To all interested SAW Living Historians:<br>The annual Spring Drill and Muster will be held April 12-14 at Conner Prairie historical site near Noblesville, ...
Boys the SAW National event video is complete and will be shipped this week to those of you who have ordered one. Many thanks for your patience with this ...
Steve my Compadre!<br>On behalf of the attendee's at the 2001 USAWS National event I thank you for undertaking this project. This will be a wonderful keepsake ...
Yes, Corporal, my thanks also. Can't wait to get it and bring back the memories of all that sweat!!! WHEW!! Man that was FUN!<br><br>Thanks again,<br>Steve...
S&S seems to have Krag handguards back in stock. Just got a '98. Not the greatest workmanship (about 1/8 inch on either side of the sight and I had to open up...
Boys I have just received my copy of the 2001 USAWS encampment and what a dandy it is! This is one of those- "gott'a have" items that we all want. Gosh, ...
Just ran across this company on the internet: AzRA Historical Resources. They have dress frocks, sack coats (many styles), trousers, 1884 canvas coats, 1895...
Even though I have looked through the repo Sears catalog, I am trying to find a photo/sketch of what a man's wallet looked like in the 1898-1902 period. Was ...
Well, boys, they asked me to be overall commander of the US forces for the USAWS National event. I am only lukewarm about traveling to CA. Barry has an idea to...
Hey lads- have any spare SAW period gear or Junk laying around? Need $ for a new shirt? Well bring your unwanted's to the Spring Muster and Drill April 12-14....
If anyone is interested, there is an article on the Living History Crew of the OLYMPIA (with great photos) in Military Classics magazine this month. Look for...
Reading a first person account of a soldier that joined the 7th in May '96, went to Cuba. Rejoined in '99 in an engineer battalion and went to the Phillipines....
The signal corps reports show a fairly high use of telephones, but they don't mention where they got them. The signal corps was vastly expanded during the war...
A report from the quartermaster informed me that the new helmets have arrived. They are of the British white pattern, but do not have the characteristic ...
The Quartermaster shop has just put the photos of the M84 Canvas uniforms they are producing on their website. Coat starts at $89.00 and the Trousers at...