![]() Source: "Garrison Cap Authorized for All Wave Personnel." All Hands 333 (December 1944): 77. Grey seersucker caps and navy blue serge caps will be made up to be worn with the appropriate uniforms as an optional cap either on or off station.Ĭurrent regulations which authorize, when prescribed by the CO, the wearing of the male officer's garrison caps by Wave officers and CPOs while on the station will remain in effect until such time as the newly designed caps become available in the stores and authority to wear them is officially included in Uniforms Regs. Garrison Cap Authorized for All Wave PersonnelĪ specially designed garrison cap for officers and enlisted personnel in the Women's Reserve has been authorized by the SecNav to be worn at such time as it is officially incorporated into Uniform Regulations by notification from BuPers. Source: "Famed CO Once Offered Hat as Incentive to Reenlistment." All Hands 388 (June 1949): 52. Whether it was the beaver hat that did the trick we don't know, but the ship's carpenter records in his diary that the "greater part" of the crew shipped over. Source: "Evolution of Cap Device." Washington, D.C.: Historical Research Branch, Naval Historical Center, 1978.įamed CO Once Offered Hat as Incentive to ReenlistmentĪ Navy man could puff out his chest with pride in 1797 if he could claim a beaver hat as part of his uniform.Īs an incentive to reenlistment, Captain Thomas Truxton of the USS Constellation offered his men "a beaver hat and a black silk handkerchief, two month's advance pay and two week's liberty ashore" if they would sign over for another year. Early variations may have been mere accidents of design-makers or the personal whim of the officers when ordering uniforms. We find no indication in the historical record that the officer cap device was ever in any way related to the Great Seal of the United States either in periods of war or peace. ![]() The shift of the eagle's aspect to right-facing from left-facing is logical from the perspective of heraldic tradition, since the right side (dexter) is the honor side of the shield and the left side (sinester) indicates dishonor or illegitimacy. It contains an explanation of the change in uniform regulations that occurred in 1941, which prescribed the right-facing eagle that has been used since that year. Naval Forces, Europe of 13 December 1963. You will find enclosed a copy of a memorandum from the Director of Naval History to Commander-in-Chief, U.S. In general, though, the eagles in decorative use from the 1860's through 1940 faced to the left. But the enclosed illustration from Tily captioned "Cap Ornament," which was introduced in 1869, shows the eagle facing right. The uniform regulations of 1866 prescribed, for the first time, an eagle-anchor device to be worn on a visored cap, with the eagle facing left. The eagle on a captain's shoulder epaulette of 1852 faces to the right. The eagle in the medallion of the officer's sword-hilt of 1852 faces to the right, but the sword belt buckle medallion shows an eagle facing left. This eagle was to have faced left, but examples have been found with that eagle facing right. In the uniform regulations of 1841, petty officers were ordered to wear the eagle and anchor device on either the right or left sleeve, according to rate. This practice ended in 1830 when all officers were ordered to wear the "No. 1 button), while right-facing eagles were designated for masters commandant and lieutenants (No. Tily, The Uniforms of the United States Navy (1963), left-facing eagles were used on the uniform buttons of captains (No. From then until 1866, the device was used without much consistency on petty officer uniform rating badges, officer sword-hilts and sword-belts, captains' epaulettes and finally on officer caps. The eagle and anchor emblem was adopted in the uniform regulations of 1797 to be used on uniform buttons. There seem to have been three phases in the evolution of the present hat-band device design. "Cap Ribbons Historical Information on." Memorandum. "Notes on the Introduction of Gold-Embroidered Cap Visors." Navy Dept. "Distinctive White Hat Tops Sailors Uniforms." All Hands 934 (Feb 1995): 15. Letter from Stanley Kalkus, Navy Department Library, dated 3 June 1983. "New Cap Devices Okayed." Navy Times 18 (22 January 1969): 1, 50. "To Cap It All Off …A Fond Look at a Navy Trademark: Uses (and Abuses) of the 'Dixie Cup.'" All Hands 860 (November 1988): 33-35. "Garrison Caps Made Optional: Elimination of Braid on Caps, Half-Sleeve Stripes Ordered." All Hands311 (February 1943): 33. "Garrison Cap Authorized for All Wave Personnel." All Hands 333 (December 1944): 77. "Famed CO Once Offered Hat as Incentive to Reenlistment." All Hands 388 (June 1949): 52. ![]() "Evolution of Cap Device." Washington, D.C.: Historical Research Branch, Naval Historical Center, 1978.
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