Databases

This collection comprises U.S. State Department documents related to the Mexican Revolution. Many of the documents relate to military activities and movements of government and rebel forces. Others concern matters resulting from revolutionary disorder and violence, such as the need for protecting American citizens and their property, the attitude of the Mexican people toward the U.S., food shortages, bandit activity by small rebel groups, disruption of communication and transportation systems, difficulties caused by the occupation and the reoccupation of various towns and states by government and rebel forces, smuggling of arms, and numerous border violations by Mexican rebel forces.