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Mary E. Pinchot. Numerous other additions of the same general 

 character have also been made to this important section of the his- 

 torical collections. 



The militarj^ section has received a number of interesting acces- 

 sions, the most notable being the uniform coat, vest, breeches, and 

 sash worn by Capt. Ely Dagworthy of the British Army during the 

 French and Indian War. This uniform, lent by the National Society 

 of the Colonial Dames of America, is the earliest British uniform in 

 the possession of the Museum, and is a splendidly preserved speci- 

 men of the uniforms of the type which played such a prominent part 

 in America during the French and Indian War, the War of the Ke vo- 

 lution, and the War of 1812. Other military relics of note received 

 during the past fiscal year are two pairs of epaulets of the period 

 of the War of 1812, presented by Mrs. Mary Mason Barlow; a sword, 

 a saber, a hat, belt, cup, and powder horn, used during the War with 

 Mexico by Lieut. Baldwin J. Crosswait, Third Ohio Infantry, pre- 

 sented by Miss Forest M. Crosswait; a sword, sash, and four belts, 

 owned during the Civil War by Bvt. Capt. Frank M. Smith, First 

 Maryland Volunteers, jDresented by Mrs. Smith; a pair of epaulets 

 worn during the Civil War by Col. E. W. Chastain, Eighth Georgia 

 Regiment, Confederate States Army, lent by Mr. Norman C. Stow ; 

 and a sword, scabbard, and belt, taken from the body of a Mexican 

 bandit after the raid of Francisco Villa on Columbus, N. Mex., March 

 9, 1916, presented by the Hon. A. S. Burleson. 



The materials relating to the history of the Navy prior to the 

 World War have been increased by a number of accessions of im- 

 portance. Among these are a collection of relics recovered from the 

 wreck of the U. S. battleship Maine when the remains of this ship 

 were removed from Habana Harbor in 1911, including such materials 

 as chinaware. silverware, timepieces, rifles, powder cans, binoculars, 

 and various other objects in use on the ship in 1898 at the time of 

 the explosion. All of them now show plainly the effects of the salt 

 water by which they were covered during the period when the wreck 

 remained submerged. These were received from the Navy Depart- 

 ment. A fitting companion piece to this collection is a bronze memo- 

 rial plaque, designed by Charles Keck, and cut from metal recovered 

 from the wreck at the same time as the relics described above. This 

 beautiful tablet, presented to the Museum by Dr. Gertrude R. Brig- 

 ham, is one of a number of such pieces made from various parts of 

 the Maine in accordance with act of Congress of August 22. 1902, 

 which authorized their manufacture. 



The materials relating to the early history of the Navy have also 

 been increased by the transfer from the division of mechanical tech- 

 nology of models of the frigate Constitution^ the first United States 

 Monitor^ and the Confederate ram MerHmac. 



