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

How II Civilian May Tell to what
arm OF the Service II soldier on
sailor B~cionSs-- Distinguishing
Marks in the Dress OF Officers and
Men.
a reporter sor the News ana Courier
has Deer at sOmelJains TO ascertain the
distinguishing marks between uhu
soldiers belonging ~ The different
arms OF the service, as vel Il, tuOse OF
the various ranks, and the result OF his
investigation IL very interesting as
follows
At the present tiue all regulars in
Tue UhiCcu States ARMY wear the sstuQp
co.or and CUT Of unttorm, bat con@
ing as TINS may bpp4a", 1T Is bvy%O
mraus d !llicult TO DISTINGUISH arNIGI &
men from c4valrymen and engineer.
from Infantry. For, in addition TO cor.
tain lActngs and devices, there are the
ldClngs OF different cUlOrs THAI every
one should be familiar with. OF these
The infantry wear white, the arJillcry
red, the cavalry yellow, the sigma.
corps orange and the III ,dical dep.r5.
mcnt green. or the devices, those on
the caps are ready indlCos to the avn
to W inch The wear CT belongs. The L..
lantfy display crossed rifles, cavalry
crossed saores, artillery crossed AN.
non, engineers II castle and the signtl
corps crossed llags. Furthermore, inc
members OF the p.Cuical COrps wear
the Geneva cross on the sleeve, while
the signal corps wear The crossed II ~.
there, AS woil is Oh The cap.
50 much for devices and f~alinEs :
but, IN addition, any intelligent per.
son should be able ~ spot Il soldier ana
cell his arm of the service at once n,
the character Of his uniform, dis nj,
uniforms 10 the United States arm,
are designed strictly for business, ana
should DC just rs much Of a dIstinguish-
ing park as an engineers ovcrAlls or
4 butchers apron. For Instance: Au
infantry man wears lcggings, for when
Il cavalryman, who rides, would have
no use Il CaEalrymdn ana an artillery.
iGan veal boots. An InluutryDan,
trousers avo 10 Sc because he walks.
and those Oi the cavalry and artillery
are tight, ttCing snugIy abOutlhs hi.s.
8 That ~suspcndCrs may be done away
with, when only the loose bus htnne,
shirt Is worn. Thus IL viii D3 seer
Inat The American solder docs MOI
wear anything unnecessary. Every
thing Is sac III eI for work, aud
there Is 10 hin sacrificed IT, display.
Whvn nc Is In tiguGing ,rim he i, 6y
no m"ans sGuuy, Sut he Is neal ana
busineos-iiKc, and above all Is grim IA
IOukli customer, whttECr on horse
tack or MorHlng ii gun or pushing a
.bayenct, as anyOoJy %Ouid care 10
meat.
The mater OF heHdgcar is by no
means unlmporLa1t. BON the Infan.
Try ana cavaI y wear the campaign
hat wnen on the march. ArtiRery.
men ana engineers YEA the uuw re-
gulatiOn cGp that fits Ilght y, and will
not jostle of. Here the mater of the
nanus comes ina mere detail, put
)ne that may as we'll be mentioned
All mounted troops wear gauntlets,
which are never worn by the infantry.
buy entirely aside from uniforms,
devices and facings, the
n9aning OF the weapons carried is OF
~ little Importance. There is no
9ying what particular engine of de-
kruction one Of Gen. StOpple bein's
lragoons or one Governor Ellerbe's
our thousand mlghs be expected to
'arade until some military man took
old OF him ana got him into proper
rim; but any regular soldier may be
Identified in this way: An in
antry man carries his rifles, OF course,
18th bayonet scabbard at his side,
oven cartridge belt and pack ON
ack, while his officer. unless he Is
counted, wears his small dress sword
nd revolver. An artilleryman wears
sabre that is meant for business, and
generally be depended upon to
II In defence OF his gun; but he
as no use for riffs or revolver. The \
lvalryman, on the other hard, Is pre- =
AIRED for every emergency, AT long Z