. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. i^UNIFORM CAP, 1832-1851, INFANTRY-ARTILLERY ^ I HE 183J UNIFORM REGULATIONS prescribed a cap of "black bea\er, 6 inches deep, with lacquered sunlc tip, 11 inches in diameter, communicating by black leather side straps, with a band of the same, which is to encircle the bottom of the cap; black patent leather peak; gilt eagle, number, and scales as at present ; '- This was a return to the yeoman crown cap worn by the light and foot artillery and rifle regiments during the War of 1812 and a definite continuation of British influ
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. i^UNIFORM CAP, 1832-1851, INFANTRY-ARTILLERY ^ I HE 183J UNIFORM REGULATIONS prescribed a cap of "black bea\er, 6 inches deep, with lacquered sunlc tip, 11 inches in diameter, communicating by black leather side straps, with a band of the same, which is to encircle the bottom of the cap; black patent leather peak; gilt eagle, number, and scales as at present ; '- This was a return to the yeoman crown cap worn by the light and foot artillery and rifle regiments during the War of 1812 and a definite continuation of British ;'' Indeed, Major John Garland, head of the Clothing Bureau in August 1832 wrote General John E. Wool, the Inspector General of the Army then on an official trip abroad, to send home pat- terns of British uniforms and equipment for the use of the Clothing Bureau, stating "for I perceive we have copied from the English in most of the changes which have been made. . ." "* Despite this and the fact that Wool did forward a number of British uniforms,"' the cap was not adopted and there is no evidence that it was ever made up in pattern form. Actually, the regu- lations were hardly off the press before Garland wrote Irvine that "some further change [was] contemplated in the uniform ; °'' By March 1833 a new pattern cap had been made and approved and contracts ;' When it was first issued is not known, but it seems probable that it was available for recruits in mid-1833, as Cressman, one of the early contractors, was well known for his reliability in meeting delivery schedules. In any case, in July 1834 all leather caps of the 1821 pattern were ordered turned in, the surplus being sold to the Marine Corps which continued to use the bell crown for several ;" General Regulations for the Army issued in 1834 describe the officers' cap as: "" . . black beaver, seven and a half inches deep, with lackered sunk ti
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