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Show UNIFORMS IN THE NAVY Hoth the ortUera and the crvwa of tho older mivlea lined to drea pretty much ua they I'lcaxcd III NcIkoii' time an attempt wa mude to get the utlliera arrayed with anuie aort of tyateiu. but the aullor wore whatever they could get hold of Hint the dominant color In dreaa In the llrlt lh navy land resulting In the navlea of oilier couulrleai were determined hy a woman'a In llueuce la ahowu III KuKHh record. The lion John Korbea, ailinlral of the licet, auld "Adveriliig to the ealabllhuient of naval unl-forma. unl-forma. I waa uniiuoned to attend the duke of Heilford und. belui; hu roduied Into nil apartment apart-ment aurrouiiiled with varloua dreaaes, my opinion waa naked us to the moat appropriate. I raid red and blue, aa they were our national colore "'No.' replied hla grace, 'the king (deorge II) has determined otherwUo. for laving ai-eu my dmheas riding In the park a few day ago In a habit of blue fucud with white the dreas look hla majesty's fumy, who hu appointed It for th uniform of the roiul navy.'" While wearing a uniform himself, Nelson was leiiloue In guarding agnlnat further encroach-ments encroach-ments on the sudor's prerogative In the mutter of droua About tho lime of the French revolution revo-lution epaiileta begun to bo worn In continental navlea; al llrat only on on shoulder, according tu the oltiier's rank In 17S3 Nelaon. while In t-'riim '. wrote to hi father: -l ,i i oMo rlngllah cuptalu are her They wear line epuuleta. for which I think them great coicomba You may suppose I hold them a little cheap for tutting on any part of a Frenchmane uniform " It waa only a few year after this, however, that NeUou hlmaelf as wearing an epaulet, not only on single shoulder, but on both. In the I'nlled Stniea navy uniforms were prescribed pre-scribed from the ovn.et but with the very wle clause. Inserted ua a i.arenlheala. "If they can be procured" Hy a le-olutlon of the continental board of admiralty mptalna were to have a coat of blue cloth with red lapela, slashed cuff, a stand up collar. Hat y, llow butioiia. blue breoche and a red walatroat with yellow hue l.leuteiiantH were io have a blue coat, red lapela, round currs fa ed, a atantl tip collar, yellow yel-low button blue hrcche und a plain red waist-cout waist-cout Mlilkhlpnien ver to have a blue coat with lapela. round . hit, faced with red. a stand-up stand-up collar, red at the buttons and buttonholes, blue breeches and a red waistcoat. (inicera of the mnrlnee were to have a uniform uni-form conalatlng of a green coat faced with white, round curfn, ilaahed aleeves and pocket with button mound the cuff, a llver epaulet on the left hhoulder, aklrt of th coat turned back I like the uniform of the continental soldier), buttons for th facings, white waistcoat and breeches eilice.l with green, and black gaiter and garters The marines were to wear green shirts. Mut It la highly improbabla that thea pro ecrlbcd uniform were ever worn except Is cases of great ceremony or where the olncei wa alttlng for hi portrait The fact p the cuae seem to lie that Johl Paul Jones. Nicholas Diddle, John Harry and other nautical heroes of the revolution achieved their greatness In red or blue llunnel ahlrti and In any other clothing that came handy; doubt lessly patched by th. ship' Inllnr. not too neat ly. with sail cloth, ly tho aialatnnce of a mar line aplka and apun yarn Hi jejai ket i |