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An interesting thread that I had somehow missed earlier.

Any chance that these guys are National Guardsmen arriving for Border War duty? That sort of fits for me.

I am not a railroad expert, but find them very interesting. I noticed that one of the flat cars was from the Houston East & West Texas ...

More on trumpets and bugles. This information comes from "Specifications for Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipment and Clothing and Equipage Materials", dated 1889 from the Quartermaster General, US Army.

Regards,
Charlie Flick

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Another bugle pic, this one more relevant to the Cavalry. This soldier is a member of Troop G, 10th Cavalry and is seen at Fort Riley. As Ken informs us in his 2005 post above, this is really a "trumpet" rather than a bugle in cavalry parlance.

Regards,
Charlie Flick

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Pat:

More from the archives. Although it is hard to see in this photo, this bugler at Fort Totten is using a Spec. 1152 bugle, I believe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/Ordnanceguy/Holsters/BugleMegaphoneFortTottenM1912holste.jpg

And here are a couple of Army buglers, in stereo.

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Is this a military item? I've never seen such a short bugle.

Hi Pat:

Yes, it is. That is the WW1 era US Army bugle. It is a triple twist bugle. These bugles are easily identified as they bear the contractor's name, date of manufacture, depot of inspection, and a reference to the bugle ...