or garrison may visit the guards of his command, and go the grand rounds, and be received in the same manner as prescribed for the officer of the day.

SHOULDER STRAPS.

1565. For the Major-General Commanding the Armydark blue cloth, one and three eighths inches wide by four inches long; bordered with an embroidery of gold onefourth of an inch wide; three silver-embroidered stars of five rays, one star on the centre of the the strap, and one on each side equidistant between the centre and the outer edge of the strap; the centre star to be the largest.

1566. For all other Major-Generals-the same as for the Major-General Commanding the Army, except that there will be two stars instead of three; the centre of each star to be one inch from the outer edge of the gold embroidery on the ends of the strap; both stars of the same size.

1567. For a Brigadier-General-the same as for a MajorGeneral, except that there will be one star instead of two; the centre of the star to be equidistant from the outer edge of the embroidery on the ends of the strap.

1568. For a Colonel the same size as for a MajorGeneral, and bordered in like manner with an embroidery of gold; a silver embroidered spread eagle on the centre of the strap, two inches, between the tips of the wings, having in the right talon an olive-branch, and in the left a bundle of arrows; an escutcheon on the breast, as represented in the arms of the United States; cloth of the strap as follows: for the General Staff and Staff Corps -dark blue; Artillery-scarlet; Infantry-light or sky blue; Cavalry-yellow.

1569. For a Lieutenant-Colonel-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps, omitting the eagle, and introducing a silver-embroidered leaf at each end, each leaf extending seven-eights of an inch from the end border of the strap.

1570. For a Major-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps, omitting the eagle, and introducing a goldembroidered leaf at each end, each leaf extending seveneighths of an inch from the end border of the strap.

1571. For a Captain-the same as for a Colonel, accor

ding to corps, omitting the eagle, and introducing at each end two gold-embroidered bars of the same width as the border, placed parallel to the ends of the strap; the distance between them and from the border equal to the width of the border.

1572. For a First Lieutenant-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps, omitting the eagle and introducing at each end one gold-embroidered bar of the same width as the border, placed parallel to the ends of the strap, at a distance from the border equal to its width.

1573. For a Second Lieutenant-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps, omitting the eagle.

1574. For a Brevet Second Lieutenant-the same as for a Second Lieutenaut.

1575. For a Medical Cadet-a strip of gold lace three inches long, half an inch wide, placed in the middle of a strap of green cloth three and three-quarter inches long by one and one-quarter inches wide.

1576. The shoulder-strap will be worn whenever the epaulette is not.

CHEVRONS.

1577. The rank of non-commissioned officers will be marked by chevrons upon both sleeves of the uniform coat and overcoat, above the elbow, of silk or worsted binding one-half an inch wide, same color as the edging on the coat, points down, as follows:

1578. For a Sergeant Major-three bars and an arc, in silk.

1579. For a Quartermaster Sergeant-three bars and a tie in silk.

1580. For an Ordnance Sergeant-three bars and a star in silk.

1581. For a Hospital Steward-a half chevron of the following description-viz: of emerald green cloth, one and three-fourths inches wide, running obliquely downward from the outer to the inner seam of the sleeve, and at an angle of about thirty degrees with a horizontal, parallel to, and one eighth of an inch distant from, both the upper and lower edge, an embroidery of yellow silk one eighth of an inch wide, and in the centre a "caduceus" two inches long, embroidered also with yellow silk, the head toward the outer seam of the sleeve.