Sailors and Marines of a U.S. Navy warship, believed to be the protected cruiser USS Columbia (C-12), stand mustered in formation on the weather deck, rifles fixed with bayonets, for inspection or ceremonial duty. A drummer at the head of the line and an officer at its end frame this glimpse of shipboard discipline and pageantry from the turn-of-the-century steel Navy, circa 1898-1905. Project: 218597