The Florida star., 1902-08-29
This was Lord Raw

He found the only existing button
of the Forty-sixth regiment Of infan-
try. This find adds to the evidence
ington's information at one period OF
the war. In his notebook Washington
states that one of his spies. one rs. G.,
Sr.," had reported that the Forty
sixth regiment had left New York with
other troops on an expedition. Wash
ingtOn notes that this could not be so,
as the Forty-sixth was a Burgoyne
convention" regiment and could not
be in New York. 1t has since been
found that the spy was right and
Washington wrong. Now the finding
of the button adds to the evidence of
the spy.
Mr.. Calver has the only existing but
ton of the FOrty-second highlanders.
who fought I'm the battle of Harlem;
some Of the Seventy first. the most un-
fortunate British regiment of the war,
which left Greenock. Scotland. with
2.100 men and surrendered at York
town with 300. and some of the his
tOric SeveIty-siXth.
The secretary. Reginald L. Hart.
started his museum by collecting Con
federate buttons. of which he has some
very rare specimens. particularly OF
the Confederate navy. Navy buttons
are always scarce. no matter of what
country When they are discarded.
they are generally thrown overheard,
whereas army buttons go with old uni
forms to the camp refuse heap. In
time the uniforms rot along with all
organic matter. but the soil swallows
the buttons and keeps them safe until
buttoniSt happens along and digs
them up. OF late. however, Mr. Hart
has devoted himself to the war of 1872
period. He finds most of them on the
Delaware. and he has buttons of every
period of occupancy of old Fort Mifflin.
below Philadelphia.
Historian Louis l.. Emilio has Il fine
collection OF early American buttons
and some rare button moldS. His eel
lection of French buttons is particu-
larly valuable. IS it covers every period
OF the French army since numerical
designa tions were used there OH mill
tary buttons. The specimens antedate
the French revolution and extend
through the NapoleOnic period and the
second republic 10 the second empire
MY. Emilio has also large collection
OF British army buttons of various pc
riOdS.
Mr.. Milne Milne is military anti
quarian and has Il large collection of
L..
of British officers buttons He has
written the history of several English
regiments and Was assisted in his work
by the findings of his American con
frcreS, who 10y their collections were
able 10 subSuantiate certain disputed
facts. Some of these British rc%i-
mcntS are very old. The members
We're greatly SURPRISED to find button.
belonging to their soldiers of long ago
in the possession of American anti
quarianS. Even the re~imcntaI muse
unS do not puSsC>S SOME of the Spcci-
mems of ancient fincry.
There has been no change in United
States rcgim"ntal buttons in fifty
years. All regiments of the regular
in England now and in France. hut ;hc
RuttoniSt society does not approve q,
the practice. Many regiments have
had Il glorious history. ana Il diSiinc-
tive button found on battlefield some
times proves marker for The Ills
tOran.
Men buried in trenches are dcnicG
when dug UP in after times. The reg
ular British soldier who died on th..
vcldt leaves no mark Ia hc rcSurrocjc,
with his bones. whereas when the
bodies of the soldiers of the Nim.h
United States infantry who fell
Lundy'S Lane during the wHT of ISL
were dug up laShs at tHnd reintcrTrG
W." pomp u" owing Y, lie only
'6R. 'Ope heI with the
a. & Jbath. 'l"'' one,
'iFs. C. An iibbs gave an
f'.rty " scccray evening
'ited To-. brass ba ang"eS'
vas Ne, and N tongues :"
as sp- / are now lac
Z. w. Peabody, the Ind rnrai,,n TiiLn
y non Vi .ile ~ gospels. and of thcS,
'thrc6 are fdf The benefit uf subjects al
his majesty King Edward. says the
London Telegraph. The New TeSta
mcnt is 10 he turned into Nyania, for
the tribes of the Shire river bank.
Nyasunland. and in this work the Liv-
in%SSs ALI mission of the United Free
ChWt oof Scotland. the Blantyre mis-
SiOIrSn the Established Church of Scot
land and the Myera mission of the