The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-15
watched with interest by all concerned.
New Dress Regulations.

new Dress regulations.
Major General Leonard Wood,
chief of staff, has recently made sew
eral notifications and substituted
amendments to the regulation uni
forms of the United States Army.
These changes have been very ap.
parent and muchly needed for years,
and General Woods orders on the
subject of dress for the rank and file
is hailed with satisfaction by the
army men.
For instance, at any army post a
variety of cuts of boots, leggins or
putties, worn with khaki trousers Or
breeches could be seen worn by
army officers on duty at the military
reservation. To the uninitiated the
question was constantly arising,
which was the fatigue army uniform,
and why such variety of styles?
General Wood has settled all differ
ences.
General orders No. 1863 as amended
says: Articles of uniform and equip
ment that are no longer authorized
include the dress cap, which will
hereafter only be for veterinarians
of cavalry and field artillery, chap
plains, contract surgeons and acting
dental surgeons. All other officers
and all enlisted men will wear the
full dress cap with the dress uni
forms.
Cotton khaki caps will be seen no
more, the olive drab wooden cap will
take its place. This cap will serve
for both winter and summer by Off
GERS and men. The cotton khaki for
uniform caps has not proven very
satisfactory on account of the fading
by laundry and the sun of the cotton
khaki.
Either cotton or wooden trousers
may be worn with the service uni
forms.
The saddle cloth is to be of dark
blue for the mounted service, and
will be worn on all occasions. Khaki
colored saddle cloths have crept into
use, but will now disappear from all
the Horse regiments of the army.
Invitations are extended by the
War Department to all corps, depart
ments and regiments, who have not
done so yet, to submit their designs for
approval to the Department for a dis
tinctive mess jacket, conforming in
cut to the sealed pattern in the Office
of the quartermaster general These
designs must be rendered before Oc-
tober 1 of this year.
In this one clause of the army reg
ulations, in regard to the uniform at
tire of the military men, can the in
dividuality of the regimental corps
taste be exercised for this semi-dress
coat. The general outline, of course,
is the same, but by way of using the
prescribed insignias, ETC., each corps
thinks his own mess jacket the pref
tier
This mess packet was probably
suggested to the army from the full
dress uniform for the tropics of the
United States Navy. 1t is really a
most excellent adoption for full dress
non-military occasions.
The Twenty-ninth Infantry, while
serving a tour of duty stationed at
Fort William Mckinley, Rial, Phil
lippines division, in 1908, was the
first regiment to appear at a mill
tary reception at Schofield Hall at
that brigade post, wearing the new
mess jacket that has but recently
been allowed the army officers.
With the special evening dress and
mess jacket a white waistcoat with
small regulation buttons Of gold or
gilt will be worn by the officers OF
the army The shirt studs must
always be plain gold and the tie will
be of black The medal of honor will
be worn with the special evening
dress as prescribed for full dress.