Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-14
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Philippines, or the China relief eXpedi-
| ton, or are members of the regular
army and navy union of the United
States, may wear on all occasions of
ceremony, the distinctive badges adopt
| ed by such societies, or such other
medals IS may be authorized by proper
| authority; badges to be worn on the
| left breast of the coat with tops of the
| badges forming horizontal line, the
| outer ends of which will be from three
| to four inches below the top of the
| shoulder, according to the height of the
wearer.
| Shoulder knots and shoulder straps
will be worn by commissioned officers
| only. Shoulder straps will always be
| placed on the dress coat, as herein
prescribed; their use on the full-dress
| coat is forbidden.
| The saber shall be habitually worn
| hooked UP, when dismounted, guard to
| the rear; it will be worn outside of the
J overcoat. The proper saber knot will
| always be worn with the saber.
| With the full-dress, dress, and SER
| vice uniforms when worn in the garri-
son, officers will wear plain white
standing collar and plain white cuff;
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collar of the coat.
| Officers and enlisted men are permit
| ted to wear waterproof capes or over
coats, as nearly as practicable the color
of the service uniform, when on duty
| involving exposure to rainy or other
| Indictment weather.
| In case of inclement weather when
| capes, waterproofs, or overcoatS are
| Il +o1y A,AlD 70
of epaulets for general officers.
When a particular coat or VeStment
| is REQUIRED by the church to which a
chaplain belongs he may wear such
| coat or vestment while conducting ser
| vices.
| The badge of military mourning is q
| knot OF black Grape upon the Saber hilt
| for period not to exceed thirty days.
| Commanding officers may, in their
| discretion, in prescribing the uniform
for the day in tropical countries or in
the warm season, authorize the wearing
of white duck trousers with the full
dress or the dress uniform at parades
| and Economies under arms, ana on Of
| fetal occasions not of the most formal
| character. When white trousers are
| worn with the full-dress or dress uni
| form the shoes shall invariably be
| black.
| The uniform of an officer on the re-
tired list is that prescribed for his
actual rank in his regiment or corps
when retired. except that the number
Of the regiment or insignia of corps or
department will not be worn.
| The full dress uniform is not author
| lied for the National Guard but officers
may, if they so desire, provide them
lselves with the full dress uniform to be
worn on occasions of ceremony where
| full dress is authorized, when not on
duty with troops.
| All officers except chaplains will wear
a double breasted frOck coat of dark
blue cloth with standing collar, for full
| dress. For general officers the collar
| will be made of blue-black velvet; the
! sleeve will have a cuff of blue black
velvet inches wide. For other officers
the collar will be made of the same ma
tcrial as the coat. and the cuffs will
simply be continuation of the ma
terial of the sleeves. The dress coat
will be a double breasted sack of dark
blue cloth or serge, and the service coat
will be a single bl easted sack of olive
| ur1D WOODEN LOT Wlllttl .tIiN VI
| Khaki-colored cotton material for sum-
mer wear or in the tropics. The over
coat for all officers will be a double
! breasted ulster of oive-drab WOODEN
material. The capes for all othces
will be dark blue with a rolling collar
of black velvet three inches broad
They will be lined as follows: For
| general officers and officers of the stan
corps and departments, dark blue; for
officers of infantry. light blue; for
officers of artillery, scarlet; for of1cers
of cavalry, yellow. Full dress trousers
will be of dark blue, with stripes ac-
cording to rank. Dress trousers are
the same. but minus the stripes. Ser
vice trousers will be olive-drab. Breech-
es will be of dark-blue and the service
breeches. olive-drab. All general
officers. dismounted, shall wear tine
chapeau. Other officers will wear caps,
with two rows of gold lace for full
dress Felt hats of the color of the SER
vice uniform will also be worn.
| The dress coat for enlisted men will
be a single breasted sack coat of dark
| blue, and the service coat will be sack
of olive drab for winter and Khaki for
summer. The dress trousers will be of
| sky-blue Kersey, with stripes, the color
to be that prescribed for the army of
the service to which they belong. The
service breeches will match the service
coat. The full dress cap will be the
same pattern and shape as that pre-
scribed for officers. except that the gold
lace will be lacking. The hat is of felt,
and to be worn creased in the middle.
Black shoes will be worn with full
dress and dress uniform, dismounted,
and russell leather shoes will be worn
with the service uniform.
Forest Commissioner Ring left Au-
gusta, yesterday morning, for Green
Vile where he will investigate the