Footsoldier:  I hope your 1898 Krag has a decent bore.  I am sorry the stock was broke (in shipping?).  I would go after Fedex and have them pay for an expert stock repair!  I was amazed, looking at your pictures, what a nice and apparently correct 1901 Cartouched rifle you received from the CMP.  Your Stock by the way appears to be one of the 33,000 Italian Walnut Stocks that Springfield purchased in 1899 from the Windmuller & Roelker Firm (NYC).  I'm sure the CMP would try to make good on the damaged rifle you received, but it is unlikely you would get another as nice.  Your serial # does not show up clearly in your photo.  If we could know the number, you might get a lot more information.  The Joe Poyer book, "The American Krag Rifle and Carbine" is a good and inexpensive ($20) start in learning about Krags.  The old NRA Assembly Handbook article by E. J. Hoffschmidt is a good guide for field-stripping a Krag.  (If you contact me with an address, I'll mail you a copy).