Spruce Soldiers and Locomotive
Images of Spruce soldiers and their environs are rare. Some of the images that follow were donated by generous families of these men. Along with the items below there is a Google Photos album with these, and other such images.
There is additional information associated with each image, if you click on the thumbnail.
Group Photo of the 2nd Spruce Squadron --- Permanently assigned to Vancouver Barracks.
Photo of Railroad Operations --- This photo shows members of the 69th Spruce Squadron, as they prepare a load of sand for ballast used in railroad construction.
Photo of Soldiers with a Steam Locomotive --- Members of the 69th Spruce Squadron pose with a Steam Locomotive. The steam locomotive was used as part of railroad construction.
Book Illustration of a Spruce Group --- These are men of the 79th Spruce Squadron.
Harry Frank, Spruce Soldier --- Before his service in the 23rd Spruce, he was a traveling salesman for O’Rourke, Eubanks Hat Co, based in San Francisco.
Spruce Soldiers at Agate Beach, Oregon --- Real photo picture postcard of some soldiers from a Spruce Squadron, taken at Agate Beach, Oregon.
Spruce Soldiers with Logging Truck --- Real photo picture postcard of some soldiers.
Spruce Soldiers Building a Railway --- Most of the railroad construction was performed by hand, as illustrated.
Soldier Inspecting Processed Lumber at Vancouver Barracks --- About a third of the Spruce Soldiers worked at the main ‘cut-up’ plant at Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
Group Photo of the 28th Spruce Squadron --- Yard-wide (panoramic) photo of this Spruce Group
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