Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1918 — Color of Cord on Hat Denotes Service of Wearer [ARTICLE]

Color of Cord on Hat Denotes Service of Wearer

Just as the sleeve chevrons and bars, stars/ and eagles on the shoulder proclaim ranking .officers, the hat cord denotes the branch of service each private a has entered. Light blue signifies Infantry; ecarlet, Artillery; yellow, Cavalry; buff, Quartermasters Corps; scarlet and white, Engineers’ Corps; orange and white, Signal Corps; scarlet and black, Ordnance; black and white, field clerk; maroon, Medical Corps; black and gold, officers; silver and black, adjut. general’s clerk; green, instructor Home Guards; green and white, Home Guards. These cords are worn only on service hats. Cadet aviators wear as hat bands inch and a half white ribbons and on coat collars insignia representing the aviation branch of the Signal Corps, propeller blades. Cost of living increased in one year 23 per cent.