"Rifle practice at twenty below zero. Members of the 1st Scout Battalion of the Alaska National Guard on the rifle range during the Guard's Encampment at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Alaska guardsmen must be prepared to fight in all kinds of weather."
"Pvt Camille Joseph (left) and Sp3 Alex Patrick (Alaknuk, Alaska) of Co. "A" 2nd Scout Bn., Alaska National Guard are marking targets during practice fire at the Guard's annual encampment at Ft. Richardson, Alaska."
Title taken from front. Group photo of volunteer harbor guards holding rifles, Skagway, Alaska. Also from front: "The men who broke up "Soapy" Smith's gang at Skagway." Original photograph size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2".