34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1919. 



of gems and to the Isaac Lea collection of mollusks, respectively. 

 Through the generosity of Mr. B. H. Swales, a member of the staff, 

 a small fund whicli has been given the donor's name was established 

 during the year for the purchase of additions to the collection of 

 biids. 



The council of the National Academy of Design inaugurated pur- 

 chases from the Henry Ward E anger fund by acquiring a landscape 

 by Bruce Crane entitled " December Uplands," Under the condi- 

 ti(ms prescribed by the will of Mr. Eanger this painting was assigned 

 to the Syracuse Museum of Art and can be reclaimed by the Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art at any time during the five-year period begin- 

 ning 10 years after the artist's death. 



Anthropology. — The additions to the historical collections during 

 the past year have been exceptionally large and are especially inter- 

 esting on account of the fact that so many of them relate to the recent 

 Avar with Germany. They also include, however, many objects of note 

 connected with the history of the United States prior to that mo- 

 mentous conflict. Of special note in connection with the collection 

 received relating to the war are many mementos of persons and events^ 

 battle-field trophies, military and naval uniforms, insignia, and field 

 equipment. These include the Combined Order of Battle Map cor- 

 rected up to November 11, 1918, with its accessories, as used by Gen. 

 Pershing and his staff at Chaumont, France, throughout the progress 

 of the American military movements, showing locations of all 

 United States divisions and exact location at the signing of the 

 armistice, with the same information as to armies of the Allies and 

 enemies, besides a large amount of other information; a most inter- 

 esting collection of German military paraphernalia captured during 

 the various engagements in which the American troops participated 

 and assembled in France by Maj. Gen. H. L. Rogers, United States 

 Army, wjjile serving as chief quartermaster of the American Expe- 

 ditionary Forces ; two French military airplanes used on the western 

 front and the first battle plane built in America; collections of in- 

 fantry, artillery, cavalry, air service, and chemical warfare equip- 

 ment of the type used during the war; a practically complete series 

 of the uniforms, insignia, decorations, and medals of the Army and 

 Navy; a notable collection of relics of Lieut. Benjamin Stuart Wal- 

 cott. United States Army, who entered the French air service as a 

 member of the Lafayette Flying Corps, was killed in aerial combat, 

 and fell within the German lines December 12, 1917; also loan col- 

 lections of uniforms worn by French officers. The war collections 

 already received will be supplemented b};- others until the Museum 

 possesses a, complete representation of the vast amount of parapher- 

 nalia required in tlie prosecution of a modern war, including repre- 



