Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-10-22 | Page 13 | Navy Officers to Lose Gold Braid

NAVY OFFICERS TO LOSE GOLD BRAID WASHINGTON. Oct 21 An order Issued today by Rear Admiral Washington, Wash-ington, chief of navigation, prescribing prescrib-ing minor changes ln the navy's unl-form unl-form regulations, added another chap-tcr chap-tcr to the perennial debate over th ! distinctive gold braid markings to bs worn by officers and chief warrant officers. of-ficers. The order deprives chief warrant officers of the full half-Inch sleeve braid bestowed on that grade under Secretary Daniels' administration and orders a return to tho broken gold stripe of previous years. 1 Green and olive orab uniforms for naal aviators also aro banned, under the new regulations, the flying branch being required to dress ln the regulation regula-tion blue.