✨ Dress Regulations for Permanent and Volunteer Forces
Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463
TABLE B—continued.
Orders of Dress—Non-commissioned Officers and Men—continued.
| Orders of Dress. | Dress. | Occasions when to be worn. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill order. | No. 3 — Service dress. | Divisional and brigade parades, as may be ordered. All ordinary drills. Regimental courts-martial, Courts of inquiry, and Boards. Escorts for prisoners. | Forage-cap shall be worn in place of service cap, unless when otherwise ordered. |
OFFICERS.
- BADGES OF RANK.
The rank of officers is denoted by badges as under, worn on shoulder-knots or straps:—
Colonel … … Crown and two stars below.
Lieut.-Colonel … Crown and one star below.
Major … Crown.
Captain … Two stars.
Lieutenant … One star.
Medical Officers … According to rank.
Quartermasters … According to rank.
Paymasters … According to rank.
Chaplains … According to rank.
Officers on the retired list shall wear the letter “R” below the badge of rank on shoulder-straps.
In service dress, officers’ badges of rank shall be in brass.
In full dress, if the shoulder-knots are of gold lace, the badges shall be in silver, and vice versa.
- GORGET PATCHES.
Gorget patches shall be worn by officers in undress and service dress.
Gorget patches shall be of cloth, 4½ in. long, and showing ³⁄₁₆ in. of collar above and below the patch, and to be pointed at outer end, sewn on each side of the collar in front, a loop of silk braid along centre with a gorget (20 line) button near the point.
The following gorget patches shall be worn by the officers of the following branches of the service. Staff instructors or inspectors shall not wear gorget patches.
Headquarters Staff and District Staff.—Scarlet cloth, with loop of scarlet silk.
Surgeons.—Dull cherry cloth, with loop of black Russia tracing. Gorget button near point.
Veterinary Officers.—Maroon cloth, no loop; button near point.
Chaplains.—Black cloth, loop of black Russia tracing; black cloth button near point.
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS OR DISTRICT STAFF.
- Full Dress.
Cocked Hat.—As described in paragraph 7 of “Dress Regulations for the Army, 1900,” with loop of ¾ in. lace, and netted with gold purl head.
Plume.—White swan feathers, drooping outwards, 8 in. long, with red feathers under them, long enough to reach the ends of the white ones; feathered stem, 3 in. long.
Tunic (for a Colonel).—Scarlet cloth, with blue-cloth collar and cuffs. The collar laced round the top and bottom with ⅝ in. lace; the cuffs round, 3 in. deep, with two bars of ⅝ in. lace round the top, showing ¼ in. blue cloth between the bars. A scarlet flap on each sleeve, 6 in. long, and 2½ in. wide at the points, edged with ⅝ in. lace, and a similar flap reaching to ½ in. from the bottom of the skirt on each skirt behind, the flaps ½ in. wide at the top, 1½ in. at the centre point, and 2¼ in. at the bottom. A bar of ⅝ in. lace from the centre of the waist to the bottom of the skirt; eight buttons down the front; three on each flap, the top buttons on the flaps behind being at the waist. The front, collar, cuffs, flaps, and bar of lace on the skirt edged with white cloth ³⁄₁₆ in. wide. The tunic lined with white; round the waist a band of white
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