Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1919 — MAY WEAR UNIFORMS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS. [ARTICLE]

MAY WEAR UNIFORMS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

The war department has issued a circular advising honorably discharged soldiers that they are entitled Ito wear their uniform on special occasions, such as parades, patriotic celebrations, etc. The circular was issued because of numerous requests from discharged soldiers for such information. An act passed by (the last congress aßowed honorably discharged men in the military service, including the navy and marine corps, to retain one complete uniform and authorized it to 'be worn after the men had returned to private fife.