The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
ALL THE MEN IN UNIFORM.
NOW TO TELL THE PERSONS MET ON
THE ONE FROM ANOTHER.

NE SEQ Them Every nay, but Most or Us Can't
place Them-The P,iice Described 30 That
NJ. That Read. Nry Run-Ths u. r.
W. Mes ami Natures Provision for
Them-somc Other wearera OF Unirormn.
Not 40 many ycira ago he idea OF ~liverios and
uniforms was hitefI VI 20 Americans. 1t took
,bc war TO make T. at oil palatablo. and It
S,,sn't until some wears after tho war that it
Lu.,nc really accountable. Now, having &C.
cepted It, wo have COMO almost to the other ex-
IRENE. Almost evnry man, woman, or child
that can DO put ihto UNIFORM OF hVory mas 10
wear il.
In our wholc-hearted American way, we make
practically no distinction between uniforms and
ii-,-jos. We speak OF uniformed servants and
officers In livery. That Is all wrong. Only per-
sons in military service THAT means naval scrv-
ice. tool wear uniforms; all others wear liveries.
Still. 1t is probably n proper expansion OF the
word uniform to speak Of our white angels
an uniformed street cleaners. and to de.
scribe the messenger boys nnd postmen
AZ uniformed; because these men and boys are
IN n service run on lines based on those OF the
army. But In England, whore we got our start,
they are more exact than we are; uniforms are
kept for military people. 20 that there is tho
Windsor IVORY, worn Dy RtnlltInen On uuIN hU
court, which Is not at all tho same as the royal
uyrries worn by the servants.
with the increase OF uniforms In the streets
itbecomes a matter of some interest IL not OF
importance to know n persons service and rank
from his clothing. For we meet soldiers and
.ailors and marines, all in the United States
service; and soldiers and sailors of the National
Guard. and postmen, 1remen, and policemen;
and messenger boys. street cleaners and other
employees OF city departmental, and each one of
them has his own rank.
Suppose you see a man In a dark blue close.
fitting jacket, with shiny brass buttons. n high
cot. crowned cap, and light blue trousers-he is
private in the army. II you can see only his
trousers, and they have upon them narrow
stripes Of some contracting color. you can tell
him for a corporal; II the stripe be broader. he ia
q sergeant. II tho stripe Is white, he belongs to
the infantry; II red. to the artillery; II yellow, to
the cavalry; II red. with white edges, to the en-
Rineers; II green. to the hospital corps. Ifhe has
two narrow stripes, he is q bandsman of one
Of these branches of the service. But suppose
you see only his face. with the cap atop OF IT.;
then you can't tell his rank, except that he 10
an enlisted man; but you can tell his corps. An
infantryman has on the front of his cap two
rifles crossed; an artilleryman two cannon
crossed; q cavalryman two sabres crossed; an
engineer has u castle with three turrets, and o
hospital corps man has q Geneva cross.
II the man wears an overcoat, 1t will be of
light blue, and. II there are stripes on his arm.
stripes are the real indicating, marks, for they
ere worn on the blouse. the full-dress coat. and
the overcoat. A corporal has two stripes. a ser
geant three; q Quartermaster sergeant has q
rite or two bars; an ordnance sergeant has q
star inside the stripes;. a first sergeant has q
Ecant.maior, an arc Of three bars instead Of the
star. There are other devices. but they are
geen almost never in New York; so we needn't
Once in a while We see an officer in uniform.
He may be told by bis cap. which is more or less
aeold chin strap; by his shoulder straps; by his
blouse: which ,, sloseg BY So nc b,sl buttons Hc,tS nG, ey
stripes and OF his shoulder straps varies
u S'' Ii, h oser s5% IS IS LINED sns S @ish White shs G rsss
yellow, green, or orange. according as he BE-
s ss Isep pa tine nf!e or aRe sigma Corps eai IN the % otSer
s S,a department. t nsn S. his = cap. .x,t Is ba lined bs VIII dsTs
s1si; and nj MS Se siR s' The e 's selss. 0f band NJ hs ,'f has s'n a
wreath instead of crossed rifles, guns or sabres;
within the wreath is either It: g." showing
psr.ment to which he belongs.
ssnrmSeT. bit the nav, people are not. But
v snerel Sc naval oflcsrs il fulf dress practi:
tn, American shield in front. and Officers Of tho
vi,sr, ., eo SS@@A1 With a eoid iase. IRON On al an 'e oa.
GERS sleeve is the, principal means OF tell.
aas one S,' h Tink; b0F rd hs i has or FROM White, eH Sra fidfr 1lo,
eording as he is an Ensign in service or summer
dress up to one 2-inch stripe and one halt-inch
Rear Admiral in service or summer dress,.
Naval officers have no stripes on their trousers.
Warrant officers wear the same cut Of uniform
sthe officers, but instead Of 3 shield on their
CAPS wear the gold foul anchors crossed; and in
stend OF gold nr white braid on their sleeves
wear devices on their collars. as follows: Boat
sTains, after twenty years service as such. tive
silver foul anchors crossed: under twenty years
service. two gold foul anchors; gunners. u fam
Ing spherical shell In silver or gold; carpenters. a
Shexron In silver or gold; sailmHkers, a iozenge
The enlisted men in tho navy have classes
army; that ia. three stripes on q mans arm
shows that he belongs to the second class, two
has no stripe at ali, he is simply a seaman; il he
has three stripes and an arc OF three, he Is a
master at arms, ranking as z serEeant.ma1or
5ioned or warrant officer Of his regiment or ship
Then there arc some fifteen specially marks
can remember them unless he's been through
the Naval Academy; SO let them go.
sEpery one knows the gray uniform OF Incl.
AS A~k Sebo 10 AAAk u
and helmets in summer.
The marines. members OF the oldest organiza.
tlon In the United States service, which has seer
hard service in every quarter Of the globe anc
weHrs the glorious motto. Ever Faithful" car
be told by their caps. which are of the old armI
pancake style, with u half globe for device
The men wear the uniform Of tbs. army. excep
lbat the biouses are piped with red. and tn,
oHicers' shoulder straps and trousers stripes arr
OF red, as are the nOn.commissioned officers
shGvrons and stripes. The marines were ono,
hRht artillery; that fact accounts for the REL
IacinRs. Except for the cap, you'd take n ma
rine officer for an artillery officer Of the army.
The National Guard Is much like the army II
uniform: the men all have stripes on thei
trousers, so you have to look at their arms TO
c5eVrons. The officers have caps entirely unlik'
INC mems except In the Seventh Regiment
where the pancake" shape is still worn by boil
rank and fle, with braid to indicate the officers
rank; but the officers overcoat Is the same colo
as that of the enlisted man. SO that yo'
VIII have to look at the length Of tn
cape TO be sure that 1t is an officer
me enlisted mans cape Is short, the officers 1
long. Tho Naval Reserve men are unifOrme,
ABOUT as the naval officers and mon are, eXcep
mat IN the Reserve there are no warrant officers
ihere are chief petty officers, who wear the de
wees OF first class petty officers in tho navy
Three stripes and certain specially marks.
The police are the second most numerous elias
OF uniformed mon that VIC sec. Every maj