Albany, New York, has a handsome 1928 statue, (also called "The Hiker"), by a local sculptor, transplanted Scottish Artist, David Cunningham Lithgow.

I read part of a 2014 dissertation, by Sarah Denver Beetham, written as part of her Doctorate of Philosophy in Art History, University of Delaware. ("Sculpting the Citizen Soldier: Reproduction and National Memory 1865-1917".

Ms. Beetham noted the name "Hiker" was not the name initially applied to the works of Newman and Kitson, (nor did the term appear to be in use during the Cuba & Puerto Rico actions).

She wrote that the term "Hiker", (as applied to SAW soldiers), likely developed later. It probably originated from the drawn out campaigns in the Philippines, to suppress the Insurrection, with arduous marches ("Hikes") through mountainous and jungle terrain.

Ms. Beetham noted some lyrics from a "Hiking in the Philippines" song:

"At your breakfast don't you hurry / eat another dish of beans; / For you'll need it - don't you worry / Hiking in the Philippines!"

BTW - Newman copyrighted his sculpture as: "The Hiker", in 1911.

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