Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-22


ing the new uniform for the soldiers
the United States regular army was In
sued year ago last July and went Int
effect on the first Of the year, the mel
one sees about the streets are still clal
in the traditional blue. But that 1s be
cause there Is still supply OF sucf
cloth on hand and the government eco
nomically determined to use 1t UP, sayi
the New York Commercial Advertiser
The enlisted men do not get new suits
until their old ones are worn out
In some months time we will nc
longer see the lads in army blue. They
will wear the blue only on dress occa-
sions; on service they will wear olive
drab and on fatigue duty they will wear
brown cotton duck On some occasions
in tropical service they will wear uni
form Of white cotton duck.
The stripes on the trousers Of the nop-
commissioned officers are Of the follow
ing co4ors: Cavalry, yellow; artillery.
scarlet; infantry, light blue; engineers.
scarlet piped with white; ordnance.
black piped with scarlet; post quarter
master sergeants, buff; the hospital
corps, maroon pipsd with white; tho
signal corps. orange. Sergeants' stripes
are one inch wide A corporal wears q
stripe half an inch wide. Musicians wear
two stripes half an inch wide.
Thus by the color one can tell the arm
Of the service in which the enlisted man
serves and the stripe shows hts rank.
BY the dress cap one can tell at glance
the regiment and the company OF the en-
listed man, also his arm. Thus the cav
alryman wears crossed sabers, the ar
tilleryman crossed cannon, the infantry
man crossed rifles. the engineer castle.
Ordnance men wear the shell and flame,
post cOmmissary sergeants crescent of
white metal, electrician sergeants
symbol resembling forFed lightning.
hospital corps men caduceus, which is
the snake entwined rod that Mercury
carried. The men OF the signal corps
wear two crossed flags and torch.
Band musicians wear a Tyre OF white
metal, while field musicians Of infantry
and the engineers and trumpeters OF
cavalry wear bueie.
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,
wears three bars and an arc Of three
bars. The regimental QuAxtermaster
sergeant also has three bars, but they
are Joined by three straight bars. The
reg1mental commiseary 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
bugle In his chevron, so does the chief
trumpeter. The drum major wears two
embroidered crossed batons. In the ord
nance department the shell and same
are borne. The hospital corps and the
signal corps also bear the insigniA OF
their corps. First-ciass privAtss Of en-
gineers wear castle Of red cloth piped
with white.
The chevrons OF the sergeants of the
line all have three bars The first ser
geant bearsa lozenge also, quarter
master sergeant tie OF one bar, color
sergeant a star, a stable sergeant OF field
artillery a horses head A corporal
wears two bars and lance corporal one
bar
A cook wears on his arm ths insignia
of COOKS cap, a farrier bears horse
shoe, a saGdler saddler's knife and a
mechanic or artificer two crossed ham
mers. A frst-class gunner wears an In
sigma of scarlet cloth representing a
cannon prOiectile.
Besides these chevrons Of rank there
are cnevrors for service and for service
in war. The first is a diagonal half chew
ron Of cloth Of the color OF the mans
corps. For service in war the men wear
a diagonal half chevron Of white cloth
piped with the color Of the arm OF serv
ice in which the man won the distinc-
ton Men may wear as many of these
chevrons as 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 dre2s must and
must not be worn Is laid down In the reg
Ilations The very braids on the
swords hilts are subject to rules Of po-
,itiOn and tying.