Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-23
DISTINGUISHING INSIGNIA OF RANK
IN THE U. g. ARuY =

Lisutsnant g sneral. Winfield Scott, General
in-Chief. is the only one who occupies this rank
at present. Ths principal distinguishing marks
Of uniform are three silver embroidered stars
In the middle, aanked By two smaller ones-a
double row Of nine buttons on the coat, dis
posed In threes, buff sash. q straight sword
and sword knot terminating In aoorns. A
Msjor-General Is the same, but with only t~o
stars on the should. A Brigsdisr General has
but eight In each row, disposed In twos. The
Colonel Is the highest in rank in q regiment,
and wears silver embroidered spread eagle
having In the right talon an olive branch, and
In the left q bundle Of ARROWS, on his strap, the
battoDs on his coat in double lines mum mberiug
eight at equal distances. A Lieutenant-Coi-
onsl is second in command Of . regiment, and
Is known BY silver embroidered leaf at each
end Of the strap; otherwise his uniform is the
same as Colonel's. The Majors is also the
same, the leaf being Of gold. His duty Is to
act a. aid-ds- camp Of the Colonel, and in the
event Of his two superior officers being dis
abled or absent, he takes command of the re-
giment; these three constitute the field officers
of regiment, and are mounted. The Adiu-
tant, whose position 10 the same to the regi-
ment as that Of the orderly sergeant to q oom-
psny, generally ranks as q lieutenant. Cap
tains are eommsndsnts Of companies, and are
distinguished BY two bars Of gold on the shoul-
tance In q single row on the coat; the First
Lieutenant the same, but with one bar on the
strap, the Second Lieutenant having o plain
strap without marks. These last are called
line officers; all regimental officers wear red
sash,
Staf-embroidered on his strap; also wears a
green sash. The Qaartermsstsr also takes a
Lieutenants rank, and has the letters O. D.
Quartermasters Observation-Disclosures on
his strap the Paymaster the same, with the
letters P. D.-Paymaster's Department-and
the COmmissary with the letters c. Doom
missary Department.
These constitute with the Chaplain, who
wears no marks, only plain clothes OF uniform
out,l the regimental staff, and are all allowed
b have horses.
The non-commissioned officers are hospital
stewards, whose business it is to attend to the
hospital stores, and all the details of the hos
pitsl department, under the orders of the sur
geen. His insignia is green band on the up
per arm, with q serpent entwined round a
winged stsf, and embroidered on it.
CHEvRoNs-The rank Of non-commissioned
ofhcers is marked chevrons upon both sleeves
OF the uniform coat and oyercoat, above the ell
bow, OF silk or Horsted binding, one half an
lnsh wide, same color as the edging on the coat,
points down, as follows:
Inc sergssnt-msjor Is first sergeant in the
regiment, and acts as orderly to the colonel.
he wears three bars and an arc in silk The
GIsrtermsster sergeant's business is the man.
aSenent Of the details Of that department He
wears three bars and q tie, in silk The Or
derly sergeant is first sergeant in the company,
and cor msnds II in the absence Of commits
stoned officer The chevron is Of three stripes
without Connection, and o diamond or star
above. The second sergeant takes charge OF
half company, called platoon, and has the
same ehevrOn as the first, but without dia-
nond. The cOrporals are in charge of sectiCn-
ary quarters Of q company, and are dissin-
Euished By two bars in Norsted.
or the swords the cavalry sabre is longest
and has steel scabbsrd. The field officers
come next; the scabbsrd being of chocolate en-
amel with gilt trimmings The line officers
palmer and shorter, with sheath of black leath-
sr. A general officers weapon is straight,
with gilt scabbard; regimental staff 10 straight
and short. Musicians aud non-commissioned
ofhcsrs being shorter still, and more for show
than use.
To INDICATE SERvIcB.-All non-commis-
stoned officers. musicians aud privates who
have served faithfully for the term Of fve years
wear, as mark Of distinction, upon both
sleeves Of the uniform coat, below the elbow
diagonal half chevron one half an inch wide
extending from seam 10 seam, the front end
nearest the cuff, and one half an inch above
the point Of the cuff, to be Of the same color ss
the edging on the coat. In like manner an
additional half cheyron, above and parallel to
the frst, for every subsequent Eve years of
faithful service; distance between each cheyron
one fourth of an inch. Service In war is indi-
Gated By D light or sky-slue stripe on each
side Of the oheyron for artillery, and q red
stripe for all other corps, the stripe to be one
eighth Of an inch wide.
The color Of the cloth used for the strap of
the general staf and staff corps is dark blue;
Of the cavalry, yellow; dragons, orange; ar
tllery, scarlet; riAemen, medium or emerald
green; and infantry, light or sky blus.-PAit.
IHqEtrer, 14th.