The female nurses at the hospitals wear a uniform consisting of a white organdie nurse’s cap, a one-piece dress of white cotton cloth, having a simple waist with plain three-quarter length sleeves with reversed cuffs two and one-half inches wide, a flat rolling collar two inches wide with a wide opening at the neck in front; a four-piece skirt from two to two and one-half yards in circumference at the bottom, reaching to within three inches of the floor; top turned in and stitched to the waist with a double-welt seam. The waist and shirt are buttoned down the front with one row of plain 35-ligne white pearl buttons. Upon the left arm midway between the shoulder and the elbow there is a Geneva cross of maroon colored broadcloth. The shoes and stockings are white. _Service Stripes._—All members of the personnel of the service below the grade of Pharmacist wear a service stripe of maroon cloth three-eighths of an inch wide diagonally across the sleeve below the elbow for each period of five years service. [Illustration: MEDAL OF HONOR MANILA BAY MEDAL NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS WEST INDIES 1898 SPECIAL SERVICE OTHER THAN BATTLE SPANISH WAR 1898 CIVIL WAR MEDAL SPANISH WAR MEDAL CUBAN OCCUPATION 1898-1902 PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1900 CUBAN PACIFICATION 1908 Bars of distinctive ribbons of United States Government medals. Worn by officers and men upon whom the medals have been conferred with dress, undress, service dress and evening dress uniforms.] CHAPTER X MEDALS, BADGES AND RIBBONS In all of the nations of the world it is customary to recognize special acts of gallantry upon the field of battle, marked devotion to duty in the service of the country and long and faithful service in the armies and navies by promotion, by granting special honors or orders, or by the conferring of medals and decorations. In the military and naval service of the United States there are a number of authorized medals and badges presented to the officers and enlisted men in recognition of their gallant services and deeds in the wars in which our country has been engaged. In addition to the medals conferred for war service there are medals for long and faithful service with the colors and special badges awarded for excellency at target practice both on land and sea. These medals and badges are proudly worn and highly prized by their recipients and are often handed down to posterity as valued heirlooms. Medals and badges are usually suspended from a small section of ribbon, the colors of the ribbon being distinctive for each medal.