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Figure 15.— Infantry Cap, 1813-1821. 



Figure 16. —Infantry Cap. 1813-1821. Detail from 

 "Pawnee Council" by S. Seymour. Coe Collection. Yale 

 University Library. 



There are no "rings" as called for. The ta.ssels were 

 attached to the right-hand or upper button. The ba.se 

 of the cap is trimmed with three strands of twisted silver- 

 on-copper wire running acro.ss the visor and held in 

 place by two small silvered buttons. There was no chin 

 strap. The sweatband is of patent leather and has an 

 upper band of canvas attached fitted with a draw.string. 

 The rear of the cap comes to a slight V over the nape 

 of the neck. There is no evidence that the specimen 

 was ever fitted with the folded "flap" in the rear known 

 on others of this type. There is no maker's name or in- 

 spector's initials.'' 



As predicted by Callender Ir\ine at the time of its 

 adoption, this cap was a success from the point of view 

 of durability, for only two were issued each soldier dur- 

 ing his five-year enlistment.'- A further indication of 

 its utility and popularity is the fact that in September 

 of 1816 it was prescribed for enlisted men of all 



branches of the service.'^'' 



NOTES 

 ■"' Tench Coxc, Pur\eyor of Public .Supplies, to Lt. John 

 R (illegible), 2d Inf., N.Y., 21 Feb. 1812, Purveyor's Of- 

 fice (hereinafter cited P01, LS : Co.xe to Arch. R. Wil- 



liams, 28 Feb. 1812, PO, LS; circular letter, Coxe to all 

 his deputy pui-vcyors, 24 Mar. 1812, PO. LS; all RG 92, 

 NA; G.O., 24 Jan. 1813. op. cit., describes the front plate 

 as an "oblong silver plate . . . bearing the name of the 

 corps and number of the regiment." 



^" W. Y. Carman, British Military Uniforms from Con- 

 temporary Pictures (London, 1957), p. 111. 



" Sec. of War John Armstrong to Ir\inc, 2.3 Jan. 1813, 

 LS, Military AfTairs vol. 6, RG 107, NA. 



'- Irvine to Sec. of War. 26 Dec. 1812, CG of P. LS, 

 RG 92. NA. 



^' Irvine to Aniasa Stetson, Boston, 18 Feb. 1813, CG 

 of P, LS, RC; 92, NA, 



" Irvine to Messrs. Martin, Primrose, Lyons, Lukens, 

 Kerr, and Walker, 18 Feb. 1813, CG of P. LS, RC; 92, 

 NA. 



'• Sec. War to Senate. 28 March 1814, Legislatisc Rec- 

 ords Branch, Records of LT.S. Senate, RG 46, N.\. 



""• American State Papers, Military Affairs, op. cit., vol. 

 1 , pp. 433-434. 



'" Military Laws, Rules and Regulations for the Army 

 of the United States, Adjutant and Inspector General's 

 Office, September 1816 (E. de KrafTt, n.d.1, p. 131. 



^"^ Articles of War, Military Laws and Rules and Regu- 

 lations for the Army of the United States. Adjutant and 

 Inspector General's Office, September, 1816, revised 1817 



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