The record-union., 1895-08-19
RECENT NATIONAL GUARD ORDERS.
wly-Commissioned Officers of the
Home Companies.
Description of the New Uniforms for
Officers, and Caps for Men In
the Ranks.

Orders have been issued from the Ad-
iutant-Generaps office announcing that
the following officers of the Second In
fantry Regiment, \. G. c., in this city
have been commissioned: John Zittinger
and II. W. Rivett to be First and Second
Lieutenants respectively OF Company q,
and II. NJ. Fields and John L. Hughes to
be First and Second Lieutenants respect
lively. OF Company e.
The officers of Troop B. Cavalry, of this
city are as follows: John Cooke, Cap
tain; Samuel W. Kay and Charles b.
Strong. First Lieutenants; Charles e. Du-
hahn, Second Lieutenant.
The enlisted men in the National Guard
will be provided with the new regulation
undress cap on the Ist of next January.
The following changes are made in the
nomenclature of the various companies
of the naval battalion, the entire battalion,
to be considered as one ships company,
Company q to be hereafter known
First Gun Division; Company d, Second
Gun Division, Company A, Third Gun
Division; Company l., Fourth Gun DI-
vision.
The semi-annual target practice will
take place during the month of Septem-
Der at such times Sundays excepted) and
places as may be designated by brigade
and regimental commanders. Only such
ammunition as is furnished by the State
will be used in official scores. Owing TO
the limited appropriation actual expenses
only will be allowed Inspectors of Rifle
Practice.
The of1icer-elect of Troop G, Cavalry,
First Brigade, have been ordered to re-
rt iflo tn
Board of the Second Brigade in san
Francisco.
The following changes In the undress
coat and undress cap for all officers ex-
oept Chaplains, and the undress cap for
all enlisted men, are adopted, to conform
with q. o., No p. issued from Head
quarters Of the Army, Washington, d. c.,
April Il. 1895:
A single breasted sack coat of dark
blue cloth or serge with standing collar
fastened with hook and eye; coat to close
with flap containing suitable concealed
tastenings, the skirt to extend from one
third TO two-thlrds the distance from the
hip-joint TO the bend of the knee, according
to night of wearer; cut TO fit the figure
easily; vertical opening at each side of
hip, according to pattern; shoulder straps
and collar insignia 10 be worn. The coat
to be trimmed with lustrous black mo-
hair flat braid, as follows: Edged all
collar, and for six inches upward from
the bottom along both side openings to
the skirt, with braid one and one-quarter
inches wide. This coat will be worn
when full dress is not required. During
the warm season this coat may be made
of white duck or flannel, to be worn with
white braid, but without shoulder straps
or collar insignia.
On undress duty, a plain leather belt
will be worn under the undress coat, the
sword hook emerging through the open
ing Of the coat Oh the left side. For field
service, or when the pistol is carried, the
belt will be worn outside the undress coat
when so directed by the commanding
officer.
The insignia for officers undress coats
will be as follows:
For all officers, the letters IN. G. c."
Gothic design, Of suitable hight, en-
broidered in gold or made OF gold or gilt
metal. fastened to each side Of the collar,
one inch from its edge and midway OF IT'S
hight.
For all officers of the staff, corps and
departments, their distinctive insignia,
without wreath one inch high, en-
broidered in gold or made of gold or gilt
metal. fastened to each side of the collar,
about tive-eIghths inch from the letters
IN. q. c."
For all officers of the line, the recent
forage-cap ornament one inch high, en-
broidered in gold or made of gold or gilt
metal. fastened to each side OF the collar,
about fve-eighths inch from the letters
IN. @. c."
The undress cap is of dark-blue cloth,
the diameter at the top slightly less than
at the base, the hight three and a quarter
inches ali around; the seam around the
top without welt and neatly stitched on
each side. The band Que and q half
inches wide, with welts projecting one
eighth inch at the top and bottom, the
bottom welt one-eighth inch above the
base OF the cap. The visor of black
patent leather, bound with the same, and
nodded TO shape, green underneath.
rounded and sIopiug downward from the
horizontal.
a rigid stiffening all around to extend
from the base OF the cap TO within one
inch of the top, and hair-cloth stitfening
throughout the remainder of the sides
and top; four black-metal eyelets for
ventilation, two on each side, placed
above the band; cap cord of gold bull
ion, one-eighth of al inch in diameter,
for the officers caps, and a chin strap,
like the one now in use, for the enlisted
mems caps, secured at both ends by small
regulation buttons, one on each side,
immediately back Of the ends of the
visor.
For general officers, band of black
velvet, and for all other officers, except
Chaplains, band OF lustrous black mo-
hari braid, filling the space between the
welts The cap badge for officers and
enlisted men placed in front so that the
top Of the badge viii be slightly below
the top Of the cap.
The cap badge for all officers will be
the coat of arms of the State of Califor-
MIA, embroidered in gold, modified in
size to conform as near as possible with
similar badge adopted in United States
army, and with the word Eureka"
omitted.
So much of this order as relates 10 the
undress cap for enlisted men shall take
effect on the Ist of January, 1896: that of
the coat and cap for officers is now in