The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-03-29

range and ~dismounted, he can use his
.carbine, which, if short, is undoubted-
~ a long range weapon. AT close
quarters he has his revolver: and in
the charge he has mis- sabre Further.
there is the leather snord belt,
"h'ch q ne and tho arSIllerymau
wear, /" auulIlon To Which Luu cavalry
man wears Il broad belt across MS
breast. And in this respect the ac.
coutremehts OF the ambuiance aud
engineer corps should not be forgOtten;
tne former wearing pouch, knit aud
orassard and the latter carrpiuy their
tools. F"7 'N0'
There is very little difference be-
tween the uniforms of the ,niccr,
Wnlie In active service, aud in dis.
tinSu,shlng between thcm one must
uoto the Inference in their facing,
auu loVk 10 their shoulder straps Tor
thclr rank. Generals wear stars
coioncls eagles; lieutenant ,nI0nrIs
SILVER OAK leaves: majors gold oak
leaves captains two silver bars, ana
hrst llcntenants one silver bar.
AN infantry officer wears lcggt-s 4;
u cavalry, stan or artillery officer.
boots. la addition to the rank devices
on MS shoulder straps a stan Clli.cr
wears other devices, such AS q SHE'D,
u sword and tasccs, a castle, a silver.
shell and lamc, u pen or & sword.
me letters g. d., II. d., anQ s.. d..
also appear sometimes. These indl-
cate the department with winch ne j.
connected.
Non'commissioned officers arc dis
t;nguishcd oY the uhevrons on their
sleeves. those OF the first sergeant
consist OF three stripes. with "a
| diamond IN tho nn,,.r,. ~
master sergeant, Of three Y str pcs.
conn@ct'd by Il horizontal strsp,. : r.
geahc5 wear three N-stripc-. ana cor.
purais two. NOn-COmnlissi0n.u OH s~,
also woar stripes on their ~trOusrrs
when prlvates in the regular army Il,
not.
The greatest enigma OF all to th.
general observer Is the heavy artillery
man. He is an artillervman. hut i,
not mounted parading on foot. Hi,
iaClngs are red, however, as are thos,
oil the light artillery.
But much as has been f~orpo,tr,
about the uniform Of the land so der
his getup is still more familiar Tia,
mat OF the SaiIor Every sailor hg
two uniforms. His fighting clothes ir,
WulCe uuck or canvass and cnn-is, OF
jumper, trousers, can or canvas hu'
~ I"IlN t'N. III - ON '"f
light in u dark blne blouse. trpusgr
aud cap. Their rank can b, ~inl.D,.
rom the device on the collar an
sleeve. SLACK or gold stripes on tn
sleeve, with n star above. marks tn
! INC oil 'er, while the STAN Officer,
! distinguished by stripes G fvclvct Will
out the star. There arc no button, q
the officers blouse, and he wears hi
; sword belt beneath his coat.
2 Next in rank TO the officer. ah,
ships are the chief petty Off ,er
lhcy wear double breasted sack Goa
ana a star, crossed anchors, a shi
! wheel o. crossed guns as insignia ,
i rank and their belts are general
worn outside their coats. Then COR
J. the petty officers, whose rank co
responds with that Of s~ergcants an
corporals on shore. They dress Xix
c me seamcn, but wCar their insignia &
t their sleeves.
\ red line at the shoulder sea
c means h "A Il sailor Is a scaman and
white line that he is an c]gincer ,
fireman. White stripes around coI!;
md cuiIs distinguish the pstLv OH ,
from tile IN A seamun's Givt,i,
. Is indicated by numbers on red or h.,
cloth on his sleeve and his wnlci
. whether port o" stNrbOard, by the
position whethcr on right or lc
am. Ills ships name is always on Il
cap.
|, The marine, who u neither ifs
= l'rh MOI fowl, is one Of the hardest
them all 10 pick out. His uniform
rot unlike that Of the regular ann
man but he may be distinguished /
his white aDd red facings and his oil
style army cap. Ne ther do they earn
the usual army aCcOuttcmeDts.