Caption reads:  "One of the Police Forces (Hacienda Guards) of Nic., prior to the taking over of the police by the Guardia Nacional.  All Civil Police have now been disbanded and have been replaced by Guardia.  Emilio Garache R., Jefe, is shown on the extreme left. 1928."  This is a very motley looking group, without any kind of uniform or insignia & comprised of men in the prime of life as well as old men & young boys, as seen in the detail below.  The young man in the middle looks to be about 14 or 15, the men flanking him in their 50s or 60s.

Same caption & same group as in previous photo (USMC-GN-1.1) before removing their hats & headgear (the two photos affixed next to each other on the same piece of paper).  Caption reads:  "One of the Police Forces (Hacienda Guards) of Nic., prior to the taking over of the police by the Guardia Nacional.  All Civil Police have now been disbanded and have been replaced by Guardia.  Emilio Garache R., Jefe, is shown on the extreme left. 1928."

Caption reads:  "The First Jefe and Staff of the "New" Guardia. U.S. Marine Corps Officers Lent By The U.S. Government To The Nicaraguan Government To Organize A "New" GUARDIA NACIONAL de NICARAGUA.  They disbanded the "Old" Guardia And Started The Organization of The "New" Guardia.  May 1927.
1. Lt. Col. Rhea, Jefe Director.
2. Capt. Sage, Chief of Staff and Personnel.
3. Capt. Hayes, Quartermaster.
4. Lt. Zea.
5. Lt. Cronmiller."

The term "lent" here is revealing, with the specific relationship between the newly-constituted Guardia & the United States Marine Corps occupying an ambiguous legal & jurisdictional space in both US and Nicaraguan constitutional law.

Lt. Colonel Robert Y. Rhea	Captain Albert B. Sage	Captain Hayes

Lieutenant Zea	Lieutenant LePage Cronmiller

Caption reads:  "A recruiting party of the Guardia Nacional."  Six Guardia officers line up informally before a temporary recruiting station in a public square in a provincial town, perhaps Ocotal or Jinotega — on either side of a portable recruiting & registration table, and with an advertising sign-board on the far left that is almost legible (see the detail below).  The first photo in a series of two.

Parts of this sign-board are legible.  Starting at the top:  "G N . . . PAGA . . . Sargento . . . $[18.00] . . . Cabo . . . $[16.00] . . . Raso . . . $[12.00] . . . Vestiario . . . Alimentación . . . Dental . . ."   This photo, and its companion below, make clear that the Guardia Nacional actively recruited suitable young men through all kinds of material inducements — especially the promise of regular pay, a uniform, food, and dental care.

No caption, but the companion photo to the photo above (USMC-GN-1.4).   The sign-board is no longer legible, and the flag is not a blur.  Two North American recruiting officers sit at the registration table, each flanked by two Nicaraguans.  All six are armed. 

Caption reads:  "C. G. & Gen Staff, 2nd Brig, U.S.M.C. about June 1927."    Photo included here to make clear the distinction between the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua & the 2nd Brigade of the US Marine Corps — entirely separate institutions that were also tightly interwoven in practice.

Caption reads:  "Jefe Director of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and His Staff  (16 October 1928).

1.  Major Victor F. Bleasdale, GN-2 Intelligence Officer, Ordnance Officer.
2.  1st Lieut. Manuel Salguerro, Aide de Camp to Jefe Director.
3.  Colonel Samuel M. Harrington, Chief of Staff of Jefe Director.
4.  Captain Eli Savage, GN-4, Quartermaster.
5.  Brigadier General Elias R. Beadle, Jefe Director.
6.  Major John H. Parker, GN-1, Personnel Officer.
7.  Colonel Jesse B. Helm, Medical Director.
8.  2nd Lieut. Ray W. Jeter, Aide de Camp to Jefe Director.
9.  Colonel Thomas E. Thrasher, GN-3, Chief Inspector.
     (Picture taken 16 Oct. 1928)."

Major Victor F. Bleasdale	1st Lt. Manuel Salguerro	Col. Samuel M. Harrington

Capt. Eli Savage	Brig. Gen. Elias R. Beadle	Major John H. Parker

Col. Jesse B. Helm	2nd Lt. Ray W. Jeter	Col. Thomas E. Thrasher

Caption reads:  "The Chief of Staff of the Jefe Director of the Guardia Nacional and His Assistants (16 Oct. 1928).

1. Colonel Samuel M. Harrington, Chief of Staff.
2. 1st Lieut. Albert W. Paul, Chief Assistant.
3. 1st Lieut. Arthur W. Kessler, Secretary."

Col. S. M. Harrington	1st Lt. Albert W. Paul	1st Lt. Arthur W. Kessler

Caption reads:

"1. 2nd Lieut. Ray W. Jeter, Aide de Camp to Jefe Director.
2. Brig. Gen. Elias R. Beadle, Jefe Director.
3. 1st Lieut. Manuel Salguerro, Aide de Camp to Jefe Director.
4. Personal Bodyguard of Jefe Director."

2nd Lt. Ray W. Jeter	Brig. Gen. Elias R. Beadle

1st Lt. Manuel Salguerro	Personal Bodyguard of J. D.