New Britain herald., 1930-03-03
GIN. i. WILL WEAR PERSHING CAPS
Headgear Of Enlisted Men Will
 Resemble Officers Type

"Pershing caps' will be worn soon by members of the Connecticut Ma tional Guard.
 The new style cap, while of the same general type as the old style, resembles more the style worn by officers. The crown is wider and the visor is adjusted at a greater angle from the front of the cap. The visor is also larger and does not como close to the eyes as does the old style. The material used in the hat is also stronger and gives a more finished appearance.
 Major General William G. Ever son, chief of the militia bureau is- sued the order making the new cap standard equipment for the Con- necticut National Guard. It is under- country will be so outfitted. The cap has been adopted for the regular army enlisted men.
 Brigadier General William F. Ladd, adjutant general, said that he expected it would be d matter of perhaps two months or more before the new caps could be manufactured by the army equipment tailoring company which will have the con- tract.
 Fayors Blue Dress Uniforms
 The American soldier must be well dressed to be good fighter, in the opinion of Major General Sum- neral. chief of the army staff, who believes the time will come when the army will have 10 be supplied with blue dress uniforms.
 Discussing the army uniform be- fore a house appropriations war de- partment subcommittee, he said the lack of ceremonial dress uniform put American soldiers at great dis advantage in comparison with the navy and marine corps and with foreign troops when they came in contact with them.
 '"The training of an army for war consists of number of elements" the general said, "and one of them is the military spirit that makes man fight. Through all history one means of cultivating that military spirit is discipline and morale. You cannot make a soldier self-respect- ing unless the people respect him.
 They estimate him very largely by the way he looks. If he dresses badly. he looks badly and he is very apt to behave less correctly than if he were well dressed. Those are psychological factors that are in- separable from the military life. We have always dressed them well until now"
 Strength to be Made 10000
 An improved and more tactically efficient National Guard will be brought to a strength of 190,000 during the remainder of the cur rent fiscal year.
 Plans for additional headquar- ters and units were given the house war department appropriations sub- committee by Major General Will liam G. EycrsCn, chief of the mili- tia bureau.
 Increases in strength authorized for the fiscal years 1929 and 19S0, together with a number of Conver- sions, he said, have improved the organization and tactical efficiency of the infantry divisions and harbor defense troops"
 Ut should be noted.' General Everson pointed out, "that the two increments of 1929 and 1950 have not materially increased eSpendi- lures and it is hoped that another increment may be authorized in 1882"
 The position of the secretary of war that though it was highly de- sirable" to make an increment for 1881, it would have to be omitted due to other increases in the depart ment budget, was outlined to the committee.
 The National Guard program for reaching a strength of 210,o0O in 1923, it was pointed out, would not be endangered through omission Of the 1881 outlay.