Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-09

LATEST RULING ON UNIFORMS.
soldiers and Sailors Permitted to Re-
tain Thcm and Wcnr Same.

H'idiefS ana sailors Permitted to Re-
tain Them and Wear Same.
Members Of the Oconee Local War
Board nave received the following
notifirhtion relative to the uniforms
OF soldlers end sailors honorably dis
charged from the service:
State Headquarters,
columbia, S. c., April 8, 1919.
| Bulletin No. 25O---
| Your attention is invited to the
| following, received at this office to-
| day from Camp Jackson:
Camp Personnel Office, Camp
jackson. S. c., March 20, 1919.
You are advised that the articles
OF uniform clothing that were taken
from camp with You can now be re-
tanned. James e. Manierre,
Major, A. d. G., u. S. A.,
Camp Personnel Adjutant.
IN this connection your attention
Is invited to Bulletin No. 247, rela-
tive to this matter. The above is a
recent order, and supercedes Bulle-
tin No. PAT. Richard e. Carwile,
Major, U. S. A."
The Act i'm Full.
Following is the text Of the act
referred to as authority for the re-
cent order permitting soldiers and
sailors honorably discharged from
the service to retain uniforms and
to wear same, under certain restric-
tions:
can Act
Permitting any person who has
served in the United States Army,
Navy or Marine Corps in the present
war to retain his uniform and per-
sonal equipment, and to wear same,
under certain conditions:
BE 1T enacted, by the Senate and
house OF Representatives of the
United States of America, in Con-
gress assembled, That any person
who served in the United States Ar
my, Navy or Marine Corps in the
present war may, upon honorable
discharge and return to civil life.
permanently retain one complete suit
of outer uniform clothing, including
the oyercoat. and such articles Of
personal apparel and equipment as
/ may pc authorized, ], respect ctiyely, by
iIst he, 81 SECRETS Of or th 81 SecreS
iStary, the an ms Wear su Oh
asdI s.;
above referred to shall include some
prescribed, respectively, by the Sec
retary Of War or the Secretary of
the Navy, such mark or insignia to
be issued, respectively, by the War
department or Navy Department to
all enlisted persons so discharged.
. The word Navy shall include the
officers and enlisted persons Of the
Coast Guard who have served with
, the navy during the present war.
THAT the provisions Of this Act
shall apply to all persons who served
in the United States Army, Navy or
Marine Corps during the present war
honorably discharged since April 6,
1917. And in cases where such cloth
ing and uniforms have been restored
to the government on their discharge.
the same or similar clothing and
| uniform, in kind and value as near
as may be, shall be returned and
given to such soldiers, sailors and
marines"
This Act was approved by the Pre-
sident on February 2S, 1919, and is
now law. It's enactment does not
imply that discharged soldiers may
wear uniforms made by civilians or
other tailors. They may legally wear
only the particular uniform that they
"SIc pSIHllIlcu 70 Totdlu.
No regulation for fully carrying
into effect the Act have as yet been
promulgated. However,, when such
regulations have been adopted, they
| will no doubt be given wide publicity
| through the medium Of the press.
With reference to the last section
! Of the Act, inquiries relative thereto
should be addressed tc the Director
Of Storage, Washington, D. G.
Under present regulations the dis
tinctive mark to be worn by honor
ably discharged soldiers is a scarlet
chevron to be worn on the left arm
of coat or overcoat, point up.
The War Department has no jur-
isdiction over discharged soldiers, as
such men are subject to civil, not
military authority.
p. G. Harris,
Adjutant General.
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