United States Army Headgear 1855-1902 - Libreria Militare Ares

NUMBER 30 103Monroe, Va., in 1878. On these, see 7th Endorsement, 21March 1878, to Itr Capt. A. E. Hooker to AG, 26 January1878; AG to C. O. Arty School, 14 June 1878; Lt. Chase,3d Arty, to Maj. J. P. Sanger (recorder of the Miles Board)22 March 1879; Gen. J. M. Schofield, West Point, to Meigs,6 April 1878; all AG, LR, RG 94, NA. The watercolors aresigned "F.L.M.[?] Eng. Dept., Cooper Institute, N. Y." andare in AG, LR, RG 94, NA. A search of the files of theCooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, thedescendent organization, revealed no further information onthese paintings. For payment to Allien for the helmets andpaintings, see Meigs to Rucker, Phila., 17 May 1879,OQMG, LS, Clothing, RG 92, NA.""'MSK Rogers to Col. Miles, 27 March 1879, AG, LR,RG 94, NA.'"Capt. J. P. Sanger to Meigs, 6 May 1879, AG, LR,RG 94, NA.""MSK Rogers to Col. Miles, 27 March 1879, AG, LR,RG 94, NA. The notes by Horstmann were appended tothe above.'"" See CARMAN, Head Dresses of the British Army—Cavalry, esp. the numerous plates. Oddly enough, the HomeService Helmet adopted in 1878 for the entire British Armyhad side buttons of a "rose" pattern. See Home ServiceHelmet 1878-1914, p. 3.'''Meigs to MSK Rogers, 9 May 1879, OQMG, LS,Clothing, RG 92, NA."^ Meigs to Rucker, QM at Phila., 17 May 1879, OQMG,LS, Clothing, RG 92, NA.""»Meigs to Sherman, 18 July 1879; Meigs to Rucker, 24July 1879; both OQMG, LS, Clothing, RG 92, NA.'""Sherman to Sec. War, 15 July 1879 with endorsementby Sec. War, 19 July 1879, AG, LR, RG 94, NA.""This represented some 27 percent of the officers of theregular establishment at the time. See U.S. WAR DEPART­MENT, Annual Report of the Adjutant General, 1880.'" It was printed in full with considerable comment in theUnited States Army and Navy Journal, 20 November 1880,p. 314.'"AG to Meigs, 16 November 1880, OQMG, Reg. LR,Clothing; Holabird (for Meigs) to Richer, Phila., 18 November1880, OQMG, LS, Clothing; both RG 92, NA; U.S.WAR DEPARTMENT, ARQMG, 1881, pp. 72-3.'"'Rucker, Phila., to Meigs, 22 November 1880, OQMG,Reg. LR, Clothing; AG to Meigs, 2 December 1880,OQMG, Reg. LR, Clothing; telegram Meigs to Rogers 3December 1880, OQMG, LS, Clothing; telegram Rogers toMeigs, 3 December 1880, LS, MSK, Phila.; all RG 92, NA.'""Rogers to Alfien & Co., 3 December 1880, LS, MSK,Phila., RG 92, NA. Allien & Co. had been paid for theblocks and dies, as well as the Miles Board samples. SeeRogers to Rucker, Phila., 20 November 1880, LS, MSK,Phila., RG 92, NA.'""Meigs to Sherman, 8 December 1880, OQMG, LS,Clothing, RG 92, NA.'"'Sherman to Meigs, 13 December 1880, OQMG, Reg.LR, RG 92, NA."'Telegram Meigs to Rogers, 9 December 1880, OQMG,LS, Clothing; telegram Rogers to Meigs, 9 December 1880,LS, MSK, Phila.; both RG 92, NA."""Rogers to Meigs, 16 December 1880, LS, MSK, Phila.;Meigs to Rucker, Phila., 28 December 1880, OQMG, LS,Clothing; both RG 92, NA.'"" In RG 94, NA.'"' Meigs to Supervising Architect of the Treasury, 6January 1881, OQMG, LS, Clothing, RG 92, NA. For distributionof the photos, see OQMG, LS, Clothing for Januaryand February 1881 in RG 92, NA. The photographsare in Audiovisual Branch, NA.'"= Meigs to Rucker, Phila., 9 January 1881, OQMG, LS,Clothing, RG 92, NA.'"'Rogers to Meigs, 14 January 1881, OQMG, Reg. LR,Clothing, RG 92, NA.'"'Meigs to Rogers, 17 January 1881, OQMG, LS, Clothing,RG 92, NA.'"" Unfortunately, the actual photograph of this enlistedmodel has not been found. See United States Army andNavy Journal, 22 January 1881, for a front view of Figure466.'""There were two similar but distinct patterns of the"tiger head," one on the specimens in the quartermasterphotographs and the other on the Kilpatrick sunmier helmet(Figure 51).'"' See note 399.'"" See Figure 46a, c.'""Rogers to Meigs, 25 January 1881 (two letters), LS,MSK and QM, Phila., RG 92, NA.""Rogers to Horstmann, 26 January 1881, LS, MSK andQM, Phila.; Rogers to Meigs, 16 February 1881, LS, MSKand QM, Phila.; Rogers to Hartley & Graham, 7 February1881, LS, MSK and QM, Phila.; Meigs to Rogers, 18 February1881, LS, OQMG, Clothing; Meigs to Rucker, 19February 1881, LS, Clothing; Rogers to Meigs, 8 March1881, OQMG, Reg. LR, Clothing; Meigs to Gen. of Army,8 March 1881, OQMG, LS, Clothing; Hq of Army to Meigs,8 March 1881, OQMG, Reg. LR, Clothing; Rogers toRucker, Phila., 24 March 1881, LS, MSK and QM, Phila.,all RG 92, NA.'"Rogers to Rucker, 11 March 1881, LS, MSK and QM,Phila., RG 92, NA."'See Meigs to Maj. R. Batchelder, San Francisco, 12March 1881, OQMG, LS, Clothing, RG 92, NA.'"Rucker, Phila., to Meigs, 16 March 1881, OQMG,Reg. LR, Clothing; Meigs to Gen. of Army, 23 March1881, OQMG, LS, Clothing; Gen. Holabird to Col. Ekin,25 March 1881, LS, OQMG, Clothing; all RG 92, NA.'" RG 92, NA.'"RG92, NA.'" See QM Specification No. 318, adopted 10 March 1892,RG 92, NA.'"AG to Lt. J. S. Bishop, 15th Inf., 25 March 1881,quoted in United States Army and Navy Journal, 26 March1881, p. 706.'"U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, ARQMG, 1881, p. 73. Seealso Rucker to Meigs, 26 March 1881, OQMG, Reg. LR,Clothing; Meigs to Rogers, 29 March 1881, OQMG, LS,Clothing; both RG 92, NA. "Phototype" was the commercialterm for the products of the photomechanical process technicallyknown as "collotype." These "phototypes" were ofexceptional quality. See Figures 48, 49.