Figure 39.— Forage Cap, 1839-1851, Type 1. 



terminals, and tied across the front with black silk 

 ribbons when folded. The whole of the interior of the 

 cap is lined with unbleached muslin or with glazed 

 cotton, with cotton battintr between the lininsf and the 

 crown and the rise. The headband is lined in front 

 with pasteboard to give a firm seat for the insignia. 

 The sweatband is of soft black patent leather. All but 

 one specimen has a cane grommet in the welt between 

 the crown and the rise. One specimen carries the re- 

 niains of a round red wax seal on the sweatijand 



indicating that it was probably a pattern piece. 

 Type two (figs. 42-46) is basically the same in ap- 

 pearance as type one except that the visor, rather than 

 pointed and nearly perpendicular, is more nearly hori- 

 zontal and rounded. The blue cloth is of a somewhat 

 hca\ier quality, the crown is not padded, the padding 

 between the lining and the rise is of horsehair, and 

 the headband is reinforced all around with leather 

 rather than pasteboard. Whether these changes con- 

 stitute Colonel Stanton's improvements is not known. 



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