Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — The American Eagle. [ARTICLE]

The American Eagle.

The probabilities are that in the near future the officers of the United States Army will take on another designation of rank in the shape of metallic eagles, to be worn on the front of their hats. The question is under advisement among the head officials of the War Department, and it is understood that the project is very favorably regarded by many of them. Some of the army officers are urging it. on the ground that in European countries the officers wear on their hats the colors of their sovereigns. They hold that it is a plain and unmistakable evidence of nationality, as well as of rank and military service, and that as the eagle is the national American emblem it can be adopted to the benefit of the service.