The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-01
GAY COLORS BANNED.
uHIFcF.o OF SOLDIERS ARE no
LONGER CONSPICUOUS.
Elaborate Costumes That Were Worn
BY ccnbztants Of the last Two
Centuries Are No Longer Seen
en- the Battlefield

II The soldiers dress has been simplt
fed TO bare necessities. II was other.
wise in The old times. The military
Regulations OF the eighteenth and the
! Eresfer paFf Of he nineteenth centu.
Ties furnish one long record Of aItera-
tions OF costume. Of solemn tniunc-
tions as to laces. loops. frogs. buttons,
facings, epaulets. wings" and what
not.
The dressing OF the soldiers hair
was q special object OF concern. I'm
III the end OF the eighteenth century
the hair was an elaborate arrange
ment OF grease and powder. Three
sniiifnzs per man was the allowance
In 1874 for these two toilet sdiuncts,
and the cost 10 the country four shiI-
lings four pence for pipe-cIay and
whiting wiSa which to furbish up his
white breeches and leather appur-
tensnees. To make up for this out
lay he was expected 10 make shift
with the renewal OF only half OF his
waistcoat-the fore part-the hind
part having to be made out OF that
Of the preceding year. SO ran the
regulations Of 1883.
In 17e5 powder Eas discontinued By
the noacpms and the rank and file,
but it was still the regulation for
officers. When the Twenty-ninth-now
the Worcestershire-one OF the trim
NEST regiments in the army, was sta
toned at Weymouth in 1897 an order
vas issued directing that the hair was
10 De dressed with one curl on each
side: the toupee turned and not too
long; .tc club to be tied high and to
be more broad at the top than at the
bottom; the rosette TO be all ribbznd
and not more than eight inches in dl-
aneter, the ribband and rosette to be
perfectly black and put On after pov-
dering.n
The Grenadiers and light infantry
officers were to have their hair dressed .
the same as the men. excepting their
side locks, which may come down Sc
as to cover the open part OF the ear.
but never lower. and must be frizzed
SO as not to blow about" Queues wers
worn until 1905.
The soldiers hat has been the sub
ject Of continual experiment. and I
change. from the picturesque hat Of
1856. with its broad brim turned up \
On one side and ornanented with
white ribbon. to ths mean looking
Broderick cap In 1881 the three 1
n
then came the imposing ntter cap
converting the Esarsr izto = sors
Of miniature pc2s- and this Ezs fol-
lowed by : tsarSE1 q = similar
shsre In l-5g MgAs aztAzrTy wrrs
leather cars Ehzs1se as suzm zs skz.1
caps. EiIA 3 Anrg= rvun1 peak The
o-7gerss kzE ct r-ss Wzs : -znst sizoc-
rate and expensive z-Atr. crza-szted
Eith tie finest LACK csrrscA feathers
zith : sz4nt-7 feather q red and
black
TIE shzko. TIE zost hidsous hal
svsr cuzfrfvsd, cozzenced lis long
-sign II lszs. wks1 Z Euppisntsd the
socke5 hat Originally IL wss Of
seqGersd felt. with 3 peak. large
,rass plate in front ard q red and
,lack tufg On the crown rising from .
mall black eockz6e. and after many
lariations il disappeared in 1878.
when the cork helmet became the
egHlsticr hat, in its turn TO be su-
lerseded By the khaki cap. which. all
hings considered. Is about the best
Ieadgear yet devised--L0ndon Globe