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Threads to contain not less than 66 threads of warp and 60 threads 

 of fining in each square inch. 



Weight: To weigh not less than 20 ounces to the linear j'ard. 



Strength: To be capable of sustaining a strain of 50 pounds to the 

 inch in width of warp, and 42 pounds to the inch in width of filling. 



Color: To be of same shade of dark blue as standard sample, and to 

 be dyed in the w^ool with pure indigo, best c{uality (unless otherwise 

 authorized in writing by the contracting officer). 



The sei-vice saddlecloth for enlisted men is made from No. 9 olive 

 drab cotton duck and lined with No. 2 olive drab cotton duck. Sad- 

 dlecloth is made in halves and held together by IJ-inch olive drab 

 cotton webbing placed over the seam and stitched through both 

 thicknesses of duck. Around the edge is a binding of IJ-inch olive 

 drab cotton webbing showing on outside f inch. In each flank 

 corner is placed the number of the regiment, and "Band," "N. C. S.," 

 or the company letter, the letters and figures being of enameled 

 leather, 2 inches high, and color to suit arm of sendee— yellow for 

 cavalry, light blue for infantrj^, scarlet for artillery. The engineers 

 have a scarlet letter 2 inches high outlined with a white letter, both 

 being of enameled leather. 



Service saddlecloth for all officers is made from No. 9 olive drab 

 cotton duck, 22 inches wide, and lined with No. 2 wliite cotton duck, 

 22 inches wide. Saddlecloth is made in halves, neatl}^ joined and 

 held together by a strip of russet collar leather placed over the seam 

 and stitched through both thicknesses of duck. Around the edge is a 

 binding of russet collar leather, showing on the outside a width of 

 f inch. In each flank corner is placed for line officers (except for 

 officers of Engineers and Coast Artillery, who will wear the prescribed 

 bronze metal insignia, and chaplain, who will wear a white metal 

 cross) the number of the regiment, 2 inches high, same color as the 

 trimmings of their respective arms ; for officers of the General Staff, 

 staff corps or departments, and aid-de-camps the proper insignia in 

 bronze, and for general officers stars in bronze indicating their rank. 



BREAST STRAP AND MARTINGALE. 



HUNTING DESIGN. -] 

 (Plate VII.) 



The parts are — 



1 neck strap. 



2 saddle straps. 



2 shoulder strap billets. 



2 shoulder strap buckle pieces. 



1 martingale rear end. 



1 martingale buckle piece. 



1 martingale front end. 



