The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-11
|S OtPlORE
Loss OF EA8lENS
st1Otcst Asnlnse Order Forbid
- Ovcrscas Equipment TO be
Worn AT Home.
nADGEs OF HONOR
9eu mat Distinguish One Fight
- Cnk From Another. Born Of
4 Ftoo, Must be Removed.
nY DAMON RrNYoNa.

With American Army Of Occupa
1m IL Cohlenx. Jan, e.--Aecordins
Nports printed over here American
E10c4fS and soldiers returning TO the
4 7n3ted States will not be permitted TO
AW4Ar many little items OF apparel
watch will distinguish them as MEM
Sboe1, mot only as members OF the
sDvefseAs. but of combat divisions
N 10 said that officers cannot wear
I'm Brown belts. trench overcosts or
S4Vurseas caps This seems to the
writer not only rather absurd. but
sHeal hardship upon the officers. The
most Of them will leave the army as
aDcn after their return as IL is pos
.osAte Ia do so Few OF them have any
ao4her coats than trench coats, This
u especially true of those r.. nut in
snaost Of their time on he fighting line
hot many OF them have her head
3UAr than overseas caps. The order
innNAna that they will have TO go to
The additional EXPENSE 81 buying new
equipment which they will be put
a1ing away in a few weeks or perhaps
aoaya. Many OF them too. will have
~ buy new TUNES If they abandon
their Sam Brown belts because
|xnonths of wearing have either left
1ndelible marks whore leather came
INTO contact with cloth or worn ii out
nltogether.
Mus, DRIP Pet Marks.
u n h also declared that soldiers
5znuaf leave off their army ard dtvis-
1cnal Identification marks. If this la
s&rne II means that the frS' division
NAnnt rip those meanirRful figure
21ne from their left shoulders. The
s&ainbows naust drop that scrambled
sHkg semi role he Immortal second
49, be tf-yN rs.s4s
and Indian haaa~ the -71.h- ulusLput
away its statute OF Liberty md all
aNyher tags Of iden'fAca 50 must de-
sfArt. The striking big black letter
~ which designated LRge''s first
army during the days Of Argonne.
would doubtless be Included in the
order along WITH the gorgeous red,
white ard blue target, which the third
army OF occupation sports on It's
el1oulders.
Abolishing their various marks II
mot a matter of great importance as
scompared to the other proposition,
but II would be a shame II the peoTle
sAoz the states do rot get TO sse their
A0Fsidiera as they are now. not as hey
ire, return sahed by some one whose
1deas may he sound enough from q
sanflitary stand point but who oecio&s-
Az lAcks, sentirent. .... .,....--..,.
Bidders like little touches to theii
uniforms such az divisional marks
They are very proud OF them, More
oyer. X Is very cunee nient because iti
eAsy to identity mans outf1t at q
SH1Ance. II seems to us that officer
Bmnd men ought to he permitted &C
come home fuss as they are. There
u one thing that nobody will deny
Them wearing, that's their rewards
Tor valor. Manv nan will have q
Aiatin ished service cross and thu
SEroix dc Cuerre across his chest wher
Ne lands in Anheficas Some Of them
will have Lcgions of Honor and vart
GUS other decorators. TOO. It will
~ pretty hard TO disguise them b!
my order In such a. way that they'll
1OOk anything hut their true char
@aCters as members of divisions tina
won the war.