Figure 21.— Forage Cap, 1825-1832 



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Figure 22.— Forage Cap, 1825-1832. 



is dark green. Five of the buttons in the center of the 

 tops are correct for the period and branch of service. 

 There is no hning. 



Compared with the leather dress caps of the period 

 and preceding periods, the forage caps are rather 

 crudely made. Clothing allowances called for the issue 

 of but one during a five year enlistment, and no cap 

 cover was issued with if"" — although, oddly enough, 

 a cover was issued with the leather cap — which led to 

 numerous complaints from unit commanders because 



of its previousness to water and the fact that it was 

 worn almost to the exclusion of the bell crown except 

 when on guard or dress parade."" The cap was priced 

 at $1.70 in 1826." 



NOTES 



"'Cecil C. P. Lawson, A History of the Unijorms of 

 the British Army (London, 1961), vol. 3, pp. 44-46. Law- 

 son's authority is Captain Cuthbertson, 5th Foot, in his 

 System for the Interior Management arid Economy of an 

 Infantry Battalion, published in 1768 and again in 1776. 



•"' Descriptive Book, 1st U.S. Infantry, Detroit, 1 Oct. 

 1801, U.S. Commands, RG 98, NA. 



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