Tracey,
Thanks for sharing.
I love the line
"...In a land where things all are made with stings,..."
- clearly very different from Iowa and a long way from home.
Dusan
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- Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:00 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Punitive Expedition poem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2642
- Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:18 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Death's Head and Cavalry units
- Replies: 99
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- Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:07 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Death's Head and Cavalry units
- Replies: 99
- Views: 37345
- Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:17 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Practice executing the Charge (photo)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13441
Practice executing the Charge (photo)
Paul and Pat, Concerning campaign hats and their use in dating photographs I thought you might be interested in this little gem that I found in one of the few accounts of his part in the Span Am War written by a Regular EM. The book, published 1901 by William H. Oliver Jr.,Troop A 5th. U.S. Cavalry ...
- Thu Jun 12, 2003 6:24 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Practice executing the Charge (photo)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13441
Practice executing the Charge (photo)
Pat,
Thanks for the blowup - they look even more unconcerned and uninvolved when enlarged.
Paul, they are definitely congressmen - discussing whether the recent expenditure on those new fangled bits and bridles was justified. As they look happy perhaps cuts are contemplated?
Dušan
Thanks for the blowup - they look even more unconcerned and uninvolved when enlarged.
Paul, they are definitely congressmen - discussing whether the recent expenditure on those new fangled bits and bridles was justified. As they look happy perhaps cuts are contemplated?
Dušan
- Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:13 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Practice executing the Charge (photo)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13441
Practice executing the Charge (photo)
Paul, As the "discussing pair" seem to be part of Troop L (I think that's what the guidon letter is)it would seem likely that the photo was taken in Cuba. Those with better eyes are invited to correct this deduction. I would also guess that the sabres are the "Light Cavalry" (aka...
- Sun May 18, 2003 10:53 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Practice executing the Charge (photo)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13441
Practice executing the Charge (photo)
Jim, Thanks for the information. My only source (Distribution Of Troops of the Line...AGO, July 1, 1909) on the period shows the entire regiment in the Philippines until April 1904, then "...Kansas and Iowa, 1904 to 1906. Cuba, Headquarters and E,F,G,H,I,K, and L, October 11,1906 to February 28...
- Thu May 15, 2003 7:32 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Practice executing the Charge (photo)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13441
Practice executing the Charge (photo)
Jim,
Thanks indeed - is there any information to go with the picture?
Dusan
Thanks indeed - is there any information to go with the picture?
Dusan
- Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:35 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Re: The Big Picture (Military Panographic Photos)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17288
- Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:49 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Re: The Big Picture (Military Panographic Photos)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17288
Pat, This is an odd photo concerning arms and accoutrements. I cannot ascertain what longarm they have in the sacabbards, but they look very narrow in the stock and seem have crescent buttplates. A guess only would be Winchester rifles, but it is just a guess. I am also intrigued by the butt to rear...
- Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:32 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: 1903 Springfield carbine
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7801
Gentlemen, I think you are on to something here. It has long been a personal belief that the 1911 became such a reliable and virtually foolproof workhorse precisely because of cavalry reluctance to adopt it. I am looking for hard information to support this and will be grateful for any steer towards...
- Thu Feb 20, 2003 12:08 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: 1903 Springfield carbine
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7801
The above carbine is extremely rare, which in my view is a great pity as I am sure it would have been a useful mounted weapon and would have saved a lot of saddle packing headaches and sore backs allegedly caused by the rifle. For those with deep pockets, there was one offered for sale until recentl...
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 5:21 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10939
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:33 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
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- Views: 10939
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:30 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
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- Views: 10939
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 10:02 am
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10939
Hi PC, You are right, the sabre was not officially discontinued until I believe 1934. Doubtless someone will supply the correct date if I am wrong. I haven't seen the movie in maybe 30 years but I think I recall that it was based on the Punitive Expedition? If so, I think the Pistol Charge Mounted w...
- Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:22 am
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10939
- Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:19 am
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Can anybody recommend books on. . .
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10939
- Fri May 31, 2002 5:16 pm
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: 1830's-40's US Dragoon Saddle
- Replies: 49
- Views: 24467
Todd, Gentlemen, The mention of round holes in the seat of pommel holsters has resurrected a question in my mind regarding a pair of holsters I have which appear to be made to carry the M1855 pistol carbine and a Colt Dragoon size revolver. The holsters have, in the centre of the connecting strap (t...