26 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 



the following of special note : A crimson silk sasli worn by Col. Wil- 

 liam Drummond, of the British Army, when killed at the battle of 

 Fort Erie, August 15, 1814; six pieces of Mexican military insignia 

 and a pair of Mexican silver spurs used during the War with Mexico ; 

 a South Carolina State flag flown on the steamship Columbia in 1861 ; 

 a Confederate artillery flag and a Confederate sword captured during 

 the Civil War ; a hand bell, a sand box, and an ivory paper cutter used 

 by Bvt. Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, United States Army, and a plas- 

 ter bust of Gen. Scott. 



A sword made in 1786 and carried during the War of 1812-1815 by 

 Col. William Dudley, Kentucky militia, received by transfer from 

 the Army War College, is of special note on account of its design, 

 the grip being of ivory, the pommel of silver in the form of an eagle's 

 head, and the blade bearing the inscription in gold, " Liberty and In- 

 dependence, E. pluribus Unum." 



The naval service was represented by the following gifts : To the 

 very interesting and valuable collection of relics relating to Admiral 

 David G. Farragut, United States Navy, received by the Museum last 

 year, were added two pairs of epaulets worn by him when ad- 

 miral, one pair when rear admiral, a shoulder strap when vice ad- 

 miral, and a uniform chapeau, a cap, a belt, two sword knots, 14 

 uniform buttons, and 8 pieces of silver naval insignia worn by him 

 during the Civil War, from the estate of Lo} T all Farragut, through 

 J. Herbert Johnston and George C. Hall, the executors, and Rear 

 Admiral John C. Watson, United States Navy, and I. B. Millner, 

 of the United States Geological Survey. A wooden snuffbox, the 

 cover decorated with a gilt medallion showing an equestrian portrait 

 of Napoleon I, presented by Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, United 

 States Navy, to Coxswain William C. Parsons, who presented it in 

 turn to Rear Admiral George H. Preble, United States Navy, came 

 from Miss Susie Preble, through Rear Admiral J. E. Pillsbury, 

 United States Navy, and a uniform coat worn by Matthew Fon- 

 taine Maury when commander, United States Navy, 1859-1861, from 

 his daughter, Mrs. Mary Maury Werth. 



An oil painting, entitled " Blood is thicker than water," showing 

 the engagement of the Peiho River, owned by Rear Admiral Stephen 

 D. Trenchard, United States Navy; a copy of the Dramatic Works 

 of William Shakespeare presented to him in 1859 in Pekin, China, 

 by Missionary S. W. Williams; a copy of the Naval Register for 

 1815 ; and a chart of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine, pub- 

 lished in 1857, were received as a loan from Mr. Edward Trenchard. 



Other noteworthy relics of the Revolutionary period lent by Mr. 

 Roberdeau Buchanan, through Mrs. Roberdeau Buchanan, are a gold- 

 mounted sword and a pair of silver-mounted flintlock pistols, owned 

 during the War of the Revolution by Brig. Gen. Daniel Roberdeau, 



