

Figiire 47.— Forage Cap, 1839-1851, Type 3. Detail. 



May 1841, CG of P, LS; Irvine to John Gether, Cloth. 

 Estab., 8 May 1841, CG of P, LS; John T. Holloway to 

 Imne, 16 June 1841, CCF (caps)— all RG 92, NA. 



"^ Irvine to Brown, Fhila., 16 Apr. 1840, CG of P, LS; 

 Irvine to Brown, Phila., 11 May 1841, CG of P, LS; 

 Irvine to Francis S. Skinner, Boston, 11 May 1841, CG 

 of P, LS; Tyson to Wm. Phillips, 24 Dec. 1841, CG of P, 

 LS— all RG 92. NA. 



'^^ Whiting to B. de la Pierce, 25 Aug. 1841, Cloth. 

 Bur., LS, RG 92, NA. 



'<''' Estimate of the Quantity' and Price of Materials 

 and the Cost of Cutting and Making Clothing for the 

 Army of the United States for the Years 1843-1846, CG 

 of P, 2 vols. (Masterson 67), RG 92, NA. These books 

 list in minute detail eveiy type of material used in the 

 manufacture of forage caps. Other records investigated — 

 yearly price lists, contracts, etc.— also fail to mention the 

 bands. 



'^" Estimate of the Quantity and Price of Materials . . ., 

 op. cit. 



'"- Formerly belonging to Lt. James Duncan, 2d Arty., 

 an 1834 USMA graduate. USMA collections. 



^"^ Order No. 26, H.Q. 1st Dragoons, Fort Leavenworth 

 [Kansas], 31 Dec. 1846, in U.S. Army Comds., Regtl. 

 Records, Order Book, H.Q. 1st Drags., 13 Jan. 1841-18 

 Apr. 1850, p. 147, RG 98, NA. 



^''* General Regulations for the Army (Washington, 

 1841), p. 392. 



iG£, 'ppigfe are numerous letters concerning cadet dress 

 between Supt. Delafield (1838-1845) and the Sec. of 

 War in various files in the National Archives. 



160 YhJs would make it fit either a size two or size three 

 cap. For sizes and diameters of headgear, see, for in- 

 stance, contract with H. Cressman, 23 Mar. 1843, CCF 

 (Cressman),RG92, NA. 



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