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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	WW1 'Training Camp' Nov 16^th, 2015 at 6:22pm	Print Post
	I bought this post card today on ebay. I think it nicely reflects the 'extended service life' of the Krag, through military necessity.


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #1 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 11:38pm	Print Post
	To say nothing of the extension of use of tactics from the 1600s, if not before!! Can you imagine kneeling, totally exposed, in a fine line like that?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #2 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 12:02am	Print Post
	At least they are not massed in three ranks, two standing and one kneeling. It must be cold. They are wearing jackets and gloves.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #3 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 12:57pm	Print Post
	I feel sorry for the guys with the two behind them... The report would be deafening, not to mention if those two were bad shots - someone could lose an ear!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #4 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 1:36pm	Print Post
	I think they are an example of the photographer taking 'artistic liberty'.


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #5 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 3:34pm	Print Post
	Wouldn't they be "file closers"? A sanitary term for a replacement body.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #6 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 5:12pm	Print Post
	What did they do with a left handed volunteer or conscript?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: WW1 'Training Camp' Reply #7 - Nov 17^th, 2015 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	They made him right!


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