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Company F, 12th Infantry. Soldiers in their bunks on Governor's Island circa 1908. View full size. 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
That looks more like an exploding cigar that exploded while he was asleep, but still failed to wake him up.
Neatly stacked and secured in the rack next to the sitting (and blurred) soldier are Springfield 1903A1 rifles, I believe. Note also the soldier in the second bunk from the front: asleep with his shoes/boots on. Posed photo, perhaps?
Denny Gill
Chugiak, Alaska
[If he was posing he probably wouldn't be drooling. - Dave]
the man in the front looks like he is having a great dream, but the man behind him has something coming out of his mouth. what is it?
[A pipe, among other things. See above. - Dave]
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