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Uniform of JIG servIan Amy.

UUaIOEnh 81 AMb 0tENAHu army.
The correspondent ofthe London News
writes as follows: Although all branches
and nearly all ranks Of the service is
represented, there is little variety 10 the
uniforms, aud one requires q little expe-
rience before he is master Of the signif-
canoe Of the minute distinctions The
uniform Of the Servian regular infantry
is q short tunic of dark blue, double
breasted like our Lancer pattern, blue
trousers pushed into the legs Of the boots
and a KEPT of the shape worn by the
French soldiers. But this is full uniform
and is seldom worn. The undress, com
mon to the whole army, is a brown blouse
Of the ugly pattern recently adopted by
the Austrians, and blue or brown trous-
ers. The cavalry wear loose blue panta-
looms, gathered below the knee inside
Hessian boots. The Servian undress cap
is in shape-its color is blue-exaetly
similar TO the cap recently introduced
into the Brigade of Guards, and designed
4 know not if they yet wear it-ior the
fenth Hussars; il is the cap OF the Bel
gian army, without the tassels fore and
Aft, and closely resembles in shape a
Scotch Glengarry bonnet without the
ribbons. The orderly officers or 'gallop-
ers' Of the Prince wear red caps of the
same pattern, bordered with white braid.
We have here three or four OF these
young gentlemen, taken from the regular
cavalry, aud smart fellows enough in
their way, but not quite up to British or
German 'galloper form. The distin.
gushing token between the regular and
the miliatiamen is this, that the first
wears his tuuic or blouse collar standing
up. the latter has it folded down. The
militia of the first class are to be distiB-
guished by their being clad wholly in
uniform; the second class have only the
uniform cap and blouse, and wear civil
ian trowsers Of any color they choose.
The ranks and different looking branches
are indicated by distinction which are
not to be noticed except on somewhat
minute inspection. | have not yet seen
a General. There are only four IN the
whole Seryial Army, so | cannot tell
you how they are to be distinguished. A
Colonel wears three small gold stars, ar
ranged in a triangle on a square patch
Of gold braiding on each side OF the COR
yet Of bis collar; a Lieutenant has two
stars, and a Major one star, both on q
gold ground. A Captain has three stars,
and Lieutenants and Second Lieutenants
TWO and one respectively, but not on a
ground of gold braid, but on a patch OF
t cloth Of q certain color, sewn on to the
a, collar Of the bloase-a rudimentary fac
ing after a fashion This patch or facing
10 the infantry Is red; when it is blue. il
I indicates the administrative branches
telegraph, post, ect. The artillery wear
IL black, the engineers purple, the train
green, aud the medical service yellow
with the Geneva Cross in red on q white
orassard as an additional indication o
|, their functions. But indeed the trair
n seems to wear anything and everything
n There are officers Of that department sit
ting among us wearing grestcoats lineC
with skins, brown braided jackets, macin
d toshes, drab tunics and black tcock coats
the only military or pseudo-military in
dex being the sword grit around tn
waist. The men of the train wear thl
d costume of the country, and each man
y besides such stock of clumsy pistols ant
y neutrality-suspicious. knives as he ma.
happen to have Of his own, carries
muzzle loading musket with fixed bayo
net"