Formation of OAC Cadets with rifles/bayonets overhead. Officers with sabres around perimeter of formation. Benton Hall in background. Cadets are issued the pre-Spanish American War standard uniform from 1895 in dark blue with standard forage cap. Rifles are most likely Springfield 1873 Trapdoor single shot, black powder modified muskets. This was a standard issue during the Spanish American War before more modern types were available. The label at bottom reads: "OAC Cadets 1904", written with fountain pen. Significant photo of the early 1900s with use of the dark blue uniform.
Formation of OAC Cadets with rifles on lower campus with Benton Hall in background, circa 1895. Paleontology Building (built in 1892, now Women's center) to the right of Benton Hall. Men are wearing the standard blue tunics with brimmed caps. Rifles show the older type of bayonets, probably on rifles of pre-Spanish American War vintage.