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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.

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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.

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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).
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1910 OAC Cadets (Before ROTC)
 
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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).
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1910 OAC Cadets (Before ROTC)
Pictures of Teddy Roosevelt & his men at San Juan Hill verify what hats were worn in Cuba. Who provisioned them I don't know.

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The Roughrider uniforms were kind of unique in US military history.
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!
 
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"Washington Nationals Ball Club." Third from left, pitcher Walter Johnson, whose 110 career shutout record still stands." -- 1922.
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"Waiting in line for tickets for the opening game of the World Series." Washington, D.C. -- Oct 3, 1924.
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"World Series of 1933, Nationals-Giants. View of diamond, first game at Griffith Stadium." -- Washington, D.C.
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