Posted 7 months ago
Militarist
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Here is a neat photo of a California soldier wearing white gloves while holding a Krag rifle with mounted bayonet. On his hat is the letter B above the number 12. My guess is that this fellow is regular army and not national guard.
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12th US Infantry was at the Presidio from 1909- 1917:
http://www.monterey.army.mil/About/history/Soldier_Field.html
scott
Thanks Scott, nice link too.