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Show Initial Letters in Army Uniforms, j Gen. Scholieid has issued a general order amending the army regulations respecting unilorms. It appears that the facetious enlisted man takes pleas-tiro pleas-tiro in misinterpreting the initials indicative in-dicative of certain staff departments, so that tho "M. D.," which U tho distinguishing dis-tinguishing murk of the department is translated iuto mule driver." tho "J. A." of the judge advocate's department iuto "ickass," ami so on. To meet the objection of the officers to these terms the order omits tho requirement that the initial Ictlefi shall liguro iu the uniform- |