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A little more history of the rifle sling used as a shooting aid in step with Whelen's 1906 book: https://www.ssusa.org/content/rifle-slings-and-international-shooting/ And here is an article by Townsend Whelen in an April 26, 1906 magazine "Shooting and Fishing" on page 51 discussing the S...

Maybe to confuse the discussion: Townsend Whelen wrote an article on shooting positions. It has photos and doesn't show the use of the sling to any great extent. See pages 28 to 48 that ends with a comment about slings. This is copyrighted 1906 and covers the 1898 and 1903 models of rifles. https://...

If you are really into it, here is Hitt's book "Manual For the Solutions of Military Ciphers" from 1916.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ma ... frontcover

So I believe this was filmed in the Philippines and has given me an idea of what my great grandfather saw and went through. According to his regiments history they took at least one long trek through the jungle before going to China. I suppose he sung this song, also. The Filipino Insurrection has f...

Here is a movie, "Amigo", that has American soldiers singing the song at the 1:41:40 mark. And remember, Ole Krag did not pronounce his name so it rhymed with flag. Those aren't real Krags in this movie. Some parts were added to another rifle design to make them look like Krags. https://ww...

I posted this back in 2018. Maybe more relevant today. This post received no replies back then. Maybe ahead of it's time. The sketch below is of some Internal Revenue Bureau Agents preparing to collect taxes on alcohol and tobacco producers. They would find those making these products and would figu...

So the picture of the two soldiers, apparently the one on the left has the Model 1917 in 30-06. Looks like there is the bolt shroud inletted into the stock of the Krag. Model 1896 and not 1898? Likely a training camp, stateside, for WWI where they tried to supplement with Krags until there were enou...

You found some good stuff there for Whig, he'll be ecstatic with your finds. Below is a view of a portion of the Los Angeles National Cemetery where Cpl Kerney is buried.

Here is a photo of F Troop, Captain Luna commanding. Kerney would have served under him for a while. In fact, depending on the date of the photo, Kerney may even been in it. He would assuredly had known some of the men in the photo. The name "Shields" is under one of the horsemen, which th...

Here is Kerney listed in Teddy's "Rough Riders" book on pages 291 and 303. At one point he was moved from F troop to I troop. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Story_of_the_Rough_Riders_1st_U_S_Vo/4YUxAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=george+m.+kerney+1st+volunteer+cavalry+troop+i&am...