Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-02-25
INSIGNIA OF SOLDIERS
Marks of Rank Prescribed by New
Regulations.
-5Vhey Designate ii "A Glance the stand
ing and Branch of Military
Service to Which the
Men Belong.

Although the general order prescrib-
2ng the new uniform for the soldiers OF
1he United States regular army was is
sued a year ago last July ana went into
ea fleet on the first of the year, the men
sone sees about the streets are still clad
in the traditional blue. But that is be-
cause there is still supply OF such
cloth on hand and the government Geo.
n04ic ~ determined TO use it up, says
ne New York Commercial Advertiser
pae enlisted men do not set new suits
alIJil their old ones are worn out.
In some months time we will no
9pfger see the lads in army blue. Ihey
u,i wear the blue only on dress occa-
Tiuns: on service they will wear olive
Grab md on fatigue duty they viii wear
brown cotton duck. On some occasions
In r0pcal service they will wear uni
form Of white cotton duck.
The stripes on the trousers OF the non
commissioned officers are OF the follow
in cCIors: Cavalry, yellow; artillery,
scarlet; infantry, light blue; engineers,
scarlet piped with white ordnance,
Dlack piped with scarlet; post quarter
master sergeants, buff; the hospital
corps, maroon piped with white; the
signal corps. orange. Sergeants' stripes
are one inch wide A corporal wears
stripe half an inch wide. Musicians wear
&w0 stripes half an inch wide
Thus by the color one can tell the arm
0f the service in which the enlisted man
serves and the stripe shows his rank.
93y the dress cap one can tell at glance
xhe regiment and the company ofthe en-
sisted man, also his arm. Thus the cav
alryman wears crossed sabers, the ar
tilIaryman crossed cannon, the Infantry
gnaA crossed rifles, the engineer castle.
Ordnance men wear the shell and flame,
post commissary sergeants crescent OF
white metal electrician sergeants
symbol resembling forked lightning,
hospital corps men caduceus, which is
rhe snake-entwined rod that Mercury
wear two crossed flags and a torch.
Sand musicians wear a Tyre OF white
~letal, while field musicians Of infantry
8ud the engineers and trumpeters of
cavalry wear bugle.
There are many kinds of sergeants
and many ranks. The chevrons on the
Sleeves tell what the bearer is. The
regimental sergeant major, for instance,
Tcars three bars and an arc Of three
'oarR The regimental quartermaster
sergeant also has three bars, but they
are Joined by three straight bars. The
re9imental commissary sergeant has the
same insignia with a crescent in the
angle. Squadron or battalion sergeant
majors have three bars with an arc Of
TWO bars The chief musician wears a
ougle in his chevron, so does the chief
trumpeter. The drum major wears two
embroidered crossed batons. In the ord
lance department the shell and flame
are borne. The hospital corps and the
signal corps also bear the insignia of
heir corps. First-class privates of en-
gineers wear castle Of red cloth piped
with white.
The chevrons Of the sergeants of the
3ine all have three bars. The first ser
geant bearsa lozenge also, quarter
sergeant tie of one bar, color
a star, stable sergeant OF field
artillery a horses head A corporal
wears two bars and lance corporal one
bar
A cook wears on his arm the insignia
IF a cooks cap, a farrier bears horse
shoe, a saddler a saddler'B knife and
mechanic or artificer two crossed ham
rners. A first-class gunner wears an in
sigma of scarlet cloth representing
cannon projectile.
Besides these chevrons Of rank there
are chevrons for service and for service
ID war. The first is diagonal half chew
ron Of cloth of the color of the mana
corps. For service In war the men wear
a diagonal half chevron Of white cloth
piped with the color OF the arm Of serv-
Iion. Men may wear as many OF these
Ehevrons az they earn.
The general order which prescribes
the change of uniform goes into the mi
nutest details regarding the dress Of the
officers and men OF the United States
army. When certain dress must and
must not be worn Is laid down in the reg
ulations The very braids on the
swords hilts are subject to rules of po-
sition and tying.
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