Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-24
MAY PROHIBIT USE
OF TROOP EMBLEM
Division Marks Cause Con.
fusion Among Army
Men. May Abolish
All of Them.


GOLD cheyron on RIGHT sleeve
Wounded in action. One chevron for
each wound or each time gassed.
GOLD chevron on LEFT sleeve
Served six monthsat the front. One
chevron for each additional six
months.
BLUE chevron on LEFT sleeve
Served less than six months at the
front.
SILVER chevfon on LEFT sleeve
Served six months in this country.
One chevron for each additional six
months.
RED chevron on LEFT sleeve,
above elbow Honorahly discharged.
Washington. Jan. Is. Returning
soldiers may be prohibited from wear
ing some of the strange devices that
appear on the uniforms Of fnen from
the front. They are unofficial
And, added to the official devices,
they cause confusion SO great that
not even army men are able to tell
what they all mean.
I have from tile War department an
Official statement as so the authorized
decorations.
There are two principal classical
tions of ribbons and chevrons- those
of the world war and those of preyi-
Gus wars. Many decorations worn by
men in the regular army, particularly
officers, signify they served in the
Spanish-American or some other war
This article deals only with the new
decorations growing out of the world
war.
OF these there are two kinds: rib
bons and chevrony.
TIE ribbon is worn by those fortu-
nate few who have won the distin-
guished service cross or distinguished
service medal. The cross is awarded
for valor in battle; the medal for dis
tinguished service of any kind. The
owner of each is entitled to wear a
little narrow red, white and blue rib
bon on his breast if he wants
to leave his decoration home. There
are also ribbons for the French and
British war crosses.
The cheVron, however, is much more
common, and before very long every
soldier in the army will wear some
sort of chevron aside from that indi
eating his rank.
Chevrons are of four kinds. Rank
chevrons, wound cheyrons, service
chevrons and discharge chevrons. All
are V-shaped. Rank chevrons have
been worn by non-commissioned off
GERS in the army from time immemor-
ial, but the wound, service and dis
charge chevrons. are new with this
war.
The rank chevrOns are worn above
the elbow on the left sleeve with the
point up. A lance corporal has one
bar, corporal two bars, and ser.
grant three bars.
The wound chevron is of gold, and
is worn, point down, on the right
sleeve between the wrist and the ell
bow. Each side of the V is two inches
long and one-quarter of an inch wide.
One cheyron is worn for each wound
received, but if the wearer has been
wounded more than once at the same
time, he is allowed but one chevron.
Soldiers who we're gassed are also en-
titled to wear the wound chevrons
Service cheyrons are of three kinds,
and all are worn on the left sleeve be-
tween the wrist and the elbow, with
the points down. They are the same
in size and shape as the wound chew
ronS.
A gold cheyron indicates the wearer
has served six months at the front
an additional cheyron is worn for each
additional six months of service.
A sky blue chevron indicat the
wearer has served less than six months
at the front.