Factors Influencing the Impacts on Security of Manning Military Posts on the United States-Mexico Border From 1865 to 1916

<p>Colonel Edward Hatch Commander 9th Cavalry Regiment following the resolution of a 1877 uprising in San Elizario Texas submitted a report to the Secretary of War. His concluding statement suggested that the existence of Fort Bliss as a permanent installation with from 200 to 400 soldiers would have prevented the riot in San Elizario about 30 miles southeast of El Paso Texas which housed the post. This thesis identifies factors counter to Colonel Hatch's statement. That is while a strong military presence helped remove revolutionaries from the Lower Río Grande Valley the deliberate use of the frontier forces available installing experienced negotiators as commanders in out posts near border towns maintaining a reduced military presence in border towns notably in Texas and an emphasis on local governments controlling domestic troubles secured and stabilized the frontier border.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>