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
5. Senior Surgeon and Surgeon 6. Passed Assistant Surgeon
7. Assistant Surgeon 8. Professor, Hygienic Laboratory
9. Quarantine Inspector 10. Chaplain 11. Interne]
_The Overcoat for Officers_ is a single-breasted ulster of dark blue
cloth extending to within twelve inches of the ground, closed down the
front by a row of five large flat black buttons, with a standing and
falling collar, and having the stripes indicating the rank the same as
for the full dress coat except that they shall be of black mohair braid.
Insignia of Service and Rank.—The insignia of the Public Health Service
consist of a foul anchor crossed by a caduceus. The distinctive device
worn on the blue cap consists of a gold shield seven-eighths of an inch
in height, emblazoned palewise with thirteen pieces with a chief strewn
with thirteen stars, surmounted by a gold spread eagle five-eighths of
an inch in height and one and five-eighths from tip to tip of wings,
the whole being placed upon the service insignia in gold, the staff of
the caduceus and the anchor each being one and seven-eighths inches
long.
The insignia of rank for commissioned officers are as follows:
_The Surgeon General._—One silver star of five rays, of such size
that the points of the rays will fill a circle one inch in diameter,
to be five-eighths of an inch from one point of the star to the next
alternate point. One ray of the star to point toward the collar.
_Assistant Surgeon General._—A silver spread eagle, 2¼ inches wide
between the tips of wings; distance from tips of wings to center of
talon on each side, 1¼ inches; from top of head to bottom of design, 1¼
inches. The insignia for the right side has in the right talon an olive
branch and in the left a bundle of arrows. The extreme width from tip
of arrowhead to olive branch is 1⁹/₁₆ inches. These insignia are made
in pairs, rights and lefts, and the eagle faces to the front on each
shoulder.
_Senior Surgeon._—A seven-pointed silver oak leaf with stem; 1⅛ inches
long from the tip of the stem to the tip of the leaf; 1¹/₁₆ inches wide
at the widest point. The top of the leaf points toward the collar.
_Surgeon._—A gold oak leaf of the same size and design, and worn in the
same manner as for senior surgeon.
_Passed Assistant Surgeon._—Two gold bars, each bar 1⅛ inches long and
three-eighths inch wide; the bars being parallel, and three-eighths
of an inch apart. The bars are worn with the long axis in a line from
front to rear.
_Assistant Surgeon._—One gold bar of the same size and worn in the same
manner as for passed assistant surgeon.
_Professor, Hygienic Laboratory._—A gold oak leaf superimposed upon a
silver flaming torch one and one-half inches long.
_Quarantine Inspector._—Two crossed flags embroidered in gold, one and
one-half inch staff and flags one inch hoist by five-eighths of an inch
fly.
_Acting Assistant Surgeon._—The same as for Assistant Surgeon except
that the rank insignia is silver instead of gold.
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