, HOME-READING COURSE FOR
| CITIZEN-SOLDIERS |
| (Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.) }
This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men selected lor
{ service in the National Army as a practical help in gttting star t
in the right nay. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to g»>c
• binding rules and directions. These are contained in lit* '^rl<?U8
manuals and regulations of the l nited States Army, to K 119 |
| Course is merely introductory.
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LESSON NO. 18
, army insignia
The uniform of the United States Army stands for
democracy. It is almost the same for all ranks from pri
vate to commanding general—so much so, in fact, that it
is often difficult to recognize a man’s place in the service
at tirst glance. But a closer view will tell the whole stoi\
to any experienced observer.
•insignia” is the term used to include all the badges,
buttons, braids, hat cords, and other devices which indi
kite these three things:
\ 1. The rank of each officer or soldier.
2. His branch of the service or his special duties'.
3. His personal experience or record.
An ordinary private’s uniform carries no insignia of
rank. When a man becomes a first-class private, how e\ ei,
in the Engineer Corps, Hospital * orps, Ordnance Depait
ment, Quartermaster Corps, or Signal Corps, he is entitled
to wear on the sleeves of Iris coat and shirt the design °t
the department to which he belongs.
A lance corporal wears on his sleeve an inxerted \ -
shaped bar. A corporal has two bars, and a sergeant three
bars. Below the sergeant's three \ -shaped (inverted)
bars may appear a number of additional marks, indicating
his duties. For example, a first sergeant has a diamond
shaped mark: the stable sergeant has a device represent
ing a horse’s head; the color sergeant has a stai, the bat
talion quartermaster sergeant has three horizontal bars,
, the chief trumpeter has one bar and a device representing
a bugle, and so on. All the cloth designs, such as those
nst described, which are sewn on the slee\es, ate known
.s “chevrons."
Insignia of Rank
Above the noncommissioned officers, rank is shown
bv various insigms on the shoulder loops of coats, on the
deeves of coats and overcoats, on the collars of shirts, and
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by hat cords. The most important are those made of
metal and sewn on shoulder loops and shirt collars. A
major general has two silver stars; a brigadier general,
one silver star; a colonel, a silver eagle; a lieutenant colo
nel, a silver oak leaf; a major, a gold oak leaf; a captain,
two silver bars; and a first lieutenant, one silver bar. A
second lieutenant has no shoulder insignia. You can very
readily tell the rank of any officer by glancing at these;
metal insignia.
It is often quite necessary, however, to recognize that
some one at a little distance is a commissioned officer in or
der that you may treat him with the courtesy due to all
officers; in this case you look for the marks indicating
that a man holds a commission without waiting to observe
his exact rank. Until recently commissioned officers cus
tomarily wore leather leggings, while all enlisted men wore
canvas leggings. However, leather leggings may now be
worn by mounted men. The hat cord is another mark of
rank which is easily observed; the hat cords of generals;
are gold; those of other officers are of gold and black. An
other mark of an officer is a band of brown braid about 3
inches from the end of the coat sleeve. Officers of the
General Staff Corps wear black braid instead of brown.
On overcoats the braid is sewn on in loops except that of
general officers, who wear two black bands of braid. !
Every branch of the service has its special color which j
appeal's on the hat cords of enlisted men, on the chevrons
of non-commissioned officers, and in many other places.
These colors are:
Infantry, light blue.
Cavalry, yellow.
Artillery, scarlet.
Adjutant general’s, inspector general’s and judge ad
vocate general’s departments, dark blue.
Engineer Corps, scarlet intertwined with white.
Signal Corps, orange intertwined with white.
Medical Department, maroon.
Quartermaster Corps, bulf.
Ordnance Department, black intertwined with scar
let.
By remembering these colors you will often be able
easily to recognize men and troops. In addition to these i
colors, every branch of the sendee has its own device with
all of which you will soon become familial1.
Regimental Insignia
The number of the regiment to which each man be
longs is on the collar of his coat. All regimental numbers,
will run in three different series, showing whether each
regiment was originally a part of the Regular Army, of
i the National Guard, or of the new National Army. The
numbers of regiments formerly of the Regular Army will
begin with the figure 1 and inn up to the figure 100; those
of regiments formerly in the National Guard will begin
with figure 101 and run up to 300; those of regiments in
the new National Army will begin with figure 301. The
former National Guard regiments will show also their for
mer State designations, as, for example, (1st Me.), 2d
I>a.), etc. The device of regiments of the new National
Army in the same way will show the State from which
each organization, or the bulk of it, was drawn, as, for ex
| ample (W. Va.), (Minn.), etc. Thus you will easily be
able to recognize not only the man’s regiment but also the
section of the country from which he comes and how he
got into the service.
Your insignia should have—and will have—a big and
deep meaning for you. You will come to respect them and
to wish to honor them. You will find that they are more
to you than pieces of cord and cloth and metal. Behind
you are the heroic deeds of thousands of men who per
formed duties similar to those you now perform. Your
insignia stands for The bravery, the skill, and the self-sac
rifice which your rank and your branch of the service de
j mand.
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TEN MORE FORES7T BATTALIONS AUTHORIZED
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The formation of a second “Forest”regiment compris
ing ten battalions and composed of lumbermen and woods
vvorkers, who will go to France and get out of the forests
materials for the use of the American, French, and Brit
ish armies, has just been authorized by the War Depart
ment. Two battalions are to be raised at once with the
active aid of the Forest Service, of the Depart, of Agri
culture. It is expected that the remaining eight batta
lions will be called for in a short time. Nine “service” bat
talions, made up of laborers who will be used in connec
j tion with the Forest regiment, have also been authorized
1 and two battalions have been ordered raised at once.
In order to provide for future contingencies it has
been decided to commission at the present time enough of
ficers for other battalions yet to be raised. Those men
not needed now will be placed on the reserve, and will be
called as the other units are formed. According to the
present plan, fifty per cent of the officers will be sawmill
and logging operators, twenty-five per cent will be techni
cal foresters, and twenty-five per cent will be men with
military training. A number of the graduates of the en-,
gineer camps have been selected for service with the new
| units.
A considerable number of captains and lieutenants
are to be selected in the immediate future. The minimum
ape limit for commissioned officers has been st at thirty
one.
A first regiment of woodsmen, numbering about 1,200
men, and designated as the Tenth Engineers (h orest) has
already been recruited and assembled and is now being
trained at American University, D. C. This regiment was
raised at the request of the British government to under
take the production in France of crossties, bridge, trench,
and construction timbers, mine props, and other forms of
wood required in connection with its military operations.
The landing of the American expeditionary forces has
made necessary similar provision for their needs, while
the French military authorities have indicated that some
of the work incidental to their operations might be taken
over by woodsmen from this country. Decision to raise
the new and much larger force has followed a study of the
field of possible usefulness to the Allied cause, made bv
American foresters attached to General Pershing’s staff'.
Each of the ten battalions of the second regiment will
comprise three companies of 250 men each, and will be un
der the command of its own major.
The regiment will be made up of volunteers. Appli
cants must be white and between the ages of eighteen and
forty. Skilled lumberjacks, portable mill operators, tie
cutters, logging teamsters, camp cooks, millwrights, and
charcoal burners are among the classes of men desired.
For the “service” battalions both negro and white la
borers will be enlisted.
URGES AMERICANS TO CAPTURE TRADE
9
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—“Belgium is stricken to
the earth. Her cities and towns are sacked, her factories
gutted, her mines in hostile hands, her people on the verge
of starvation, many of her sons in virtual slavery. But be
lieve me, Mommy Belgium will arise from her ashes great
er, stronger, busier than ever. And it is with an eye to
that Belgium of the future that your American business
men should prepare.”
The speaker was Gaston de Leval, advocate in the
court of appeals in Brussels in happier days and for many
years legal adviser to the American and British Legations
in Belgium. He has come here to make a report to the
state department on the Cavell case.
“The allies will win, must win, America’s coming in
makes that sure. It was Americans who took over the big
job feeding Belgium. It will be Americans who will help
make Belgium free from the Prussian yoke.
“And don’t imagine my countrymen will sit wailing
amid the desolation Germany has wrought. They are a
sturdy folk. They are never happy except when they are
busy. Give them half a chance and soon you will see the
peasants once more tilling the soil, the miners once more
mining the coal, the operatives once more busy in the
mills and factories. And that is America’s opportunity.
“Germany made much money out of its peaceful busi
ness relations with my country. Much of that business
should in the future be done with America.
“We used to take German insurance policies. We used
to do business with German banks established in our cit
ies. We used to buy German machinery of all kinds. Bel
gium will prefer not to deal with Germany in the future.
“The chance for Americans is great, but they must
be alive to their opportunities now. And the study should
not be made by individual firms, but collectively and thin
your government, with such aid as your embassy and your
consuls can give.
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FISH PRICES
Price at noon, Sept. 18th, at
Seattle, as reported by the Bu
reau of Fisheries, are:
Halibut, 15%c.
Sable Fish 4He.
Red Snapper, 2He.
Pickled Sable Fish, $14 per
bbl.
Pickled Herring, first grade,
$16 per bbl.
Pickled Salmon, pink, $14.50
per bbl.
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