respectively, with the letter of the company in front, 

 of yellow metal one inch long. For Engineer soldiers — 

 band of the same material and color as the cap, but 

 edged with yellow, with a turretted castle in yellow 

 metal, in front. For enlisted men of Ordnance — band 

 of the same material and color as the cap, but edged 

 with crimson; a shell and flame in yellow metal, in 

 front. 



Cap Cover 



50. For officers and men — (to be worn in bad 

 weather) black, of suitable water proof material, with 

 a cape extending below the cap ten inches, coming 

 well forward, and tying under the chin; according to 

 pattern. 



Pompon 



51. The pompon will be worn by all officers when- 

 ever the epaulettes are worn, and by the enlisted men, 

 on all duty under arms; except when the cap cover, 

 (50,) is put on. 



52. For General Officers — a gold embroidered net 

 acorn, three inches long, with a gold embroidered 

 spread eagle, one and three-fourths inches between the 

 tips of the wings, and so attached to the base of the 

 pompon as to show in front of the cap below its top. 



53. For all other officers, and for all enlisted men — 

 spherical, two and one-fourth inches in diameter, and 

 as follows : 



For Commissioned Officers 



54. Of woi-sted, permanently attached at the base 

 to a gold netted circular ring two-thirds of an inch in 

 diameter, by one-third deep, with gold embroidered 

 spread eagle, as for General Officers, (52,) and of the 

 following colors: 



55. For the Adjutant General's Department — lower 

 two-thirds buff, upper third white. 



56. For the Inspector General's Department — lower 

 two-thirds buff, upper third scarlet. 



57. For the Judge Advocate — white. 



58. For the Quartermaster's Department — lower 

 two-thirds buff, upper third light or Saxony blue. 



59. For the Subsistence Department — lower two- 

 thirds buff, upper third royal or ultra marine blue. 



60. For the Medical Department — lower two-thirds 

 buff, upper third medium or emerald green. 



61. For the Pay Department — lower two-thirds buff, 

 upper third dark olive green. 



62. For the Corps of Engineers and Topographical 

 Engineers — lower two-thirds buff, upper third black. 



63. For the Ordnance Department — lower two- 

 thirds buff, upper third crimson. 



64. For the Artillery — scarlet. 



65. For the Infantry — light or Saxony blue. 



66. For the Riflemen — medium or emerald green. 



67. For the Dragoons — orange. 



68. For Aids-de-camp — buff. 



69. For Adjutants of Regiments — same as for the 

 Adjutant General's Department, (55.) 



70. For Regimental Quartermasters — same as for 

 the Quartermaster's Department, (58.) 



For Enlisted Men 



71. Permanently attached at the base to a yellow 

 metal circular ring, two-thirds of an inch in diameter, 

 by one-third deep, with yellow metal spread eagle, one 

 and three-fourths inches between the tips of the wings, 

 and so attached to the base of the pompon as to show in 

 front of the cap below its top; according to pattern; 

 and of the following colors: for Artillery, scarlet — In- 

 fantry, light or Saxony blue — Riflemen, medium or 

 emerald green — Dragoons, orange — Engineers, yel- 

 low — Ordnance, crimson. "- 



Of particular interest in the cap trimmings and in- 

 signia was the change in the facings : the infantr\' from 

 white to blue, in the interest of practicality, the rifles 

 from black and yellow to green — a reversion to the 

 traditional — and the dragoons from yellow to orange 

 with the substitution of crossed sabers for the sunburst 

 and eagle. 



Although the basic cap is clearly described above, 

 actual specimens (figs. 50-52) reveal additional de- 

 tails. The inner body of the cap was initially of a card- 

 board-like material made of felted cotton and rabbit 

 fur. The crown, or side portion, of the body was of one 

 piece with the top of the same material glued to it. The 

 dark blue wool outer portion, with the top stitched to it 

 with a narrow welt of the same material showing at the 

 seam, was slipped over this body. A sweatband of 

 cither glazed muslin or thin leather was stitched to the 

 outer surface of the cap and turned under, gi\ing a 

 welt-like appearance. The black patent leather visor, 

 measuring 2/2 inches at its widest point and 8 to 9 

 inches from side to side depending on the size of the 

 cap, was Hat with rounded comers, tapering rather 

 deeply to the rear, and not always green on its under- 

 side as prescribed. The two-piece black leather chin 

 strap temiinated at either end in buttons of the appro- 

 priate service and had a brass tongued buckle and 

 single keeper stitched to the right portion of the strap. 

 Around the base of the cap was the prescribed cloth 

 band, in the color of the branch of service, l3/j inches 

 high in back, gradually rising in height around the 

 sides until it came to a point SJ/^ inches above the 

 center of the visor. The band was hemmed at top and 



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