The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30

two-inch stripes Of gold lace, with a sin
gle .One-ineh stripe between, and all sur
mounted by single star. 1t is in this
star the distinctive marks differ from Ad-
miral Farragut's-his star bearing small
frigate embroidered in silver in the cen
ter, while Admiral Deweys is plain
There will be a broad band Of gold lace
around the collar. His epaulettes, like
his shoulder straps, shown at the bottom
of the picture, will bear four silver stars
Of five points each, the outer two being
superposed upon gold-fouled anchors-the
anchors being the distinctive marks for
an admiral, as compared with the four
plain stars Of a general
There are two rows of nine buttons each
down the front of this coat. and the belt
rests just above the bottom two.
The cooked hat is a rigid affair of
black silk beaver. and is from 16 to IS
inches long from peak to peak. and from
to 51a inches high on the left fan and
an inch lower on the right one The fans
are decorated with a strap Of two-inch
gold lace laid on fiat, and pessing around
their outer rims and under the peaks.
The admiral will wear the regulation
sword or that voted him by congress,
which is to be given him upon his arrival
in Washington city, and his belt will be
of dark navy-blue cloth, embroidered on
the top and the bottom edges with a
gold stripe half an inch Wide and with
another stripe half as wide in the center
"a reduced version of his sleeve stripes.
The sword sling straps will be of the
same style, only smaller
The full dress uniform is to be worn
on all other occasions of ceremony, such.
for instance, as in making the first visit
to other officers of flag rank, and on So
cial occasions to which officers are fnvit-
ed in their official capacity. The coat of
this uniform is like the evening dress of
the civilian, and with the exception of
the collar and the buttons down the front,
is adorned just as the special full dress
coat is-epaulettes, sword and cooked hat
being worn also.
On occasions of ordinary ceremony"
such as in boarding ships OF war, in maxi
ing the first visit in port upon command
Ing officers, on parades of ceremony with
enlisted men under arms. and at the
ordinary Sunday inspections excepting,
of course, the first one of the month, the
admiral will wear the dress" uniform.
This uniform of a frock coat, plain blue
or white trousers, cooked hat, epaulettes
mirafs belt for this dress As the same as
that prescribed 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 yellow gilt, and consist
Ing of a wreath of oak leather surround
1ngs the naval coat-of-arR1s of thirteen
stars encircling a spread eagle on an an
Choir.
In case the admiral could be prevailed
upon to serve on court of inquiry to OBJ
tain the true facts in the Sehley Sampson
controversy, for instance, he would wear
the frock coat, plain blue or white trous-
ers, blue cap, with its band of oak leaves
In gold, around the crown, and the visor
rim, the shoulder straps already descrlb-
ed-not epaulettes, sword and plain leath-
er belt. To be more particular about the
cap, it will be of dark blue cloth, with
the present strictly fiaring top fitted with
visor of black patent leather, lined with
green and covered with blue cloth, en-