On occasions of ceremony in the evening| to which officers are invited in | Evening dress their official capacity, such as | uniform. public balls, dinners and evening | receptions. | ------------------------------------------------------------- When serving as a part of the Navy during war the uniform prescribed for all ordinary occasions of duty is service dress, blue or white depending upon the temperature and weather. _The Full Dress Uniform_ consists of a frock coat of dark blue cloth; trousers of dark blue cloth with a stripe of gold lace braid down each outer leg seam, the stripe being one inch wide for all officers above the rank of Third Lieutenant and one-half inch for Third Lieutenant; gold shoulder knots; full dress cap; white gloves; black shoes; and the sword suspended by slings from a full dress belt, the belt and slings being covered with gold lace braid, the belts for all lieutenants and officers of corresponding rank having four stripes of dark blue silk woven through the gold braid. [Illustration: U. S. Coast Guard. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank Gold braid on full dress, dress, evening dress and blue service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the shields 1. Captain Commandant 2. Senior Captain 3. Captain 4. First Lieutenant] [Illustration: U. S. Coast Guard. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank Gold braid on full dress, dress, evening dress and blue service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the shields 1. Second Lieutenant 2. Third Lieutenant 3. Engineer in Chief 4. Lieutenant of Engineers] The full dress coat extends nearly to the knee, is double-breasted with two rows of gilt Coast Guard buttons, nine in each row, has a standing collar trimmed with gold lace braid, the braid being one-half inch wide for officers of the rank of Third Lieutenant and one inch wide for officers above that rank. The sleeves are trimmed with stripes of gold braid as shown in the illustrations, the number of stripes for officers of the Line being as follows: _Captain Commandant._—Four stripes one-half inch wide, the lower stripe two inches above the edge of the cuff, and a gold embroidered shield one inch high above the stripes. _Senior Captain._—Three stripes of one-half inch wide with the gold shield above. _Captain._—Two stripes one-half inch wide with one stripe one-quarter of an inch wide between them and the gold shield above. _First Lieutenant._—Two stripes one-half inch wide with the gold shield above. _Second Lieutenant._—One stripe one-half inch wide with one stripe one-quarter inch wide above it and the gold shield above. _Third Lieutenant._—One stripe one-half inch wide and the gold shield above. _Engineer Officers_ wear the same stripes as prescribed for officers of the Line of corresponding rank, but not the gold shield.