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Uniform Regulations, 1864

Source: Uniform for Officers of the United States Navy, As Prescribed in Regulations for the Uniform of the U.S. Navy, Jan. 28, 1864. Tomes, Melvain & Co., 6 Maiden Lane, New York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, BY TOMES, MELVAIN & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New-York.

The text is reproduced here exactly as in the original, following the original use of capitalization and italics.

Contents

• General Regulations: Full Dress, Undress, Service Dress
• Coats, Overcoats, Jackets
• Cuff and Sleeve Ornaments [Includes illustrations]
• Pantaloons, Vests
• Shoulder Straps [Includes illustrations]
  • [Part 1: Rear Admiral to Ensign]
  • [Part 2: Engineer Corps]
  • [Part 3: Professors, Secretaries]
  • [Part 4: Medical Corps]
  • [Part 5: Chaplains, Paymasters]
  • [Part 6: Naval Constructors]
  • [Part 7: Regulations for Wearing Shoulder Straps]
• Cap and Cap Ornaments [Includes illustrations]
• Straw Hats, Sword and Scabbard, Sword-Belt, Sword-Knot, Buttons, Cravat
• Dress for Petty Officers and Crew

2 April 1998

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