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Photo MCRC-3.1.
Patrol on the march.
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A big patrol marching single-file across
a plain; maybe one of las sabanas around
Macuelizo. No caption, no date. |
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Photo MCRC-3.2.
Patrol fording shallow river.
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Patrol fording a shallow river in the
Western Segovias — el Río Choluteca?
No caption, no date. |
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Photo MCRC-3.3.
Patrol marching through low
brush.
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Patrol marching through low brush
somewhere in the Western Segovias.
No caption, no date.
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Photo MCRC-3.4.
Patrol fording stream.
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No caption or date on the three photos
above, which despite their poor quality
capture many of the quotidian activities
of Marine-Guardia ground patrols.
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Photo MCRC-3.5.
Pedro the dog, San Juan de
Limay, May 1928.
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"'Pedro" age 3 months May 25, 1928 St.
Juan de Limay, Nicaragua. Geo. F.
Stockes". Early in Stockes'
deployment, in San Juan de Limay on the
southern frontier of the Western
Segovias.
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Photo MCRC-3.6.
Lt. Salzman with George the
Mule, 50th Co., San Lucas.
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"Lieut. Salzman, 50th Co. San Lucas with
'George'." Developed &
printed at Post Studio in Managua.
Marine Corps Lieutenant Otto Salzman.
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Photo MCRC-3.7.
Native couple on small child's
baptism day.
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A powerful image. The title given
above is based on appearances — this
looks like a husband & wife on their
child's baptism day. The white
formal garb draping woman and child
suggests a religious ritual of some kind
(a wedding seems unlikely with the child
dressed so.) Especially notable
are the couple's bare feet, suggesting
their poverty and low social status. Is
this a Guardia recruit? Probably a
friend or ally of George Stockes (who
likely gave the man a copy & kept one
for himself). A photo crying out
for the caption it doesn't come with.
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Photo MCRC-3.8.
Guardia barracks, Somoto.
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Photo is not captioned, but the round
church roof, poking over the far (left)
end of the barracks, appears to be the
same structure as in the photo below.
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Photo MCRC-3.9.
Mounted patrol clearing Somoto.
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No caption or date. Mounted patrol
clearing Somoto, with Capt. Stockes
probably in the lead, turning around,
and snapping this shot. A
marvelous photo.
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Photo MCRC-3.10.
Foot patrol across the plains.
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No caption or date. Foot patrol of
17 or so men in the camera's eye. .
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Photo MCRC-3.11.
Marines at rest outside of
building.
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A brilliant photograph. The
men look tired, like this is after a
long & arduous day in the field.
No caption or date.
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Photo MCRC-3.12.
Mixed Marine-Voluntario patrol
marching through pine forest.
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Point man Captain Stockes turns around
and snaps this highly evocative photo.
Apparently a mixed patrol of Voluntarios
and Marines. No caption or date.
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Photo MCRC-3.13.
Patrol stopped on hillside.
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Looks like a traffic jam, and a mixed
patrol of Voluntarios and Marines.
More likely a meeting of some kind, as
the men's attention appears to be
directed to the cluster of people in the
middle-background. Perhaps these were
Honduran border agents, all of whom
Capt. Stockes knew personally, and who
for political reasons might not have
permitted themselves to be photographed
(recognizably) with Marines.
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Photo MCRC-3.14.
Foot patrol marching along trail
in flatlands.
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Twenty-eight or so men visible, seven on
horseback. Stockes must have
ridden into the brush for a moment to
snap this shot.
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Photo MCRC-3.15.
Foot patrol snaking through open
hills.
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Another highly evocative photo that
captures the moment — a foot patrol on
the march, a dozen or men in the
foreground (one turning to face the
camera), rifles slung across their
backs, heading downhill & away from the
viewer — and in the distance, a long
line of footsoldiers in single file
snaking their way across an open
hillside.
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