In Dennis Gordon's excellent book, "Quartered in Hell-The Story of the American North Russian Expeditionary Force 1918-1919", he makes mention of the fact that prior to sailing to Russia, the British Expeditionary Command took away all U.S. arms, ammuntion, and equipment. They replaced the U.S. made Enfield rifles with the U.S. made Mosin-Nangant, citing the obvious concern that resupply once in Russia would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, during the winter months. Having the ammunition fully compatible with the same weapons as used by the Bolsheviks made perfect sense; unfortunately most American soldiers did not care for the rifle itself. Many felt the rifle was unreliable, prone to jammimg, and suffered from frequent breakage. There were also many complaints as to the overall inacuracy of the Mosin-Nagants. And too, there was also criticism voiced over the fact that the bayonet was virtully worthless for any other use and that it did not even come with a scabbard. Refitting also affected the higher ranks, as most officers and NCOs had to turn in their U.S. issued sidearms for the British made Webley Mk. VI revolvers.
