Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign CountriesWilliams, Dion
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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
Williams, Dion
Armies -- Insignia; Military uniforms; Navies -- Insignia; United States. Army -- Insignia; United States. Navy -- Insignia
The Leader of the Marine Band wears blue undress, white undress, summer
field and winter field uniforms, cloak, sword and overcoat of the same
material, colors and design as those worn by commissioned officers of
the Line, substituting a lyre one inch high for the insignia of rank,
the lyre being of silver for the undress uniforms and of dull finish
bronze for the field uniforms. His special full dress uniform is the
same as that for a Captain of the Staff, with the addition of seven
rows of gold braid across the front each terminating in a double loop
at either side, and the substitution of a silver lyre one inch high in
place of the insignia of rank. His full dress coat is a single-breasted
tunic of scarlet cloth trimmed across the front with seven rows of
black mohair braid of the same design as for the special full dress
coat, and having an ornament consisting of three loops of black braid
on each cuff, and a piping of white cloth around the edges of the
coat; the gold shoulder knots and aiguilettes are worn with this coat.
The trousers worn with this coat are the same as those worn with the
special full dress, dark blue cloth with gold lace stripes down the
outer leg seams.
The special full dress for the second leader and musicians is a single
breasted sack coat of scarlet cloth extending to about ten inches below
the waist, with a standing collar, trimmed with piping of white cloth
around the edges of the coat, the collar and the straps on the shoulder
being of black cloth, the sleeves for the second leader being trimmed
with three loops of black mohair braid and the musicians having pointed
cuffs of black cloth, trousers of sky-blue cloth trimmed down the outer
leg seams with a one-inch stripe of scarlet cloth having a piping of
white cloth one-eighth of an inch wide through the center; a cap of the
same design as that for other enlisted men but made of scarlet cloth
with a black band.
The full dress uniform for the second leader and musicians consists of
a coat of scarlet cloth of the same design as the special full dress
coat with the addition of seven rows of black mohair braid across
the front and shoulder knots and aiguilettes, these being white for
musicians and of gold cord for the second leader; trousers and cap the
same as for special full dress.
The undress, summer field and winter field uniforms and the overcoat
are the same as those worn by other enlisted men of the Marine Corps.
The chevrons for the dress uniforms of the musicians of the band are
three and a half inches wide by five inches long and are made of yellow
silk with a lyre embroidered in the center in yellow silk. The chevrons
for the second leader and the drum major are of the same size and
design, but are made of gold lace braid, the second leader having a
cornet embroidered in the center and the drum major a star.
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