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
_Brassards_ worn on the right upper arm are of the following
distinctive colors: _blue_ for agents and signalmen, _green_ for guides
and scouts, _red_ for orderlies and messengers, _white_ for trench
cleaners, _yellow_ for members of parties carrying munitions, material,
food or water, _khaki with the word “Salvage” in red letters_ for
members of salvage parties, and _blue with the letters “M. P.” outlined
in white thread_ for members of the Military Police.
_Field Clerk’s Brassard._—Field clerks of Engineers wear upon the left
arm above the elbow a brassard of maroon colored cloth with white edges.
_Service Stripes._—All enlisted men of the Army who have served one or
more enlistments in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps wear one stripe for
each such enlistment on each sleeve of the dress coat midway between
the wrist and the elbow. These service stripes are three-eighths of
an inch in width and are placed diagonally across the outside of the
sleeve.
The color of the stripe is that of the branch of the service in which
the enlistment that it represents was served, as follows:
Cavalry, yellow.
Artillery, scarlet.
Engineers, scarlet piped with white.
Infantry, white.
Hospital Corps, maroon piped with white.
Ordnance, black piped with scarlet.
Signal Corps, orange piped with white.
Quartermaster Corps, buff.
Service School Detachment, green.
Service Detachment, Military Academy, green piped with white.
U. S. Navy, scarlet piped with yellow.
U. S. Marine Corps, yellow piped with scarlet.
_Buttons._—The buttons worn by enlisted men of the Army on the dress
coat are of gilt metal and bear the coat of arms of the United States
in relief; those worn on the service coats are of the same size and
design but are made of dull finish bronze metal, and those worn on the
overcoat are large bronze flat buttons of the same design.
_Identification Tag._—Each officer and enlisted man of the U. S. Army
is required to wear two aluminum identification tags about the size
of a silver half dollar whenever the field kit is worn, one tag to be
suspended from the neck underneath the clothing by a cord or thong
of leather passed through a hole in the tag, the second tag being
suspended from the first one by a cord or thong. Each tag bears stamped
upon it the name, rank, company, regiment and corps of the wearer. This
tag is for use in identifying the wearer in case of death or serious
wounds. In case of death one tag is buried with the body and the
duplicate is kept with the record of the place of burial and the cause
and date of death.
[Illustration: U. S. Army. Aviation Corps Insignia
1. Aviator (Regular aviators have a silver star above the shield.
Junior and Reserve aviators have no star)
2. Observer 3. Enlisted Aviator
4. Aviation Mechanic 5. Other enlisted men]
[Illustration: U. S. Army. Enlisted men’s insignia worn on collars of
service coats
1. All enlisted men, right side of collar 2. Cavalry
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