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