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and including fourteen cartridges in an ammunition box, two belts, 

 two belt reels, a belt reel box, a belt feeding rack, a loading machine, 

 two magazines, and a base and upper part of mount. Also an Ital- 

 ian 37-millimeter mountain cannon, with tripod. From the histori- 

 cal branch of the General Staff of the Army was transferred a col- 

 lection of American, French, and German propaganda balloons and 

 printed propaganda of the type used during the European War. 

 A very interesting collection of French gas masks and accessories, 

 showing the development of these objects during the war, from a 

 simple cloth covering to a complicated device, was received as a 

 gift from the High Commission of the French Eepublic m the 

 United States. A notable collection of relics of Lieut. Benjamin 

 Stuart Walcott, United States Army, who entered the French Air 

 Service as a member of the Lafayette Corps and was killed in aerial 

 combat and fell within the German lines Decem.ber 12, 1917, was 

 received during the fiscal year. The collection includes a luiiform 

 coat, a pair of breeches, a cap, a tie, and a belt worn by him as 

 sergeant, French aviation service; the croix de guerre with palm 

 and accompanying citation, awarded to him by the French Gov- 

 ernment; the French aviation pilot badge owned by him; and the 

 certificate of "Pilote Aviateur" awarded to him by the Federa- 

 tion Aeronautique Internationale; the diploma and bronze war 

 medal of the Aero Club of America awarded to him ; the Lafayette 

 Flying Corps badge worn by him ; his commisson as first lieutenant, 

 Air Service, United States Army; and his diploma as bachelor of 

 science, Princeton University, 1917. From Madame Claude Lang- 

 lais, of Washington, District of Columbia, was received as a loan, 

 three uniforms worn by Monsieur Claude Langlais, a member of the 

 Thirty-third French Infantry, machine gun unit, who participated 

 in many engagements of the European War from May, 1915, until 

 September, 1916, vrhen he was wounded during the battle of the 

 Somme. These uniforms bear the croix de guerre bar, indicating 

 the award of this decoration to Monsieur Langlais, a wound bar 

 with a red star indicating that blood was shed for France, and 

 wound and war service chevrons. 



Notably large collections of United States military and naval uni- 

 forms and insignia of the type used during the war with Germany 

 have been added to the large amount of material of this character 

 already in the possession of the division relating to other wars in 

 which the United States participated. Among these are representa- 

 tive sets of the devices indicating the ranks and corps of commis- 

 sioned officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps ; sets of chev- 

 rons and specialty marks showing the various grades and special 

 duties of the enlisted personnel ; types of the uniforms worn by the 

 enlisted personnel, including those of the yeowomen and marinettes; 



