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U.S. Army Uniforms and Equipment, 1889 - by Quartermaster General of the Army (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This rare book contains not only complete specifications but detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued.
- Author(s): Quartermaster General of the Army
- 375 Pages
- Technology, Military Science
Description
About the Book
Reprint. Originally published under title: Specifications for clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and clothing and equipage materials. [Philadelphia]: Published by direction of the U.S. Quartermaster General of the Army at the Philadelphia Depot of the Quartermaster's Dept., 1889.Book Synopsis
This rare book contains not only complete specifications but detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued. It is a valuable reference for articles used during the 1870s and 1880s, the period of the Indian wars.
For much of the nineteenth century, the production of military clothing and equipment was geared to national emergencies. During the Mexican and Civil wars, the hardpressed Quartermaster Department was forced to rely on civilian and, later, European suppliers. A contract system too often resulted in profiteering, inferior goods, and administrative confusion. By 1887 reforms in the system were accompanied by strict specifications for matériel, which were published by the War Department in 1889 and distributed to fewer than sixty officers in the Quartermaster Department.
Never before reprinted, this rare book contains not only complete specifications but detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued, from mosquito bars and tent stoves to overalls for mounted men and uniform coat buttons ("the burnishing to be done in the best manner known to the trade"). This valuable reference for articles used by the army during the period of the Indian wars will be of special interest to collectors, historians, archaeologists, curators, and antique dealers.
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Never before reprinted, this rare book contains not only complete specifications but detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued, from mosquito bars and tent stoves to overalls for mounted men and uniform coat buttons ('the burnishing to be done in the best manner known to the trade').Review Quotes
"[This book] marked a milestone in the development of standards and specifications for clothing and equipment . . . by the War Department."-Jerome A. Greene