The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-31

everything which the soldier has learn
ed 10 nize as regulation For IN
fantrymen the regulation Is a simple
crease In the crown with a straight rim
Regulation for the cavalryman Is Tor his
nat crown TO be pulled u 10 a point
with three little hollows In the felt
mad by his fingers in making the
point. The would-be funny man OF
the regiment is the one who vets his
nat, then pulls IL out 10 a sharp point.
possibly attaches a bit OF bright
ribbon TO IT, and struts down
the company street for his comrades
10 laugh at him. IL Is the "~dunce-cap'
who become prisoners I'm the guard
house.
III IL r. desired to find truly artistic
and fantastic styles I'm campaign hats
you visit the band quarters.
There Is something eccentric o the
army musician. anyway; IL he doesn't
wear eyeglasses and football hair he
has a hat calculated TO arrest atten-
ton Perhaps the crown Is sunk in at
the top, and then the edges looped up at
intervals with bright-headed pins or
brass lacks. Again. the crown may be
so arranged that IL represents the bat
Elements OF a castle. Fanciful letter.
ings in India ink. pieces OF tinsel n
bright pins or buttons embellish the
headgear. and these embellishments are
only removed under threat of grave dis
cipline when the men appear at guard
mount or other occasions OF ceremony.
The Eastern man has a style which.
over some casts of ~countenance. give
the men a logged look. but on others
a rakish look. His is the style of turn
ms the rim up behind and down In
front. To the men of the Sth New York.
many of whom come from that mysti-
rnI nTnaA aallAA sselA pnvrAe " ~ OtNAC
a O of what a young lady from Chat
tanooga said was "really-well-we1l-
really devilish. you know. and no other
word will express it," Some bad eyes"
have gazed out from under the edge
of the ~downturned rim.
As a type distinctly different from
hat of the effete fastener is the man
from the far West, perhaps a member
of Grigsby's cowboy regiment. He has
way Of pulling his hat far down ov-
err his eyes and looping up the rim at
the side or behind with a pin or the
bright brass souvenir medals which are
about the camp so Industrious
ly. The campaign hat in shape and ap-
p%earance shares h feelings Of its
wearers. When the soldier zoe to
dress parade the hat shakes out the
creases and takes on a dignifed full
dress look. When "A man goes out on
a policing detail. picking up sticks and
digging trenches. the hat takes upon it
self indentations and creases. as though
IL. too. felt the indignity at being put
at such humble. disagreeable tasks un-
der the guise of 'soldierin'." When
the soldier feels happy and gay. his
hat sets high on his head. showing
much of his forehead. II depressed and
homesick. the hat crowds down close
about his head. often depressing his
ears outward. After a trip to the city
and n liberal patronage of the Illicit
distillers who hover about the camps.
the hat wabbles all over the head. 1t
never comes down over h eyes, but
between one ear and the 9TH
er, or slides clear back on the head
until the rim rests on the nape OF the
neck. After a soldier walks three or
four miles along the dusty government
roads here dust and perspiration make
a sorry figure of him. The hat, too,
gives up the struggle of keeping up his
personal appearance. The rim drops
and the crown falls I'm erratic shapes.
Some time the army band will chant
TO the old campaign hat-St. Louis
Globe Democrat. -