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ment, for which the Museum was indebted to the Quartermaster 

 General of the United States Army, Maj. Gen, H. L. Rogers. In 

 the second range were placed the collections of chemical warfare 

 and ordnance material. The west and central portion of the foyer 

 of this building was given over to the Corps of Engineers for its 

 exhibit; a f)ortion of the foyer and three rooms on the east to the 

 exhibit of the Medical Department; and the walls of three rooms 

 on the west of the fo5^er to the pictorial material. In the Arts and 

 Industries Building were j)laced on display captured German ord- 

 nance material, small arms of the Allies and enemy countries, Ameri- 

 can ordnance equipment, and the collection of uniforms worn by the 

 women's organizations. Out of doors, on the west side of this build- 

 ing, were placed the German field guns, and the airplane exhibit 

 is being assembled in the Aircraft Building. 



The War Department rendered great assistance in putting this 

 material on display, without which the Museum could have made 

 little progress, the small force of the division of history being en- 

 tirely inadequate to the huge task. Special credit is due to Capt. 

 J. J. Hittinger, of the Quartermaster Corps, who continued on detail 

 to the Museum throughout the year, giving general supervision to 

 the assembling and installation of material; to Maj. John McLaren 

 in connection with the ordnance section; to Capts. E. W. Jepson 

 and J. E. Costello and Sergt. Burns A. Stubbs under Lieut. T. N. 

 Ellman as to material from the Corps of Engineers; and to Capt. 

 A. P. Mooradian, who planned and supervised the wiring and set- 

 ting up of the equipment of the X-ray laboratory in the exhibit of 

 the Medical Department, all of which is operative. 



History. — In other lines than the war collections the Museum ac- 

 quired much material of value and interest. In American history the 

 additions included a large collection of uniforms of the types worn by 

 the armies of 23 foreign countries prior to the World War ; 226 com- 

 plete uniforms of the types worn in the United States Army from 

 1776 to 1909 ; material relating to the career of Cyrus W. Field and 

 the laying of the first Atlantic telegraph cables ; miscellaneous scien- 

 tific apparatus used by Joseph Henry (1799-1878) during the latter 

 part of his life, the gift of his daughter. Miss Caroline Henry; 

 watches owned by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, United States 

 Army; swords and other military relics of Maj. Gen. John E. Brooke, 

 United States Army; mementoes of Susan B. Anthony and objects 

 illustrating the history of the women's suffrage movement in the 

 United States from 1848 to 1919 ; and, for the series of costumes of 

 mistresses of the White House, a black velvet dress worn by Mrs. 

 Woodrow Wilson, and a lace flounce completing the inaugural dress 

 of Mrs. James A. Garfield. The philatelic material was increased by 



