Aitken’s Skirmisher balances on one leg atop a nine-foot cylindrical pedestal. This unusual formation aimed to counter the increasing accuracy use of rifles in military conflict. Skirmishers were men deployed in a military formation called the skirmish line, which required each soldier to charge into battle at a distance of eighteen to twenty feet from each other. Aitken, who was also a veteran of the Spanish American War, decided against the typical stationary soldier, which he felt to be lifeless, and instead gave the Skirmisher his distinctive dynamic stance. Foster Disinger, a Binghamton based photographer and an officer of the Broome County Historical Society, enlisted the help of his friend Robert Aitken, an internationally recognized artist, for the project. Barber Camp III as a tribute to fellow soldiers. The Skirmisher by Robert Aitken depicts a typical infantryman of the Spanish-American War (1898). Collection of the City of Binghamton, Broome County Barber Camp III United Spanish War Veterans and Broome County Board of Supervisors, dedicated during the annual parade of the United Spanish War Veterans Convention July 14, 1925. (American, San Francisco, CA 1878-1949 New York, NY),
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