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
_The overcoat_ is of gray kersey, double-breasted, with six buttons
on each side down the front, coat to reach within ten inches of the
ground when the wearer is standing. It has a stand and fall collar five
inches deep. There are also two buttons at the hip and one at the
bottom of each plait behind. All of the buttons are gilt, seven-eighths
of an inch in diameter, and bear the arms of the U. S. Military Academy
with the word “Cadet” around the margin at the top and the letters “U.
S. M. A.” around the margin at the bottom. There is also a cape of the
same material as the coat, cut circular, extending to the hip buttons.
The coat and cape are lined with gray woolen material.
_The raincoat_ is a sleeveless sack overcoat of gray waterproof
material with a cape attached to the coat, the skirts of the coat
extending to within eight inches of the ground.
The cadets are also furnished with a gray woolen shirt which is
sometimes worn at drills without the coat.
At certain of the drills and exercises a service hat of felt similar to
the “campaign hat” is worn.
UNIFORM AND INSIGNIA OF FIELD CLERKS, U. S. ARMY
By the Act of Congress of August 29, 1917, the grades of Army Field
Clerk and Field Clerk Quartermaster Corps were established in the
United States Army. These officers are appointed by the Secretary
of War and take precedence in rank next after Cadets and before all
noncommissioned officers, so that their position is similar in relative
rank to that of Warrant officers in the United States Navy and Marine
Corps.
The Army Field Clerks belong to the Adjutant General’s Department and
the Field Clerks Quartermaster Corps are a part of that corps.
They wear the same uniform as commissioned officers, omitting all
insignia of rank and the brown bands of braid around the cuffs of the
service coat. On their service hats they wear a hat cord of black and
silver twisted strands.
Army Field Clerks wear on each side of the collar of the service coat a
bronze insignia consisting of two quill pens crossed with a miniature
adjutant general’s shield in the lower angle.
Field Clerks Quartermaster Corps wear on each side of the collar of the
service coat a bronze insignia consisting of two quill pens crossed
with a miniature Quartermaster Corps insignia in the lower angle.
ENLISTED MEN’S UNIFORMS, U. S. ARMY
The enlisted men of the Army are required to have complete outfits
of service uniform for winter and summer, dress uniform and fatigue
uniform, and in addition cooks and bakers, members of the Hospital
Corps and members of the general recruiting service have white uniforms.
The occasions upon which the different uniforms are worn are given in
the regulations as follows:
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