One caveat on ROTC Midshipmen and the crackerjacks.   They would have only been worn while on active duty for their 3rd Class cruise, i.e., the summer after their fish year and before their sophomore years.   For 2nd class cruise (between sophomore and junior years), they would have worn Marine equivalent utility uniforms, as 2nd Class Midshipmen were sent through the Marine side of the house for that summer cruise.     This was so that Midshipmen were exposed to both sides, allowing them to choose whether they went Navy or Marine track during their junior year, with their 1st Class cruise being either Navy or Marines, depending on which way they chose to go for their junior and senior years.   Back on campus, most ROTC personnel only wore their uniforms on days they had Naval Science classes to attend, and then they would have worn either a khaki uniform or a blues uniform, depending on the "uniform of the day", not the crackerjacks.  Well, unless they were cadets at Texas A&M, The Citadel, or VMI.  These cadets would have worn their respective university's cadet uniforms daily.   At Texas A&M, a NROTC midshipman would only be issued the NROTC uniforms shortly before they went on which ever "cruise" they were scheduled for and then turn in the uniforms when they returned after the cruise.  At A&M, I was issued my various Midshipman's uniforms 2 weeks before my cruise and turned them in a couple of weeks after returning to campus for summer school.  Failure to turn all items in by the start of the fall semester resulted in a bill from the uniform office for what ever item(s) were missing.  

That's fascinating. I hadn't noticed the transitional features on this one. Thanks for pointing that out.

This was found at an old Centralia, WA estate. I wish I had a name. Company M, 1st Washington Volunteer Infantry was prinarily from the Centralia area. They served in the Philippines. This one is numbered #17783.

Wilbur G Buohl Rank: Private Enlistment Date: 5 Jun 1901 Muster Date: Dec 1901 Station: Camp Heywood, Charleston SC,   He was at Camp Heywood in the US December 1901, January & February 1902 when Waller marched on Samar.

very hard to find such old groupings like that from the family anymore.  Well done!!   Steve 

Wow, really nice group there. It will be exciting to see if he as a Samar vet. Stand Gentleman…..

The feet of the bales don’t look right. 

Here's an early uniform that I picked up from the family a few months back, the uniform of Pennsylvania vet, First Sergeant Wilbert G. Buohl, who served from 1901 to 1905. This will be a fun research project, according to his obituary, he was on the honor guard at the funeral for President Mckinley, he also went overseas to the Philippines. I'll have to order his records when I get the chance.

No!

Thanks, atb!