Название: U.S. Army Uniforms and Equipment, 1889
Издательство: University of Nebraska Press
Год: 1986
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 384
Размер: 110 Mb
Язык: English
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.