Chief Petty officers A gold chevron of one wide stripe and one narrow stripe on each sleeve above the elbow with the branch mark above it. An additional chevron is added after three years’ service in the grade. Petty officers A red chevron of one wide stripe and one narrow one on each sleeve above the elbow with the branch mark above it, in red. Leading Seamen A chevron of one narrow red stripe with the branch mark above it, in red. Able Seamen The branch mark in red on each sleeve above the elbow. Ordinary Seamen The sleeves are plain. The specialty or branch marks for the different corps or branches of the enlisted men are as follows:— The Line or Deck branch. A foul anchor. Navigating branch A steering wheel. Engineers A three-bladed propeller. Firemen A two-bladed propeller. Torpedo branch Two torpedoes crossed with a hammer below. Gunnery branch Two cannon crossed. Gunlayers Two cannon crossed with a bursting bomb in the center. Electricians A device representing three branches of zig-zag lightning with a hammer in the center. Mining division A submarine mine case. Divers A submarine mine case and a hammer. Carpenters Two hatchets crossed. Plumbers Two hatchets crossed with a flame in the center. Joiners A saw. Musician of the band Two anchors crossed with a harp in the center. Radio operators Three branches of zig-zag lightning. Hospital man A gold star with a red Geneva cross on white ground in the center. Stewards A sheaf of wheat. Buglers An anchor crossed by a trumpet. Signalman A triangular pennant with vertical stripes. Enlisted men who have been promoted for gallantry in war service wear a gold crown on the sleeves above the specialty marks. UNIFORMS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY Before 1914 the uniforms of the Belgian Army for home service were very elaborate and decorated with gold and silver braid and ornaments, although uniforms of cotton khaki were worn in hot weather on foreign service; but the experience of the present war showed the necessity of an inconspicuous dress for field service, and as a result the army is now provided with a field uniform designed after the British Army service uniform and made of dark khaki-colored woolen cloth.