The Florida star., 1902-08-15
THE new ARMY UNIFORM
Novelties Provided For by the
Latest Regulations.
IDEAS OF THREE NATIONS COPIED

For Service Wear the Garb VIII BE
Olive Drab-Four Kinds of Uniform
Now Required - Snbers Take the
Place OF Swords-SpeciaI Full Dress
For Officers.
Right on top of an order announcing
q change in the bill of dress for the
Massachusetts, volunteer militia comes
the bill OF dress making radical
changes in the uniform of the United
States army, says the Boston Herald.
The army order covers all matters rel
ative To the outward appearance of
every officer and man in the army.
-Four kinds of uniform are now re-
Quired. These are: Full dress, an I'M
pruvemenU over the present dress uni
form; dress, an adaptation of the pres
cnt unGreSs uniform: white uniform,
and the service uniform. The new full
dress is Il fruck coat with shoulder
knots of the fiat Russian pattern. abol-
iShin@ the present shoulder knots. Ii
adds gold striped trousers or brerchCS
ii ihr WCarer il Il STAFF officer. but does
not change the trousers worn 10y line
officers Of artillery or cavalry. and gives
new cap. The dress uniform is prac-
tically the SINE aS the existing un-
dress or fatigue uniform, CyE.'iS; ing of
a blouse. cap and trousers, Then come
the white uniform and finally the new
service uniform. The last consists uf
scrvic" coat. trousers. cap. all ia olive
drab color. The service coat is To iii
tightly at the waist, 80 that the saher
belt may be worn outside. and To j..
ut least five inches in excess of the
chest measurement 1T the chest.
There are To be outside pockets on
this coat. ami the description shows
that we have copied III inform Of the
British India ScrViC hiCh our oiii-
GERS highly recon-! NetbAi after they
had seen, it in Oh listed men will
have @nrdry white>--<V'ce and fatigue
uniforif%.- ihe overcoat 10 he worn
will lee Gouhle breasted ulster "f
olive Grab cloth. the front to h:'-'
tons 10y which the corners m, sUNIMA
toned back out of the WHIT
marching. This is Il touclA Highes
the oycrcc@:S of the Russ p" lowest ter
"Details al The uniform: Mean fS
and Iisu.rmant general maHf for 2l yea
decorations for the collars in lS9fr
own full dress coats. Other gpilcrhr6f-
ficprS will haVr gold oak leaves around
Their collars and The officers of lower
rank plain ;,oid braid. with the color
of the arm Or rJiliS below the stripes
The San" privileged officers may de
sign their own cuff decorations. All
other officers must wear cuff Orna-
mentS similar to the color decorations.
General officers only wear the cha
peau and only when diSmOunted. All
Others will wear the cap except when
on service. The cap is like an automO-
bile cap. fiat. with Overhanging top
and dropping visor According us the
cap is full dress or merely dress, will
be Ornamented with gold leaves or
braid or plain. The white cap will be
plain. The white helmet is retained,
but the service helmet is new. 1t is TO
be of cork, covered with olive drab
material. with a puggaree. Besides
this, the service or campaign hat is
part Of the uniform.
The shoulder knots will not serve TO
the different ranks hereafter;
they will show merely that their wear |
er Is an officer. His rank will be shown !
by the sleeve ornaments. as In the
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