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Title: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by butlersrangers on Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 10:53pm

I purchased a neat original photograph on ebay that I would like to share.� Beautifully written on the back in pencil:� "Members of the 5th District Scouts who have been with me one year.� Taken at Angeles, P.I., Feb. 6, 1901.� Scouts organized Feb. 6, 1900.� Geo. Raymond seated in center of first row".� The Krags are clearly 1896 Carbines.� The few hat badges appear to be crossed-rifles (Infantry).� Angeles would later be the site of Clark AFB.� The only thing uniform about the men is the Krag Carbines and gauntlets.� I have to do a bit of research to learn more about this unit.

5th_Dist__Scouts.JPG ( 93 KB | 1 Download )

Title: Re: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by psteinmayer on Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 11:36pm

You always come up with the greatest pictures, Chuck!

Paul

Title: Re: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by butlersrangers on Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 11:51pm

Larger detail of some of the men.

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Title: Re: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by rjc324 on Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 1:00am

Great picture. Keep them coming please.

Title: Re: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by reincarnated on Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 6:09am

When I was a little boy, a retired infantry officer lived next door. He sang army songs all the time. I learned most of them. There is one with a chorus that has the line

"For beneath the starry flag,
I'll civilize him with my Krag".

Title: Re: 1896 Krag Carbines in the Philippines
Post by psteinmayer on Jul 24^th, 2012 at 1:18am

AMEN to that!!!