UNIFORMS OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS The officers are provided with a blue uniform for cold and temperate weather and a white uniform for hot weather. The blue uniform consists of a single-breasted sack coat of navy blue cloth extending to about ten inches below the waist, with a standing collar, buttoning down the front by buttons concealed under a fly, the collar, front and bottom edges being trimmed with black mohair braid one and one-quarter inches wide; plain trousers of dark blue cloth; and a cap of navy blue cloth with a sloping visor of patent leather, a band of black mohair braid one and one-half inches wide, a chin strap of one-half inch gold braid secured above the visor by means of a small gilt button at each end of the visor. The insignia of the Lighthouse Service, a lighthouse, are embroidered in silver on the front of the cap, surrounded by a wreath embroidered in gold. The rank of the officer is indicated by stripes of black mohair braid around the sleeves, the number and width of the stripes for the different grades being as follows: _Captain._—Four stripes, the two outer ones one-half inch and the two inner ones one-quarter inch wide. _Chief Engineer._—Three stripes, the two outer ones one-half inch and the inner one one-quarter inch wide. _Master of Tender._—Four stripes one-quarter of an inch wide. _First Officer and Engineer of Tender._—Three stripes one-quarter of an inch wide. _First Officer and First Assistant Engineer of Tender._—Two stripes one-quarter inch wide. _Third Officer and Second Assistant Engineer of Tender._—One stripe one-quarter inch wide. Insignia indicating the department to which an officer belongs are worn on each side of the collar, a gold anchor for deck officers (corresponding to Line officers in the Navy) and a gold three-bladed propeller for Engineer Officers. The white uniform is similar in style and design to the blue uniform, the braid being white and the insignia on the coat collar of gilt metal. _The Overcoat for Officers_ is double-breasted, made of dark blue cloth, extending to three inches below the knee, with two rows of black flat buttons down the front, six in each row and a wide rolling collar. It bears no stripes or insignia. Quartermasters and machinists wear a blue uniform consisting of a double-breasted sack coat of dark blue cloth, with five gilt buttons on each side, turn-down collar and lapels, two side pockets with flaps; plain dark blue cloth trousers; and a cap of the same pattern as that worn by officers, but having a black patent leather chin strap, and the letters “U. S. L. H. S.” embroidered in gold around the base of the silver lighthouse insignia instead of the gold wreath on the front of the officers’ cap.