This photograph, taken around the beginning of the Spanish-American War, shows a new recruit taking the Oath of Enlistment.
Not in Position to Give Up the Chase
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Photograph of a Soldier Taking the Oath of Enlistment
- 1898
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 594415
Full Citation: 111-SC-113514; Photograph of a Soldier Taking the Oath of Enlistment; 1898; Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918–ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/soldier-taking-oath-of-enlistment/, June 17, 2026]
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