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In 1899, an order was received from a United States officer for twelve Savage rifles. The guns were assembled and shipped as quickly as possible.

They were apparently used by an Alaskan expedition headed by E.F. Glenn of the Twenty-Fifth (ninth?) Infantry. Captain Glenn was from Alaska and had previous experience with Savage rifles (obviously the 1895), and demanded that the US Gov't equip his men with it. Despite having a large number of Krag-Jorgensons on hand and Winchesters and Marlins being easy to acquire, the government did equip him with the Savage rifles.

I've seen old pictures of an Alaskan expedition with polar bears they'd shot with what I thought were 1895 rifles. I'll see if I can't find those again, might have been early 1899's with 1895 stocks.

Love finding this old stuff...!