Dear Mr. Gheorghiu,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
The uniform depicted is a U.S. Army Pattern 1902 Dress Uniform, in the version used by enlisted personnel. The use of the uniform was suspended in 1917 because of the US entry into World War I. It was reintroduced in 1928 for a time, although some of the accouterments such as the cords that are depicted in your photograph may not have been used when it was reintroduced. The lack of chevrons or other rank insignia on his sleeves suggests that he is probably a private or a comparable junior enlisted rank.
While the OMPFs recommended by Mr. Schneider may include a file for the soldier you are researching, if he separated from service prior to October 1912, there will not be an OMPF for him at NPRC.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Enlistment Papers, 1798 - October 31, 1912 and Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798 - 1914 (M233) in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1917 (Record Group 94) that include records documenting the service of individual enlisted soldiers. For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.
The Registers of Enlistments have been digitized and are available on Fold3 as Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914; on Ancestry as U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914; and on FamilySearch as United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914. Ancestry and Fold3 require paid subscriptions to access these records. Some libraries provide free access to their patrons. FamilySearch may be accessed with a free account. The registers are arranged by date. These websites allow them to be browsed by date, or searched by name. While the Registers do list regimental assignments, these websites have not provided the option to search by regiment.
Additionally, we located 26 record series created by the 22nd Infantry Regiment in the Records of U.S. Regular Army Mobile Units (Record Group 391) that contain records from the 1900s and 1910s and may include varying degrees of information about the assigned soldiers. These records have not been digitized and are not available online. For information about these records, please contact RDT1.
Copies of most of the monthly rosters from November 1912 - 1943 for Army units are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis, MO. For information about these records, please contact the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL) via email at stl.archives@nara.gov.
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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Jan 19, 2021 10:15 AM