After June 1919’s Battle of Ciudad Juárez, the second-biggest battle of the 1910s Mexican Border War conflict, was America’s military too depleted following WWI’s recent end?

Foremost is the question whether Congress, in cutting off 175,000 men from the number asked for by the War Department, has reduced the force for the remainder of the fiscal year to a desirable point. This situation, however, as indicated by inquiry at Washington, is not bothering military men; they think that even with the army pared down, as it will be after Oct. 1, there will be an ample force to cope with whatever condition may arise in regard to Mexico.

Turns out the Battle of Ciudad Juárez was the last battle of the Mexican Border War. (A series of military conflicts along the U.S.-Mexico border from 1910 to 1919, it was not technically an official war.)

If We Should Enter Mexico, How Big an Army?: Estimates at Washington Range from 50,000 to 200,000, Dependent on the Political Situation Across the Border — Prolonged Guerrilla Warfare Possible

Published: Sunday, July 27, 1919