These carbines were used throughout the Spanish American War and late in the Philippine Insurrection, most famously by future President Theodore Roosevelt's 1st Volunteer Cavalry "Rough Riders"; among other distinctions, the Rough Riders were the only non-regular unit to be issued the Krag for action in Cuba, due to the political connections of the leadership. Rider-issued Krags fall in four known serial number blocks, with this one squarely in the first, 26,784-28,995. Fixed blade front and 2,000 yard "C" marked ladder rear sights. The casehardened receiver is marked "U.S./1895. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. 28191" on the left side (appropriate for a very early production 1896 Carbine). The stock is of the proper short carbine style with an extended barrel band to protect the rear sight from bumping into the saddle boot, a short saddle ring on the left side followed immediately by a "JSA/1896" cartouche, a circled script "P" behind the trigger guard, and a flat buttplate with a trapdoor cleaning rod compartment (two out of three rod segments included).