Engineer officers violet velvet. Medical officers red velvet. Constructors and Ordnance officers black velvet. Paymasters brown velvet. On the white service tunic or coat the rank is indicated by stripes upon shoulder straps, these stripes being similar to those worn on the sleeves of the blue frock coat and tunic. [Illustration: French Navy. Officers’ sleeve decorations indicating rank All of the stripes are gold with the exception of those for Commander, in which case the second and fourth stripes are silver 1. Vice Admiral 2. Rear Admiral 3. Captain 4. Commander 5. Lieutenant Commander 6. Lieutenant 7. Lieutenant, Junior Grade 8. Ensign 9. Midshipman] The cap for Flag Officers is of blue cloth with a patent leather visor and a band of gold embroidery, and it has an insignia on the front consisting of a gold anchor with various decorations of leaves for the different grades and corps. The cap for officers below the rank of Rear Admiral is of the same design, with narrow stripes of gold braid around the band to indicate the rank of the wearer. On ordinary service aboard ship a cap of the same design with a band of black silk ribbon is worn. The device worn on the front of the cap by these officers is a gold foul anchor placed vertical. Warrant officers wear dress uniforms similar to those worn by commissioned officers; their cap has one narrow gold stripe around the band and a gold anchor on the front, and their sleeves have three narrow stripes, the upper one of gold one-quarter of an inch wide, the middle one a twisted silver rope one-eighth of an inch wide and the lower one of gold of the same rope design. The enlisted men of the French Navy wear uniforms of dark blue cloth for cold weather and of white for hot weather, those for the chief petty officers consisting of a plain cap with black leather visor, a sack coat with gilt buttons and plain trousers, and those for enlisted men of lower ratings consisting of a flat sailor cap, overshirt and trousers of a design similar to those worn in the British Navy. A prominent feature of their uniform cap is a red pompon in the center of the top of the crown. The overcoats are of dark blue cloth of the design commonly styled “pea jackets.” The rating or rank of the petty officers is indicated by distinguishing marks worn upon the sleeves; some of the principal ones being:—