Young Mexican Officer
Interesting real photo postcard from Mexico. The subject is a well turned out young Mexican officer or cadet, sometime round 1923 or so …
The Question of Equipment
A Critique of the Model of 1879 Whitman cavalry saddle by a military officer. To the Editor of the Army and Navy Journal: SIR: A writer to the ARMY And Navy Journal, who signs himself “109 Degrees in the Shade,” […]
Rodney – A Veteran Artillery Horse
Battery “D,” 3rd Field Artillery,Fort Myer, Virginia, March 27, 1916. FROM: C. O. Battery “D,” 3rd Field Artillery.To: The Adjutant General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. (Through Military Channels.) SUBJECT: Feeding and Stabling of Horse “Rodney.” This letter with […]
The Drinking Water Cart – the first ‘buffalo’?
Caught between various kitchen duties, some doughboys take a break for a photograph, posing around the water cart. What would later be called a ‘water buffalo’, this is one of the earliest of the US Army’s portable water supply vehicles, […]
The Unit Saddler
The field life of a unit saddler in a single image. This RPPC shows what must be a southern border encampment – perhaps Ft Bliss, from the mountains in the background. Looks like there are plenty of things to keep […]