Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-09-13

or Signal Corps, he is entitled to
wear on the sleeves of his coat
and shirt the design of the de-
apartment to which he belongs.
A lance corporal wears on his
sleeve an inverted V-shapcd bar.
\ corporal has two bars, and a
sergeant three bars. Below the
sergeant's three N-shaped Gin
verted) bars may appear a mum
Der of additional marks, indcat-
ing his duties. For example, a
first sergeant has diamond
shaped mark: the stable sergeant
has device representing a
horses head; the color sergeant
has a star; the battalion quarter
master sergeant has three hori-
zontal bars; the chief trumpeter
has one bar and device repre-
| senting a bugle: and so on. All
the cloth designs, such as those
|descrihed, which are sewn on the
sleeves. are known as 'cheNrons"
Above the noncommissioncd Of
flcers, rank is shown by various
insignia on the shoulder loops of
lcoats, ON the sleeves of coats and
overcoats, on the collars of shirts,
land by hat cords. The most inn
pOrtant are those made of metal
and sewn on shoulder loops and
shirt collars. a major general
has two silver stars; a brigadicr
general, one silver star: a colonel,
a silver eagle; lieutenant colo
mel, silver oak leaf: major, a
gold oak leaf; captain, two sill
yer bars; and first lieutenant,
one silver bar. A second lieuten-
ami has no shoulder insignia.
| You can readily tell the rank of
any officer by glancing at these
metal insignia.
Ii is quite often necessary,
however, to recognize that some
one at a little distance is COM
missioncd officer i'm order that
you may treat him with the cour-
tesy due to all officers: in this
case you look for the marks indi-
eating that a man holds a com
mission without waiting to OBJ
serve his exact rank. Until re-
Gently commissioned officers
cuStOmarily wore leather legginS.
|while all enlisted men wore can
vas leggings. However, leather
leggings may now be worn by
mounted men. The hat cord is
, another mark of rank which is
easily observed; that hat cords of
generals are gold; those of other
officers are of gold and black
Another mark of an officer is
band of brown braid about 8
inches from the end of the coat
! sleeve. Officers of the General
Staff wear black braid instead of
brown. On oyercoats the braid is
| sewn on in loops except that of
general officers, who wear two
black bands of braid.
4 Every branch of the service has
its special color which appears
on the hat cords of enlisted men,
on the cheVrons of nOncommis-
'sioncd officers, and i'm many other
places. These colors are:
Infantry. light blue.
, Cavalry, yellow.
Artillery, scarlet.
Adjutant generals, Inspector
3 generals, and judge advocate
generals departments, dark blue
Engineer Corps. scarlet inter
| twincd with white.
Signal Corps. orange inter
| twined with white
Medical Departments maroon.
: Qualtermaster Corps, buff.
1 Ordnance Department. black
interviewed with scarlet.
BY remembering these colors
t you will often be able easily to
recognize men and troops. In add
1 dition to these colors, every
D branch of the service has its own
!. device with all of which you will
: soon become familiar.
The number of the regiment to
which each man belongs is ON the
collar of his coat. All regimental
p numbers will run in three differ
ent series, showing whether each
regiment was originally a part of
the Regular Army, of the National
Guard, or of he new National
Army. The numbers of regiments
formerly of the Regular Army
will begin with the figure | and
run up to the figure 100; those
OF regiments formerly in the Ma
tional Guard will begin with fig
ure 101 and run up to 300; those
OF regiments in the New National
Army will begin with figure 30i
d The former National Guard rrgi-
mentS will show also their former
State designations, as. for exam
pie, (1st Me-, cd Pa, etc The
d device of regiments of HE new
> National Army in the same way
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