AMERICAN AND EUEOPEAN SWORDS 55 



FIELD OFFICERS' SWORDS, MODEL OF 1850 



At the time of the adoption of the sword of the type just described, 

 a sword was adopted for the use of officers of the general staff and 

 field officers, except pay, medical, and Cavalry officers. This sword 

 was accordingly carried by officers of the adjutant general, inspector 

 general, quartermaster, and subsistence departments. Corps of 

 Engineers, topographical engineers, ordnance, Judge Advocate of 

 the Army, aides de camp, and by field officers of Artillery, Infantry 

 and Foot Riflemen, and Light Artillery. It was similar in general 

 design to the one just described, but the counterguard was much 

 wider and included a third section bearing in the center the letters 

 " U. S.," flanked by two floral and scroll designs all in openwork. 

 This change renders the counterguard much broader than that of 

 the foot officer's sword and gives the field officer's sword a distinctive 

 appearance. 



Examples of this sword are included in the Alfred F. Hopkins 

 collection, and the National Museum series includes also a number 

 of others of this type, which were owned by well-known United 

 States Army officers. From 1860 to 1873 the use of this sword by 

 the officers mentioned above was optional, should they prefer the 

 sword adopted for the same purpose in 1860 described below. The 

 sword of this character adopted in 1850 was formally discontinued 

 in 1873. 



SWORDS OWNED BY BVT. BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM H. BROWNE AND MAJ. GENS 

 WINFIELD S. HANCOCK AND HENRY W. LAWTON 



The swords of this type in the national collection include one *^ 

 owned during the Civil War by Bvt. Brig. Gen. William H. Browne, 

 United States Volunteers. This was bequeathed to the National 

 Museum in 1906 by Mrs. Wm. H. Browne. A second sword *^ of this 

 type was owned during the Civil War b}^ Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott 

 Hancock, United States Army. This was presented to the National 

 Museum in 1931 by Hancock Dorr. A third one ^* was owned by 

 Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, United States Army. 



SWORD OWNED BY BRIG. GEN. GEORGE W. MORGAN 



A fourth sword ^^ of this type in the National Museum collection 

 is one owned by Brig. Gen George W. Morgan, United States Volun- 

 teers, who was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1820, and at the 



82 Length, 95.1 cm. Blade, 81 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. PI. 20, fig. 4. 



S3 Length, 96 em. Blade, 82 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. Marljed "Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopee, 

 Mass." PI. 20, flg. 5. 



»* Length, 96.3 cm. Blade, 8L5 cm. long, 2.7 cm. wide. Marked " Clauberg Solingen." 

 PI. 20, flg. 6. 



^ Length, 96 cm. Blade, 81.5 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. Marked "Ames Mfg. Co., Chico- 

 pee, Mass." 



