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
WORKROOM UNIFORM.—For all workers on surgical dressings, garments and
knitted articles. If it is found desirable to distinguish the workers
in different workrooms, a white arm band or a sash marked in blue
letters “Garments,” “Surgical Dressings,” “Knitting” or “Comforts” may
be worn.
_Apron._—A large white apron fastening in the back, with sleeves to the
wrist and a V or square neck. The belt is three inches wide and there
are two pockets in the skirt. A red cross, two inches square, may be
worn in front at the center of the base of the neck.
_Coif._—A veil of batiste or similar material, cut one yard long and
one yard wide, with a lower hem one inch broad and a hem at the top two
inches broad and turned back on the outside. The color of the veil is
red, white or dark blue. A band of some stiffer material extends around
the head one-half inch from the front hem and a red cross is worn in
the center of the forehead band.
[Illustration: American Red Cross. Bureau of Information and clerical
service uniform]
[Illustration: American Red Cross. Canteen service, outdoor uniform]
_Instructors on active duty_ in workrooms wear either a red veil or a
white veil with red band; _heads of workrooms_ wear either a blue veil
or a white veil with dark blue band, and all other workers wear a white
veil with white band. They all wear the customary white apron and red
crosses.
MOTOR SERVICE UNIFORM.—For workers in the Motor Service the uniform
consists of a long gray double-breasted coat of whipcord or Oxford
cloth, with falling collar and notched lapels, an inverted box pleat
in the back, a belt of the same material and flat buttons to match; a
close fitting hat of the same material as the coat with a small red
cross in the front; a short skirt of the same material as the coat; tan
leather leggings and tan leather shoes. The insignia of the service
is worn on the sleeve of the coat between the elbow and the cuff. It
consists of a white square bearing a motor wheel with a red cross at
the center.
CANTEEN SERVICE UNIFORM.—The indoor uniform consists of an apron of
the same style as the workroom apron, of horizon blue color, with a
two-inch red cross at the base of the neck; white collar, white cuffs
bearing a special insignia for these workers, and a veil of horizon
blue bearing the same insignia on the front of the head band. This
special insignia for the Canteen Workers is a woven white shield with a
red cross at the center surrounded by the lettering “A. R. C. CANTEEN
WORKER.” The shield on the head band is two and one-quarter inches in
size and that for the cuff one and one-half inches.
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