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Here we see the victorious US Navy rifle team which competed in a match against teams from the National Rifle Association, the Citizen Forces, and the Royal Australian Navy, held at Long Bay rifle range, in Sydney, on 31st July, 1925...as you can see, they're using the Springfield M1903, which was the US service rifle from 1903 thru to WW2... If the SMH pic (link below) has the names/who's who correct they are (L-R) Back Row: Ensign Bartlett ; CGM Storm ; Sgt Peters ; Pte Kelber ; Pte Walker ; Maj-Gen C.H. Brand* Front Row: ? Brown ; QM Simmonds ; BMM Wolfe ; Seaman Moore Per the tally board their aggregates were: Peters 126 ; Wolfe 121 ; Walker 118 ; Moore 111 ; Storm 111 ; Simmonds 121 ; Kelber 126 ; Bartlett 124 TOTAL: 958 Per the Daily Telegraph, the Australian team aggregates were: NRA: 908 ; Citizen Forces: 869 ; RAN: 827... Chief Armorer Walker from the RAN shot the highest individual aggregate of 127 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245241808 - the Daily Telegraph, 1st August, 1925...the Daily Telegraph's report... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16219523/1220282 - SMH, 1st August, 1925...pic of the US team here with names. * at the time, Major-General Brand was NSW base commandant

The Ogden standard., June 19, 1916, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, Page 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1916-06-19/ed-... has articles with headlines "National Guard of every state has been ordered mobilized" and "Governor Spry gets order: Call to the Guards issued." Mobilization was for service on the Mexican border.

Also in the Robert Runyon collection - identified there as the 14th New York Infantry at Mission, TX

Thanks to both of you for your research. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Site of major encounter during U.S. invasion of Vera Cruz, Mexico. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz

artolog: Thanks very much for linking to more information. We will add to the caption for this image when we update the record.

love the facial expression on the two men to the right