The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-04-03
ARMY UNIFORM CHAHGL.
American Soldiers Will Be the
Boys In Green.
10 DON OLIVE DRAB AFTER JULY
The New Color was Adopted Because.
OF Its Invisible Qunlity-The Ofn-
GERS Are to Wear Congress Caters
and shoe Straps ON Their Trousers
Hats to Have Higher Crowns. 81

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On July 4 the boys In blue, who
have stood for the honor and dignity
Of the United States almost from the
time the government WINS formed, arc,
70 be succeeded BY the boys In green,
says the Kansas City Times. Orders
recently issued By the uniform COM.
mission of. the war department, which
prescribed a new uniform for officers
E4nd men. will on that day 80 into
f06ect. The chief change will be the
adoption Of olive drab az the uniform.
color. but in other respects there will
be difference. Is.
Walter +. Sagar, the representative OF
shoe manufacturing house Of Wash
ington, recently went to Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan. to take the measurements
Of the officers there for shoes. He also
visited the post at Fort Riley. Kan, on
similar mission. One of the pro-
visions of the order prescribes a regu-
lation shoe for the army officers.
The selection of olive drab for the
service uniforms was made because
that color is considered the one best
calculated to render troops invisible
when in contest with an enemy Blue
will be retained for the dress uniforms.
) The new service coat Is to be tight at
the waist and loose ut the chest, the
regula tons providing that it shall be
at least five inches in excess OF the
cllest measurement The trousei5' are
Hs.r1,%
...nae a:sl laced from the knee to the
shelters,
Eeretofora there has been no pre-
scribed shoe for officers, and each had
made his own selection In the future
congress CATERS or .side spring shoes"
rs they .ra officially designated in the
order. the kind worn bv officers Of the
British army. ure to he used. These
shoes are OF one piece. slightly re-
senbl.Rg boots and have box spurs fas-
tened in the heels The new hats for
the officers will ;lave a higher and
broader crown than those now worn.
The new dress uniforms OF the Off
GERS Will Include two innovations.F The
lettering II. 81 is to be taken from
the collars and pins representing the
coat OF arms of the United States sub
eAtituted. The suggestion. Of this change
at first met with opposition because
of the fact that the letters gave no
chance for doubt regarding the nation
for which the uniform stood, while the
great majority of people. even OF the
United States, are unacquainted with
the coat of arms.
But the other change in the dress uni
form will be even more striking. The
trousers worn by the officers are to be
equipped with straps slipped over the
shoes. in keeping with the conception
of Uncle Sam which the carto6nists
have given the public. Oficers in IN.
ture must forego the practies Of pnll.
Ing ups the trousers at the knee' when
seating thernselves. and the danger OF
bagging will be Increased.
The suggestion that green be adopt.
ed 40 the color for service nnif0xns
was made by an officer shortly after
{ the close of the civil war. think"
said Mr.. 4agAr. .srhe opposition to
\ his plan was very pronounced. chiefly
because of the large amount OF senti.
ment which attached to the army blue
and which grew 50 very strong during
the war. Now. however. 1t 10 recog.
nized that the change Will be 4 wise
one. 1t was recommended. / think. BY
General Corbin, General Young and
q General Wood after their trip abroad.
Uniforms of this color were worn By
the British in their war with the Boers.'