Note 92 — Insignia of the Regular Army

¶ Although the 1832 uniform regulations make no mention of swords for noncommissioned officers, in 1833 the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, began the manufacture of a new sword for the Regular artillery. Based on a European pattern, this weapon was the popular conception of the short Roman stabbing sword, or gladius. In 1834 this weapon was also authorized for infantry noncommissioned officers.[92]