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Mary E. Pinchot. Numerous other additions of the same general 
character have also been made to this important section of the his- 
torical collections. 
The military section has received a number of interesting acces- 
sions, the most notable being the uniform coat, vest, breeches, and 
sash worn by Capt. Ely Dagworthy of the British Army during the 
French and Indian War. This uniform, lent by the National Society 
of the Colonial Dames of America, is the earliest British uniform in 
the possession of the Museum, and is a splendidly preserved speci- 
men of the uniforms of the type which played such a prominent part 
in America during the French and Indian War, the War of the Revo- 
lution, and the War of 1812. Other military relics of note received 
during the past fiscal year are two pairs of epaulets of the period 
of the War of 1812, presented by Mrs. Mary Mason Barlow; a sword, 
a saber, a hat, belt, cup, and powder horn, used during the War with 
Mexico by Lieut. Baldwin J. Crosswait, Third Ohio Infantry, pre- 
sented by Miss Forest M. Crosswait; a sword, sash, and four belts, 
owned during the Civil War by Bvt. Capt. Frank M. Smith, First 
Maryland Volunteers, presented by Mrs. Smith; a pair of epaulets 
worn during the Civil War by Col. E. W. Chastain, Eighth Georgia 
Regiment, Confederate States Army, lent by Mr. Norman C. Stow; 
and a sword, scabbard, and belt, taken from the body of a Mexican 
bandit after the raid of Francisco Villa on Columbus, N. Mex., March 
9, 1916, presented by the Hon. A. S. Burleson. 
The materials relating to the history of the Navy prior to the 
World War have been increased by a number of accessions of 1m- 
portance. Among these are a collection of relics recovered from the 
wreck of the U. S. battleship Maine when the remains of this ship 
were removed from Habana Harbor in 1911, including such materials 
as chinaware, silverware, timepieces, rifles, powder cans, binoculars, 
and various other objects in use on the ship in 1898 at the time of 
the explosion. AJl of them now show plainly the effects of the salt 
water by which they were covered during the period when the wreck 
remained submerged. These were received from the Navy Depart- 
ment. A fitting companion piece to this collection is a bronze memo- 
rial plaque, designed by Charles Keck, and cut from metal recovered 
from the wreck at the same time as the relics described above. This 
beautiful tablet, presented to the Museum by Dr. Gertrude R. Brig- 
ham, is one of a number of such pieces made from various parts of 
the Maine in accordance with act of Congress of August 22, 1902, 
which authorized their manufacture. 
The materials relating to the early history of the Navy have also 
been increased by the transfer from the division of mechanical tech- 
nology of models of the frigate Constitution, the first United States 
Monitor, and the Confederate ram Merrimac. 
