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"Boys of the 71st N.Y. at Montauk Point after returning from Cuba." -- 1898. The Spanish-American War only lasted 9 months. Looks like the hats might have been standard issue of the day.
I did some research into US military uniforms a while back. This hat was a standard issue at the end of the century. It evolved into the Campaign (Smoky Bear) hat that came in about 1904(?). By WWI it was still in use, but a brimmed cap, which the soldiers hated, was used from the 1910-1915 era (they thought it looked like a RR Conductors hat)."Boys of the 71st N.Y. at Montauk Point after returning from Cuba." -- 1898. The Spanish-American War only lasted 9 months. Looks like the hats might have been standard issue of the day.
Pictures of Teddy Roosevelt & his men at San Juan Hill verify what hats were worn in Cuba. Who provisioned them I don't know.I did some research into US military uniforms a while back. This hat was a standard issue at the end of the century. It evolved into the Campaign (Smoky Bear) hat that came in about 1904(?). By WWI it was still in use, but a brimmed cap, which the soldiers hated, was used from the 1910-1915 era (they thought it looked like a RR Conductors hat).
1910 OAC Cadets (Before ROTC)
Interesting pic,some of those campaign hats took a real beating.Pictures of Teddy Roosevelt & his men at San Juan Hill verify what hats were worn in Cuba. Who provisioned them I don't know.
Interesting pic,some of those campaign hats took a real beating.
Being an all volunteer group of "college athletes, ranchers, and cowboys" I'm sure they took a lot of pride & were given a lot of leeway in what they did. It is also known that some of the "cowboys" volunteered to go to Cuba because they were running from the law. They certainly deserve credit & recognition for drastically shortening the war with their victory at San Juan Hill. Critics & sore losers be damned!The Roughrider uniforms were kind of unique in US military history.
I always thought it was to treat what they used to call "nervous tension".
Very cool!Cannonball Run
"New York to San Francisco and back." -- REO Mountaineer, June 1906.
"Prize Cup, Fourth Annual AAA Economy Run, Los Angeles to Camp Curry." -- Yosemite National Park, May 1920.
Thanks Harv!Super posts as of late, HJ!