Original U.S. Indian Wars US Army Canvas Fatigue Uniform “Stable’ Coat Snider Rifles & Bayonets Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training

Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC)is another major training site typically reserved for light infantry units

and with both the narrow and wide-flank forms of the cross

called a "Lebel revolver" after the name of Colonel Nicolas Lebel

was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan

Original U.S. Indian Wars US Army Canvas Fatigue Uniform “Stable’ Coat Snider Rifles & Bayonets Fort Polk's Joint Readiness TrainingOriginal Item: Only One Available. The post Civil War era saw a vast reduction in soldiers, and the U. S. Army Quartermaster Department was left with large quantities of uniforms and equipment. At first it was thought that the cache would last for years. However, by the early 1870s many of the most needed sizes were already being depleted. As a result of the shortages, from the early 1870s to the 1890s, there was a general lack of uniformity in army