Troop B, Washington Cavalry

[5] During the Mexican border emergency of 1916, Troop B was among the Washington units called up and "performed the considerable feat of recruiting up to wartime strength and assembling at their mobilization camp in six days".

[6] In late July, Sergeant W.R. Tyree commented on conditions in Calexico in a letter to his wife: ... an extension of Calexico, is Mexicali, one of the most wicked little towns in all Mexico ... [Baja California Governor Esteban] Cantú's best band is stationed in Mexicali, with his troops there, scarcely half a mile from our camp, and we hear it almost every evening.

[6] Troop B remained on duty in California until early 1917 and was mustered out of federal service in Vancouver, Washington, in February of that year.

[8] Within a few months after its return from Mexican border service, Troop B was again mobilized due to United States entry into World War I.

[9] On September 19, 1917, it was redesignated for federal service as Company B, 116th Trains, Headquarters, and Military Police, 41st Division and deployed to France.

[9] Troop B was assigned to the 58th Machine Gun Squadron of the 24th Cavalry Division in June 1921; as of 1922 it reported an actual strength of four officers and 95 men.

Troop B dismounted, circa 1905
Upon return from deployment to the Mexican border, Troop B was given the liberty of the chamber of the Washington House of Representatives (pictured here in 2009).
The front page of The Tacoma Times on April 30, 1917
Elements of Troop B of the 58th Machine Gun Squadron, pictured in Wyoming in 1923