Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes:

Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_
in the original text.
Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals.
Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected.

International group of Army, Navy and Marine officers in full dress uniform.

The nations represented are the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Russia, Holland, Austria and Germany.]

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

By
Colonel Dion Williams
United States Marine Corps

_With Eight Illustrations in Color and One Hundred
and Thirty-Eight in Black and White_

Revised and Enlarged Edition

New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers

_Copyright, 1918, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF UNIFORM 1
II. SERVICE, CORPS AND RANK 17
III. ENSIGNS, FLAGS AND PENNANTS 53
IV. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 64
V. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY 108
VI. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE U. S. MARINE CORPS 147
VII. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD 170
VIII. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE U. S. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
AND U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 182
IX. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 188
X. MEDALS, BADGES AND RIBBONS 201
XI. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF FOREIGN ARMIES AND NAVIES 216
XII. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 292
XIII. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE WAR WORKERS OF THE
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 303
XIV. CUSTOMS OF THE SERVICES 306
XV. HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS 314
INDEX 325

ARMY AND NAVY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA