Two gilt buttons showed on the waistline in back at the seams. The front edge of the coat, the skirts and the back seams from the lower edge to the waistline, were piped with yellow flannel. The scarlet collar showed the letters “USN” in gilt on either side and the pointed scarlet cuffs were closed with three small buttons. The three buttons in each horizontal row were connected by gold colored silk or rayon cord.
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The 1941 full dress uniform resembled the one first prescribed in 1886.Īlthough the musician’s 1941 blue coat was single-breasted, it had three rows of six Navy gilt buttons. Under the 1913 instructions, Navy bandsmen wore the full dress uniform of enlisted personnel of the Marine Corps with minor changes to indicate that they were part of a naval unit. The 1897 bandsman’s uniform, shown in an earlier painting in this series, consisted of a scarlet tunic trimmed with yellow lace and white braid and skyblue trousers.
This uniform was blue, the coat trimmed with scarlet frogs and cloth. Although old ships’ logs indicate that bands had been established in the early days of the Navy, an official uniform for musicians did not appear in the Uniform Regulations until 1886. The Drum Major is shown in the full dress, single-breasted, dark blue coat, trimmed with gold colored frogs and scarlet cuffs and collar which were first introduced in 1933. Actually, a new regulation is never truly “new” but is rather a composite of the earlier order and the many changes made since its initial issue. In general, the descriptions of the items of the uniform were those of the 1922 instruction for there had been little change in the style of civilian clothing, which usually has some bearing on the cut of the naval uniform. A new edition of the Navy Uniform Regulations, approved by Secretary Frank Knox, was issued on.
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