All I could find was a note in wiki that the units were armed with BARs, Springfields and Browning shotguns as well as the Colt .45.
The nearest I could get to a primary source that displayed rifles was a drill contest won by the Americans. The Corporal that won was carrying a Springfield.
The next nearest source was a Harold Lloyd film, "Sammies in Siberia" and they seemed to be using single shot rifles that could have been full-length Springfield single shot rifles, the hammers look like they could even be converted cap and ball weapons.
Guess Hollywood wasn't big on verisimilitude even in the silent days...
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