GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. The garments, head gear, foot gear, ornaments, insignia, buttons, decorations, and other articles herein specified, grouped in the manner prescribed, will constitute the uniforms of the United States Army, and will be worn on the occasions prescribed (see Table of Occasions) unless otherwise directed by proper authority.

The various articles will conform in quality, design, and color to the sealed standard patterns deposited in the War Department.

2. The proper dress will be determined by the commanding officer with due regard to prescribed regulations (see Table of Occasions), the season of the year, and the state of the weather.

Officers serving with troops will wear the prescribed uniform and will, by their appearance, set an example of neatness and strict conformity to regulations in uniform and equipment.

All officers not serving with troops shall, during the hours of duty, wear the prescribed uniform, unless authorized by the War Department to wear civilian clothing.

3. When officers or enlisted men wear civilian dress, it will not be accompanied by any mark or part of the uniform. Enlisted men, on or off duty, will not wear civilian dress without permission of their commanding officer.

4. No decoration received from a foreign government by officers or enlisted men shall be publicly shown or exposed upon the person.

5. The medal of honor may be worn by officers and enlisted men entitled thereto on all occasions of ceremony in full dress; the medal shall be worn pendant from the neck; the ribbon passing between the upper and lower hooks of the coat collar

so that the medal proper shall hang about 1 inch below the opening of the collar.

6. The various distinctive marks given for excellence in rifle practice may be worn on the breast by officers and enlisted men entitled to them, on all occasions of ceremony, in the manner prescribed in the next paragraph; they will precede all badges of military societies (from the wearer's right to left), and will be preceded by badges of campaigns which may be adopted by the War Department.

7. Badges of military societies.-Officers and enlisted men who, in their own right or by right of inheritance, are members of military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the war of the Revolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, the war of the rebellion, or the Indian wars of the United States, the Spanish-American War and the incidental insurrection in the Philippines, or the China Relief Expedition, or are members of the Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States, may wear on all occasions of ceremony, when full dress is required, the distinctive badges adopted by such societies, or such other medals as may be authorized by proper authority. Officers and enlisted men who served as officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, or other enlisted men in the Regular Army, volunteer or militia forces of the United States, during the war of the rebellion, and have been honorably discharged from the service, or still remain in the same, may wear on occasions of ceremony, when full dress is required, the distinctive army badge ordered for or adopted by the army corps or division, respectively, in which they served. Badges to be worn on the left breast of the coat, suspended by a ribbon from a bar of metal passed through the upper ends and tops of the ribbons forming a horizontal line, the outer ends of which will be from 3 to 4 inches below the top of the shoulder, according to the height of the wearer.

8. Shoulder knots and shoulder straps will be worn by commissioned officers only. Shoulder straps will always be placed on the dress coat, as herein prescribed; their use on the fulldress coat is forbidden.

9. The uniform of general officers on the retired list is that prescribed for general officers of corresponding grade on the

active list. If retired while serving as general officer in a corps or department, the insignia of such corps or department will be omitted. The uniform of an officer below the grade of brigadier general on the retired list is that prescribed for an officer of his rank in the corps, department, or arm of service in which he last served, except that the number of the regiment or insignia of corps or department will not be worn. A retired officer with brevet commission, either in the regular or volunteer service of the Army of the United States, may wear the uniform of his highest brevet grade, and a retired officer who has held a commission, not brevet, in the volunteer service, may wear the uniform of his highest grade in that service, except that the number of the regiment or insignia of corps or department will not be worn. Retired officers may, at their option, wear the pattern of uniform which was prescribed at the date of their retirement, or as prescribed herein, but the two uniforms will not be mixed.

10. In case of inclement weather when capes, waterproofs, or overcoats are worn, shoulder knots will take the place of epaulets for general officers.

11. When a particular coat or vestment is required by the church to which a chaplain belongs he may wear such coat or vestment while conducting services.

12. In foreign countries, on occasions of reviews, public balls, entertainments given by military or naval authorities, or messes, or by civil officials, during official visits of ceremony, and at social functions partaking of an official character, officers will appear in uniform suitable for the occasion.

13. The saber will be habitually worn hooked up when dismounted, guard to the rear; when worn with the overcoat, the belt will be inside and the saber outside of the overcoat. The proper saber knot will always be worn with the saber.

14. Enlisted men will not be permitted to wear any articles of uniform which are not furnished by the Quartermaster's Department.

15. The service uniforms are made of wool or cotton. The woolen uniform is prescribed for wear in the United States proper, including Alaska, and will be furnished in heavy weight for winter wear and light weight for summer. The

cotton uniform is prescribed for tropical use only, except as authorized in paragraph 108, at emplacements.

16. It is not permitted to combine outer garments of wool with others of cotton in the service uniform of officers or enlisted men.

The material of the service uniform, the overcoat, and the service hat, will be made water repellent, as nearly as practicable.

DESCRIPTION OF GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF UNIFORM FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMY.

FULL-DRESS COAT.

17. For all officers, except chaplains.—A double-breasted frock coat of dark-blue cloth, with standing collar; the skirt to extend from one-half to three-quarters the distance from the point of the hip to the bend of the knee; the lining to be black, with pockets on the inside of skirt, and the coat to conform, in material and cut, to the sealed pattern in the office of the Quartermaster General.

For general officers the collar will be made of blue-black velvet; the sleeve will have a cuff of blue-black velvet 4 inches wide. For other officers the collar will be made of the same material as the coat, and the cuffs will simply be a continuation of the material of the sleeves.

Shoulder ornaments.-For general officers, epaulets (see paragraph 37).

For all other officers, shoulder knots of gold-wire cord, as hereafter described under Shoulder knots" (par. 38). To be securely fastened to the coat, and to be made detachable for all officers.

Collar ornament.-The ornamentation of the collar for the General will be such as he may prescribe; for the Lieutenant General, such as he may prescribe, after consultation with the General.

For other general officers the collar will be ornamented with a band of oak leaves embroidered in gold, and extending all the way around.

For all other officers the ornament will consist of two bands of 11⁄2 inch gold-wire lace, two vellums, passing all around the

band being 14 inch from the edge of the collar, the lower edge of the lower band resting on the collar seam. The upper band to be brought down parallel to the front edge of the collar and distant 4 inch therefrom, and to be joined to the lower band. The two bands of gold-wire lace to be on a ground of silk or cloth of the color of the facings of the corps, department, or arm of the service, with an interval of not less than 1⁄4 inch nor more than 4 inch between the bands.

Sleeve ornament.-The ornamentation of the sleeve for the General will be such as he may prescribe; for the Lieutenant General, such as he may prescribe, after consultation with the General.

For other general officers the velvet cuff of the sleeve will be ornamented with a band of oak leaves embroidered in gold, passing around the cuff; the top of the band of oak leaves to be 1 inch below the upper edge of the velvet cuff; to be surmounted by two stars for a major general and one star for a brigadier general, embroidered in silver, each star to have one point up and placed above the velvet cuff.

For general officers of the staff departments, except the General Staff Corps, the proper insignia will be placed 1 inch above the velvet cuff, and the stars, as before, 1 inch above the insignia.

For all other officers the sleeve will be ornamented with a band of inch gold-wire lace, two vellums, passing around the cuff 21⁄2 inches from the end of the sleeve; to be surmounted by the insignia of rank, indicated by flat gold-wire lace 1 inch in width (see Insignia, par. 56). The insignia of the corps, department, or arm of service, in gold or silver metal or embroidery (see Insignia, par. 56), will be placed in the center of the open space under the lace insignia.

Buttons.-Two regulation gilt buttons will be placed at the back of the waist, and one regulation gilt button near the end of each skirt, making four buttons on the back of the coat, for all officers.

Three small regulation gilt buttons will be placed on the cuff at sleeve, for general officers only.