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Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:03 pm
by Pat Holscher
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Re: Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:56 pm
by Greenbluff1
Nice picture ,
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
D.W.
Re: Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:39 pm
by Couvi
Note the manner in which Pershing is saluting.
Re: Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:04 am
by Pat Holscher
Couvi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:39 pm
Note the manner in which Pershing is saluting.
Sharp eyes, I hadn't noticed that.
This was well after that style of saluting was no longer regulation. When did that change in the US?
Re: Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:15 pm
by Varangian
The earliest reference I've seen for the salute is the 1914 manual for Drill and Ceremonies, which describes a palm-down salute.
I don't have a reference, but I think the salute went from palm-out in the Civil War, to transitioning to a palm-down salute through the Indian Wars, until palm-down was pretty much universal by the Spanish-American War. It's an interesting question.
Re: Gen. Pershing & foxcatcher hunt team horseshow, 1921, 5/17/21
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:39 pm
by TL Foster
This may be from Pershings time in Europe, as the Brits certainly saluted palm out, and from a second party, the French did also. The French was in association with Legion, and they still do it that way.
Cheers
Tom