Show full skirt uniform of united states soldiers A united states sergeant of marines presides over the island of tutuila where he Is a veritable sultan and bis army is made up of a group of natives who are regularly enlisted into the service the uniform is strikingly different from that of 0 any other unit of the american armed forces the full uni form for state occasions consists of a turban of bright red muslin a sash made of tile the same material and color as the turban a lava lava or skirt of blue muslin and a white cotton undershirt the turban and the shirt are put on first after which the lava lava which is about 30 inches by CO 60 inches is rolled around the body at the waist turn after turn being wrapped on so that the bottom of the skirt is about 10 12 inches from the ground after this Is properly adjusted the red sash which Is about eight feet long is rolled into place all this is spotlessly laundered and stiffly starched and must be put on card fully |