PARADE UNIFORMS REVIVING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 March 1938, Page 8

PARADE UNIFORMS REVIVING

OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY JAILORS (By Air Mail —From Mur Own Correspondent ) LONDON. 3rd Mtrrk I The Great War dealt a deadly blow a* (he military tailors. Under two decade* ; ol plain khaki, theie was little npiportim it y for I hose military sartorial gadgets which rejoiced (he hearts of army tailors hut depressed Hie pockets of army officers. But gradually the tailors are getting ha* k into limit old' kingdom Parade uniform are slowly reviving, and with them all Jed rank. Th. la’r.l iimmaOnn of (In, kind concerns the Royal Marine*. Kip ling's "soldier and sailor too” who can be* "left alone tin a bald man's head to paddle his own canoe. ” They are haring restored to them the glory--and expense iof the old fto<‘k-coat«d uniform, hitherto iworn only by field officers, but now made applicable to lesser commissioned and war rant ranks. They are also given the | "option ’ of wearing a new boat cape. I similar to the garment issued to naval officer*, but with a crimson lining. At the same time their greatcoats are repla<ed bv one resembling that worn by infantry officers. 1 lie snag about ' optional ’ garments in the army or navy i s that they tend to become compulsory optional.