Commissioned officers of the Navy are required to have complete outfits of special full dress, evening dress, full dress, undress, blue service dress and white service dress uniforms; the occasions upon which the various uniforms are required to be worn by officers of the Navy and the Marine Corps being given in the official regulations as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------- OCCASION. | UNIFORM. -------------------------------------------+----------------------- 1. State occasions, at home or abroad. | NAVY.—Special 2. Receiving or being received by the | full dress, or white President, an ex-President, the | special full dress. Vice President, or the Secretary | MARINE CORPS.— of the Navy of the United States, | Special full dress or the sovereign, chief executive | (with full dress or ruler of any country, or any | trousers, if in member of a royal family, or an | line with troops), ambassador of the United States or | or white special of any country, at home or abroad. | full dress. 3. At ceremonies, solemnities, or | entertainments, when desirable | to do special honor to the occasion. | 4. At general inspection on the first | Saturday in the month. In inclement | weather, service dress may be | prescribed. | -------------------------------------------+----------------------- 5. First visits to officers of flag rank, | NAVY.—Full or exchanging visits of ceremony | dress, or white with foreign officials. | full dress. 6. Ceremonies, solemnities, or | MARINE CORPS.— entertainments where dress uniform | Special full dress is not sufficient. | (with full dress | trousers, if in | line with troops), | or white full dress. -------------------------------------------+----------------------- 7. Reception of— | NAVY.—Dress, (a) Assistant Secretary of the Navy. | or white dress. (b) Member of the President’s Cabinet | MARINE CORPS.— other than the Secretary of the | Special full dress Navy. | (with full dress (c) Chief Justice of the United States.| trousers, if in (d) Governor general of islands or | line with troops), groups of islands occupied by | or white undress. the United States, visiting a | ship or station officially, |