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Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).

1. Company I of the West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
037817
Title:
Company I of the West Virginia National Guard
Date:
1898
Description:
Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).
A photograph of a Guard unit lined up in a camp. 'Gen. Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. Nat'l guard (father of C. E. Smith)'

2. Unit of West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
030780
Title:
Unit of West Virginia National Guard
Date:
1901
Description:
A photograph of a Guard unit lined up in a camp. 'Gen. Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. Nat'l guard (father of C. E. Smith)'
"General Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. N.G. (father of C.E. Smith)."

3. Unit of the W. Va. National Guard

IDNO:
031365
Title:
Unit of the W. Va. National Guard
Date:
1901
Description:
"General Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. N.G. (father of C.E. Smith)."

4. Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent

IDNO:
030854
Title:
Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent
Date:
1917
Uniformed men march down Temple Street as spectators watch from the sidewalks.

5. Possibly a World War I Victory Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049187
Title:
Possibly a World War I Victory Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1919
Description:
Uniformed men march down Temple Street as spectators watch from the sidewalks.
Cook, a World War II soldier, is pictured in uniform.

6. Portrait of George W. Cook of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048159
Title:
Portrait of George W. Cook of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1942
Description:
Cook, a World War II soldier, is pictured in uniform.
A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."

7. U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.

IDNO:
053541
Title:
U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.
Date:
1943/08/23
Description:
A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."
Uniformed soldiers, holding the American and West Virginian flags, are trailed by marching band members make their way through the streets of Hinton as spectators look on from the sidewalks.

8. Army Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049188
Title:
Army Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1948/04/06
Description:
Uniformed soldiers, holding the American and West Virginian flags, are trailed by marching band members make their way through the streets of Hinton as spectators look on from the sidewalks.
Soldiers pose in formation next to the Hinton YMCA.

9. National Guard Unit Returns, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049336
Title:
National Guard Unit Returns, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
Soldiers pose in formation next to the Hinton YMCA.

10. Large Gathering of Soldiers and Others

IDNO:
047994
Title:
Large Gathering of Soldiers and Others
Date:
Undated

11. World War I Soldier on Porch

IDNO:
048007
Title:
World War I Soldier on Porch
Date:
Undated

12. Portrait of WWI Soldier

IDNO:
048018
Title:
Portrait of WWI Soldier
Date:
Undated