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CAVALRY ACCOUTREMENTS CARBINE SLING AND SWIVEL Of black collar leather Q, 8 1/2 to 9 ounces per square foot, with brass bar buckle A and tip B. Swivel .D of iron with D and roller; link H and hook H’ of iron; guard spring of steel. SABER BELT AND PLATE Of black collar leather B, 7 to 8 ounces per square foot, with one sliding loop; to have 7 slide G of cast brass with loop at lower part for attaching hook of saber attachment; 1 saber hook H, 1/8 inch wide at point, 7/16 inch at butt, made of No. 14 sheet brass, bent around loop on slide; slide to be free and move on belt. A fiat brass hook is riveted to one end of the belt to regulate its length. A hasp K of cast brass is sewed and riveted in the other end of belt to connect with plate. Saber belt plate F of cast brass, rectangular, 3 3/16 inches long, 21/8 inches wide, with slot on one end to receive the belt; hook on under side. In relief, on face of plate, the letters U. S., surrounded by an oval. Saber belts are made of two lengths, 38 inches and 42 inches, equal quantities of each length. (A modification of the Stuart attachment.) Is made of collar leather, 7 to 8 ounces per square foot. Has a brass plate L with hook; slots in plate for 2 slings M & M’ one end riveted in the slots, the other end with 2 holes with slits for 2 brass studs and 2 slide loops. Of black collar leather, 8 1/2 to 9 ounces per square foot, composed of body P, flap C, frog A, and bottom K, and made so that the pistol shall fit neatly into it; to have the letters U. S., surrounded by an oval, stamped in front. A brass button riveted on body, the bur on the inside covered with leather and stitched in place; seam at top of body reënforce. A circular bottom with hole punched in center, sewed in flush with bottom of holster. Flap to be sewed and riveted to the back of the body; to have 2 holes with slots for attaching to the button, permitting the use of holster for carrying either the Colt’s or Schofield, Smith & Wesson revolver. The frog for the belt is sewed and riveted to the flap and body, and is large enough to slip over the empty woven cartridge belt. (Plate XV.) The belt 0 is of a uniform gray color. At the left-hand end is sewed a black leather chape C, embracing in its fold a brass bar buckle J and the belt. At the right-hand end a billet N with a leather lining. The chape and billet, where joined to the belt, to be of its full width, then abruptly narrowed down to 1 1/2 inches and placed close to the cartridge loops P. On the left side of the belt a chape with brass loop and hook R for the saber attachment, 6 1/2 inches from the end of the buckle chape. The belt to be manufactured in 2 sizes, and issued to troops in equal proportions, unless otherwise called for. No. 1, with 45 loops. Dimensions of billet shown on plate. Lengths of the woven belts vary. (Plate XIV.) The McKeever cartridge box, made of black collar leather, 8 1/2 to 9 ounces per square foot, is made in 2 parts B & D, connected by a leather hinge working over a brass rod E which passes through the ends of the box and is secured by a brass oval riveted on each end. A swell F & F' is pressed in the right-hand end of the box for carrying a screwdriver. A brass button G is riveted on front D of box, and a billet H with a slitted hole on back B for closing box. Two waist belt loops L riveted and sewed on back of box. The cartridges are held in webbing loops sewed to a drab duck bellows, 10 in each section of the box. The bellows allow the cartridges to incline forward when the box is open. The letters U. S., surrounded by an oval, stamped on front of box. (Plate XIV.) Sling M, made of light collar leather, to be soft and pliable, ends passed through loop H on tassel 0; ends sewed together and hole punched and slit for button. Tassel 0 of light collar leather, slit and rolled up to 3/4 inch diameter; wrapped with waxed thread to the width of 11/16 inch from top for braiding over. The loop is then sewed on, after which it is again wrapped with waxed thread to inch diameter. Braiding strip of light collar leather, braided on the wrapped thread on end of the tassel. Slide loop Q braided over with strips of light collar leather. Button loop R, of light collar leather, punched and slit for a button. (Plate XV.) Made of XXXX tin, circular in shape, 7 inches in diameter, sides oval and smooth; thickness through, 3 inches; with a triangular iron wire loop T soldered on each side to tin loop; mouth piece with a rim; cork capped with tin; iron wire stem riveted through cork and attached to canteen by a brass chain 3 inches long, with a ring closed on mouth piece. Covered first with gray Petersham and afterwards with drab duck. (Plate XV.) Of black collar leather U, 7 to 8 ounces per square foot, with iron roller buckle and standing loops on one end; 1 sliding loop V; snap hook W sewed and riveted on leather loop, movable along the double strap for attachment to ring on saddle or to loop on cartridge belt. (Plate XIII.) Of No.9 drab duck. The flap H is made in 2 thicknesses, cut 14 1/2 inches deep by 12 3/4 inches wide, and bound with 1-inch wide drab webbing. A double webbing strap A 9 inches long by 3/4 inch wide, with 2 eyelets, is sewed to the under side of flap. The front F is cut 12 inches deep by 9 7/8 inches wide; it has an outside pocket P for meat can and plate combined, cut 11 1/2 inches deep by 9 7/8 inches wide, rounded at bottom, with selvage top; is seamed in with the front and gusset., and felled through all. Gusset G is cut 31 1/2 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide in middle and 3 1/2 inches at ends; tapers 5 inches from ends; a brass wire buckle B inch wide with web chape C is sewed to the center. An inside pocket J with selvage top, cut 11 inches deep by 9 7/8 inches wide, sewed in with the back. Back E cut 12 inches deep by 10 3/4 inches wide at top, 9 7/8 inches wide through middle; web chapes I with brass D’s "D" sewed on back for attaching the haversack strap Two inside pockets K&K' hemmed at top and sewed in with sides and across bottom to gusset, cut 9 3/8 and 8 7/8 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide; to taper with the gusset and set in 1 inch from top, on line with inside pocket, for knife, fork, and spoon. Mouth of haversack bound with 1-inch drab webbing, 3/8 of an inch included in the measurements for all seams. Of black collar leather X, 7 to 8 ounces per square foot, 2 inches wide in middle, tapering to 1 1/8 inches at ends; double brass wire hooks F, with rollers in fold; brass hooks; sliding loops. MEAT CAN AND PLATE (Plate XIV.) Meat can and plate combined consists of 2 oval dishes W& W’, made of XXXX tin, one deeper than the other, which fit together, forming a meat ration can of the following dimensions: Length, 8 inches; width, 6 1/2 inches; depth of whole can, 1 inches when closed. The lower dish to be 1 inch in depth and the plate 3/4 inch in depth. To the deeper dish or plate is attached a light iron handle J, which folds over and fastens the two parts together when closed. (Plate XIV.) Made of XXXX tin; 4 inches high. 4 inches in diameter; a tin handle, 1 inch wide at top, tapering to 1 inch, riveted on side. KNIFE, FORK, AND SPOON (Plate XIV.) Knife and fork are made of steel; handles japanned. The spoon is made of tinned iron. Dimensions shown on plate. Leather sheaths, S for knife, T for fork, made of scrap leather, as shown in plate. (Plate XIV.) (Stirrup with hood; same specifications as given for stirrup under saddle.) Socket W of stout leather, 6 inches long, 1 1/2 inches in diameter, inside measure, to be attached to hood by two 1-inch straps. Top strap X sewed around socket, the ends reënforced, sewed, and riveted to hood. Bottom strap X' sewed around socket and riveted to socket and hood. (Plate XII.) For officers of the general staff and staff corps. To conform in dimensions to the standard sample (see plates). To be made of dark-blue cloth, known to the trade as "F and H Castor," fifty-four (54) to fifty-five (55) inches wide, weighing about twenty-three (23) ounces to the lineal yard, and to be capable of standing a breaking strain of forty-four (44) pounds to the inch of warp, and fifty (50) pounds to the inch of filling; the dye to be strictly fast. To have an inner lining of brown buckram and an outer lining of heavy black enameled cloth. To be made in 2 halves and then neatly joined and held securely together by a strap A of black bridle leather one and one-quarter (11/4) inches wide, placed in the seam and stitched through the whole thickness of cloth and lining. Each half to have a horizontal slit seven and a half (7 1/2) inches long near the center of same; the slit on under side to be faced with a piece of bridle leather ten (10) inches long and four (4) inches wide, and rounded at the corners; stitched to the linings; the cloth edges of slit to be bound around with black enameled leather stitched through all. The saddle cloth to be bound all around the edge with black enameled leather, to show on the outside a width of one-half (1/2) inch, and to be trimmed with gold lace one (1) inch wide, next the enameled leather; in each flank corner the insignia as prescribed for the forage cap, embroidered on an oval of dark-blue cloth, is sewed to the saddle cloth in the position shown on plates XVI to XX, inclusive. SADDLE CLOTHS FOR OFFICERS OF THE LINE To be of dark-blue felt, known to the trade as number "XO," of good wool stock and fast dye, seventy-two (72) inches in width, and weighing about two and one-half (21) pounds to the linear yard. To be capable of standing a breaking strain of at least sixty (60) pounds to the square inch. To be made in. 2 halves, which are neatly and securely seamed together. The. saddle cloth to be bound all around the edge with cloth, to show one and one half (1 1/2) inches on outside, white for infantry, scarlet for artillery, yellow for cavalry. The number of the regiment in figures two (2) inches in length, made of cloth of the same color as trimmings, to be placed on each of flank corners, in the position indicated on Plate VII. |
