| Show the army s new devices many changes made in he the insignia worn by the various vanous corps how rank anil and service can be told at a glance HE abolition ol 01 the regimental tion for the artillery ot of the united states army and the substitution of a corps corn com posed of field and coast artillery followed by a very comprehend compre hen sive order regarding the uniforms of the military forces have caused many changes in the in signia worn by officers and men all officers wear the national coat ot of arms on the front of their caps and according to present orders on the collars of their blouses where it takes the place of the time honored U S enlisted men of the line of the engineer cavalry artillery and infantry organizations wear the de vices of their arm on the fronts of their caps these insignia are A castle with three towers for the engineers crossed sabres fabres for the cavalry crossed rifles for the infantry and crossed cannon tor for the artillery there being only one regiment or rather three battalions of engineers only the company letter of an enlist ed man Is shown and that Is perched on the centre of the three towers which Is smaller than the others enlisted men of the other arms show the numbers of their regiment above the rifles or sabres fabres and the letters of their companies are below them those of the artillery show the num 11 bers of their company or battery the first in the coast the latter in the field artillery below the crossing enlisted men of the signal corps wear the device of crossed flags and a torch on their caps and a private ot of the ordnance corps shows a bursting bomb bandsmen wear lyres on the front of their caps tho those of the en ginders almost hidden by the castle and those of the other arms show ing the number of the bands to which they belong field musicians wear trumpets on their caps an artillery musician wears the number of his battery or company in the ring of the tru trumpet apet while one of the engineers or of the cavalry and infantry shows the letter of the company or troop on top of the ring and the number of his regi ment or the device of his corns inside the loop non commissioned staff officers wear open wreaths on their ther caps I 1 with the numbers of their regiment or the devices of 0 tl air corps a athin the col or of the facings of the uniform it they are regimental noncoms non coras andl cates the arm of the service to which they belong descending now from the caps to to the collars one has to do with officers only besides the coat of arms of the unite I 1 states on each side of his col lar an wears also a device in d cathe of the arm bureau or corps the devices of the engineers engineer in fantry ind cavalry hive been de scribed an artillery officer wears the crossed cannons but it if he Is of field artillery he be shows a wheel al at the intersection of the pieces it if of coast artillery a plaque with a conical projectile upon it the devices of the staff bureaus and the corps are as follows the ad autant general s do department artmont has an american shield the inspector gen era s a closed wreath with a sword and a roman fasces crossed behind it the ordnance department has a flaming bomb for its device the judge advocates an open wreath with a sword and quill pen crossed upon it the medical department a I 1 device is a caduceus the staff carried by hermes or mercury a winged staff on which two serpents twine the quartermaster quartermasters s a wheel surmounted by an eagle with a sword and key crossed upon it the device of the subsistence de apartment part ment nent is the simplest in the cpr vice ice merely a clescent cleb cent that of the pay pa department la Is a lozenge or dia mood mond I 1 sort at west point wear for their deuce a shield surmounted ly I 1 y he the eigle from the arms of the okill tary ary academy an I 1 tho th two of he the record an air 1 bureaus use an open wreath within which ie to a trefoil or clover chaplains have a cross as their device these insignia are applied where necessary to the devices indicative of the arms of the service A bermaster ter master of the engineer battalion wears the regular castle with the quartermaster quartermasters s device above the cen cell aral tower a cavalry chaplain shows the crossed sabres fabres wita his regi mental number above them and the th cross ross below them a commissary of coast artillery has the crossed can non and the projectile with the cres cent below an adjutant of infantry shows the crossed rifles with his reel regi 6 7 t mental number above and the shield of the ada bitant general s department under them the same insignia are used by the non commissioned staff officers as cap devices surrounded by open wreaths the electrician sergeants tor for example showing lightning flashes in their wreaths and hospital stewards the caduceus the badges of rank in the army have not been changed ea ex capt that the chevrons have been made smaller and are worn correct 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