Many corps of American riflemen have been thus attired, and the dress is one of the most striking of modern times.
美国步枪兵的许多军团都穿着这样的衣服, 这种衣服是现代最引人注目的衣服之一。
人物档案
In July Jay and Gouverneur Morris met Washington at his headquarters in Philadelphia requesting reinforcements, and when refused prevailed upon Congress to send 500 riflemen.
A rifleman (abbr. Rfn) is a soldier in a light infantry unit who carries a rifled firearm. Although the infantry role had its origin with 16th century hand gunners and 17th-century musketeers and streltsy, the term rifleman originated in the 18th century. Entire regiments and bodies of troops were armed with the weapon. It later became the term for the archetypal common infantryman.