Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1918 — How to Distinguish Branch Of Service by Colors Worn [ARTICLE]

How to Distinguish Branch Of Service by Colors Worn

The branch of service to which soldiers belong may be told by their hat cords. The key 7 to the military color scheme follows: Blue—lnfantry. Artillery. Yellow —Cavalry. Red and white —Engineering corps. Pink and white —Signal corps. Blue with red tassels —Machine gun" corps. Green —Service corps. Orange-Quartermaster’s corps. Plum and black —Medical corps. - Dark red and black—Ordnance corps. White band without cord—Aviation training corps. Blue and white —Reserve militia and volunteer training corps. Regular army men are to be distinguished by the plain U. S. on their collars, while inembers of the National Guard have a small N. G. after the U. S., and members of the National army a small N. A.