Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-08


GORGEOUS DECORATIONS GALL
SPECIAL FULL DRESS.
ORDINARY FULL DRESS, DRESS,
AND SERVICE DRESS UNIFORMS.
WHEN EACH MUST BE WON.
Washington Post.
Admiral Dewey has shown that
man may have regard for his personal
appearance and still be all that goes TO
make up hero. Whatever may be his
likes and dislikes regarding attire, he
will doubtless find the regulations con-
corning his uniforms of an intricate
character. The Navy Department has
prescribed the attire in which he shall
appear in any official capacity, and the
admiral is liable to find himself a
much-dressed man by the time he
looks over all the new uniforms.
The department has little data by
which to guide itself, for the styles
have changed somewhat since Porter
and Farragut held the Office of admiral.
When Farragut, for instance, received
his commission the particular style was
left to his own taste. He was so mod
est in his choice that his junior would
have almost been compelled to go with
out any decoration whatever in order
to be less gaudy than his superior. This
proved to be quite stumbling block
to the department, as Farragut firmly
refused to decorate his sleeve with gold
oak leaves, as requested. Farragut
was finally given his own way in the
matter, and his junior gloried in more
gorgeous raiment.
The distinctive markings of the uni
form which Dewey Will wear are, with
one trifing exception, the same as Adj
miral Farragut himself insisted upon
wearing, and the department officials
had this fact in mind when they de-
cided upon the design. Dewey's tastes
are subdued but elegant, as were those
of his old friend and supireor officer
of his old friend and former superior
officer, and it is expected that he will
approve of the choice.
EIGHT DIFFERENT UNIFORMS.
The admiral will equally have no
room to complain of the scope Of his
wardrobe, for he will have no less than
eight different uniforms prescribed for
his wear by the new regulations. The
first of these, in the sense of import
ance, will be the garb known as "spe-
cial' full dress. This outfit would
cause Solomon in all his glory to have
fit of jealousy. The gorgeous affair
will be composed of a double breasted
coat with tails, with white silk serge
lining. The trousers VAL be of navy
blue broadcloth, with gold lace down
the outside seams. He will further
more sport a gold-banded cooked hat,
epaulets, a sword, and a full-dress
sword belt. His coat sleeves will bear
two two-inch stripes Of gold lace with
a single star above the triple bands. 1t
is just in this star that the difference
comes in between the uniform of Dewey
and that of Farragut. The star on the
sleeve of Farragut bore a small frigate
embroidered in silver in the center,
while that of Admiral Dewey will be
plain. The coat corar will be adorned
by a band of gold lace. His epaulets
like his shoulder-straps, viii bear four
silver stars of five points each, the
outer two being superimposed upon
golden anchors. The anchors are the
distinguishing insignia of an admiral,
just as four plain stars are those of
a general. The coat will bear two rows
of nine buttons each down its front, and
the belt will be worn just above the
bottom two.
A GORGEOUS Cooked HAT.
The cooked hat is of stiff. black,
silk beaver, and is from sixteen to
eighteen inches long from peak to peak,
and from five to five and a half inches
high on the left fan, and an inch lower
on the right one. The decoration con-
sists OF a strip Of two-inch gold lace
laid on fiat and passing around the
outer rims and under the peaks. The
sword of the Admiral will be the plain
regulation article, OF that voted him by
Congress.
His sword-belt will be of dark navy
blue material, embroidered on the top
and bottom with a gold strip half an
inch wide and with another strip half