Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Special full dress coat is-epaulettes,
sword and cooked hat being worn also.
Occasions of Ceremony.
On the occasions of Ordinary ceremony
such as in boarding ships of war; in MAX
ing the first visit in port upon command
ing officers, on parades of ceremony with
enlisted men under arms, and at the or
binary Sunday inspections, excepting, of
course. the first one of the month. the ad-
nliral will wear the dress" uniform. This
uniform consists of frock coat, plain blue
or white trousers, cooked hat, epauiettes,
sword and plain leather belt. The adniral's
belt for this dress is the same that pre-
scribed for all other officers, and is of black
grained leather of not more than two inches
in width. The belt plate or buckle is of yell
low gilt, consisting of wreath of oak
leaves surrounding the naval coat of arms
of thirteen stars encircling a spread eagle
on an anchor.
In case the admiral could be prevailed
upon to serve on a court of inquiry he
would wear the frOCk coat. plain blue or
white trousers. blue cap with its band of
oak leaves in gold around the crown and
the visor rim the shoulder straps already
described-not epaulettes-sword and plain
leather belt. To be more particular about
the cap, it will be of dark blue cloth. with
the present slightly faring top fitted with
a visor of black patent leather lined with
green and covered with blue cloth en-
broidered around the rim with gold oak
leaves. A small size navy button will be
placed on each side above the temples, to
which will be fastened a chin strap of
leather faced with gold lace. On the front
there will be a silver shield, emblaZoned
pathways, of thirteen pieces, with Il chief
strewn with stars surmounted by a sill
Yer spread eagle, the whole being placed
upon TWO crossed foul anchors embroidered
in gold.
Making Formal Calls.
When calling on foreign officers, other
than commanding officers, and on social
occasions when frock coats are appropriate,
the admiral will wear the foregoing uni
form, with the exceptions of sword and
belt. On all service duty board ship,
and at all times not provided for by the
regulations for the foregoing uniforms, the
admiral will wear the service dress" uni
form. This consists of a blue or white
service coat-such as all of his pictures
taken about Manila show-trousers and cap
to match. The service sword belt, with
sword attached, will be worn on all duty
with enlisted men under arms, when
away from the ship servIce-circum-
stances hardly to be expected in the ordi-
nary course of the admlrals career The
service coat is made OF dark navy blue
cloth or serge, shaped to the figure, ana
reaching down to the top of the Inseam of
the trousers. a slit over each hip reaches
five inches on the right side and as high on
the left side as the position of the lower
edge of the sword belt. This coat is single
breasted, with fly front, fitted with
plain, fiat, black guttapercha buttons and
standing collar. The collar, the erges of
the coat, the side seams of the back from
the shoulder to the lower edge of the skirt,
and the edges of the hip Sits are trimmed
with lustrous black mohair braid. The adj
miral will wear on his sleeves the same
gold lace prescribed for his full dress coats,
and on his collar. on each side, the four
silve.' stars and the two foul anchors as
arranged on his shoulder straps. The white
or duck version of this coat will be trim
med with white braid where the blue cloth
is trimmed with black mohair.
There will be no collar device, but there
will be shoulder marks as lately prescribed.
which will be of blue cloth, lined with
black silk, four and one-half to five and
one-haf inches long on the side, two and
one-fourth inches wide, with symmetrical
triangular peak at the top, extending one
inch beyond the parallel sides, fastened
at the center of the peak by a small navy
button. The top of these marks will be
covered with the gold lace markings of the
admiral. White braid equivalents will take
the place on the sleeves of the three bands
of gold worn on the other coats.
For Evening Wear.
Two uniforms are set for evening wear
and are described as a. and "B" a.
will be worn in the evening, on occasions
of ceremony to which the admiral may be
invited in his official capacity, and "B" will
be worn on social occasions to which he
may also be invited in his official capacity
a. uniform consists of an evening dress
coat and waistcoat, laced trousers cooked
hat, epaulettes, sword and full dress belt
worn under the waistcoat, while 81 is the
same with plain trousers and blue cap
In addition to the foregoing wardrobe
the admiral will have to provide himself
with a uniform overcoat a cloak and a
regulation macintosh, in addition to no
end of special scarfs, cravats and gloves:
and by the time he has provided himself
with al these adornments which an admir-
ing government prescribes, he will have
parted with fully $1,000 of hard-won nav.
Half of these clothes he will never wear.
but he must keep them on hand for the
coming OF the unexpected-the bugaboo of
official life and the bane of the man whose
figure will change.