How did you get that picture of me and my band? seriously though, I researched some and they seemed a semi military support group, started in the civil war, mainly medic support and entertainment. But not part of the army. My confusion lies with this estate group, which had a issue military style uniform, with US and YMCA pins, m1912 Bolo knife and m1911 colt 45. Was pretty well armed for an entertainer. Just curious if that was normal. Lots of paper, mainly ymca, but some war department things too. were they military, or just dressed the part, with military issue weapons for personal defence? He also was quite the accumulator, with several german helmets, pistols, etc which he bought or liberated.. Side note, in 1918 you could put an address and stamps on a German helmet without a box, and send it home. try that now lol