Show r I-r r- r rNa Na I Other er Points o of View yew I I II I I t S 'S 01 OJ THi SAILORS SAILOR'S U UMI Many any old customs and traditions have left their trace on tho uniform of ot American sailors of or tho the prese present t. t da day The Tile wide flaring trousers suggest a waste of or material when seen on a city street but thc arc are rca really the most practical al shape for tor duty on shipboard Because of or the looseness the they ma may bo rolled up snugly to lo tho the knees cs when the tho sailor bailor Is holystoning the tho decks and tho tiro flare flaro also vents prevents then them from binding at the tho knee when the tho bluejacket et Is required to go 0 aloft Another Important advantage ll of the looseness is Is that combined with tho the arrangement of or the thc buttons on the side the trousers may bo 10 easH easily slipped ot off In the water The Thc thirteen cn buttons across tho the to top of oC the thc trousers are aro supposed to represent tho the thirteen original l slates states The Tho black tie prescribed b by regulation 1 for American was W handed down from tho the British na navy It was vas worn orn b by the sailors Bailors of this fleet In memory of Nol Nol- 1 son Hon after tho the death of ot t the e great naval natal hero Similarly tho the three white stripes bordering tho the collar commemorate three great victories won b by Nelson Tho The bit of or white undershirt showing fit nt tho th neck Is associated with Ith th the famous Camous American admiral Farragut After his hie death the thc sail in which his hll body bod body was lowered Jo d to tho the water w was w divided among his sailors Bailors with tho re request request re- re i quest that tho the pieces bo be worn across their chests This I cst established hed the custom of oC wearing a white dick dicky which Is la note no now replaced by the portion of ot tho the Tito Tho undershirt Tho Fleet Review tr Rot d |