, TX

Thanks to both of you for your research. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

This particular armored car (New York National Guard Armored Car B-1) has appeared a couple of times in the Commons. See this photo and comments undeneath: