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RUNNING AAMUC

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1 MARCH 2012

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RUNNING AAMUC By Gil Sanow

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READERS RESPOND: Follow-ups to Gil Sanow’s White Mess Uniform Made in Coblenz

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PASS IN REVIEW; W.A.S.P. IN THEIR OWN WORDS Review by Robert G. Borrell, Sr

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FMC: Identifying Sailors’ Uniforms: A Woman in the W.W. I Naval Ser-vice? By John A. Stacey

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FMC: Army Swatch Books or Standard Uni-form Fabrics Books (Part II) By William Emerson

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FMC: The 1913 Blue Uni-forms of Major General Charles J. Bailey, U. S. Army By Gil Sanow

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Advertisements Pg. 15

Parting Shots Pg. 16

VOLUME XXXVI, Number 1

Yours in Collecting, Gil Sanow

Editor Erick Eastes reports that we are in need of articles for future issues of FOOTLOCKER. Please contact him if you have ideas or have articles ready to go. Reach him at [email protected] Arti-cles. do not have to be long or full of photos to be interesting or useful. In fact, shorter ones often fit in well. Certainly each of us has something interesting in our collections to share. You are not a 'show off' when you help educate others.

Truthfully, there is little new and exciting to report, and perhaps that is good. Tim Bartholow seems to have settled in easily in his new job as AA-MUC Adjutant. We know he cleaned up some of the little messes his temporary predecessor left, and that is good. We wish him a long and easy tenure. The ASMIC Tri-Convention is ahead – on September 7 & 8, 2012, at the Drawbridge in Fort Mitchell, KY. This should be another great gathering, and we hope to see you there. Please contact the former Editor at [email protected] if you need conven-tion info. We understand the 2013 event will be in Denver, CO. We are still in need of someone or some group to tackle the formaliza-tion of AAMUC’s structure. How about a volunteer, or better yet, several? Some years back we made an effort to recognize major contributors to FOOTLOCKER by selecting the best articles submitted year by year. We will be putting to-gether a committee shortly to review the articles published since we last did this. Look for the names of the commit-tee and their selections in the near fu-ture. A special “Thank You” goes to Christina Scherrey for updating our website at www.AAMUC.org. We do need someone to index our past issues (from 2007 on) for the webpage. Take a look at what is there and contact the former Editor for de-tails.

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Several members commented on the early Army officer’ white mess outfit Gil Sanow wrote about in the September, 2011 issue of FOOTLOCKER. First, from Stan Wolcott:

“I think the answer to the Coblenz “mystery” label is that the Army of Occupa-tion (i.e. the Third U.S. Army) was headquar-tered in Coblenz from after the armistice until 1919 and Bond probably had the mess dress uniform made in Coblenz during that period of time. See the following Wikipedia story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Central.” In a second message, Stan added: “after the disbandment of the 3rd Army in 1919, some 70000 troops remained in Germany until 1921 (same Wikipedia article at “A Separate Peace”).”

And Bill McLeod added more thoughts: “ I think your mess dress jacket and vest were made in 1919 and that the trou-

sers may have been made about 15 or so years alter. Why Coblenz? In 1919 I be-lieve that Coblenz was the Headquarters of the U.S. Army of Occupation (i.e., the 3rd Army which has “AO” as it’s SSI). So what else was a junior officer to do while he hung around that river town besides drinking good German beer and ….and they all probably needed a new set of uniforms so a German tailor obviously stepped up to fill the need. Somewhere in my collection I have a pair of combat boots that were made in Coblenz in 1919.

Why wool? It’s cold in Germany in the winter, and sometimes even in the sum-mer. As to the two attaching straps for the knots, the picture doesn’t show much, but try this idea. One strap was added later, or the jacket is fitted for both shoul-der knots and epaulettes. Maybe the large strap is original and the smaller strap was added later. His original knots (possibly German made) may have had a wider bottom strap and were replaced in the 1930’s by knots with a smaller strap. Knots purchased in 1919 would have had rank on them. If the uniform was worn into the late 1930’s the rank would have had to be removed, so maybe he purchased a new set. I have a know with white underlay that has a lieutenant’s bar on it, plus I have a much later set without any rank. I also have a set of US Army epaulettes for an Ar-tillery captain that wee worn in the years just prior to WWI so maybe he had a set of epaulettes and wore them to his wedding or some such thing. (Author William K.) Emerson says that only Generals wore them during that period, but state units didn’t always follow what the Regular Army was supposed to do.

Regarding the New York Tailor’s tag on the trousers, undoubtedly they were mad e later than the jacket and vest, possibly in the late 1930’s? My mess dress trousers that were tailored when I was 21 did not fit to well when I was in my late 30’s. And the ones tailored in my late 30’s did not fit to well when I was 50. My guess is that the captain gained some weight and had new trousers made.

And the cuff on the pants is not that unusual. A friend of mine used to have a late 1930’s Army officers white uniform with cuffed pants. It probably had to do with the styles of the period.

READERS RESPOND:

Follow-ups to Gil Sanow’s White Mess Uniform Made in Coblenz

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The photograph accompanying this article has two immediately ap-parent characteristics. First of course, it is of a woman, and second she is wearing a sailor’s blue jumper. We know that women were enrolled in the Navy during World War One (Footlocker, “Identifying Sailors’ Uniforms: Yeomen (F)”, 1 March 2007). How does this woman fit into that company?

After a brief examination, two other elements require identification in order to make an accurate evaluation of the subject. What rating and rate does the rating badge represent and what can we tell from the distinguishing mark at the base of the jumper neck opening?

First the rating badge: it is being worn on the right sleeve indicating that the rating is of the Seaman Branch. The two chevrons designate the wearer as a petty officer, second class, but the specialty mark is not one found in Navy regulations of the World War One period or any other. Some research identifies the specialty mark as that of a Cox-swain, a sailor in charge of a ship’s boat and its crew, a second class petty officer in the Coast Guard.

The distinguishing mark poses a bit of a problem. It is that of an Ex-Apprentice, graduate of the Navy’s apprentice schools for young enlist-ees’ indoctrination to seamanship, and the academics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and other subjects they will need in the naval service. The Coast Guard did not use the mark. One possible solution to this enigma, since the subject is in the advanced rate of petty officer, second class, could be that a former graduate of the Navy and its apprentice training program later enlisted in the Coast Guard; there attaining the training and ex-perience to achieve the designated rate and rating.

With these facts established and a premise considered for the question of the Ex-Apprentice mark, we can ar-rive at the conclusion that the woman in the photograph had joined the Navy, completed apprentice training and, at some later time, enlisted in the Coast Guard, achieving the rating and rate of Coxswain, second class.

Unfortunately, we would be wrong! This solution fails on four counts. The women in the Navy did not wear the jumper, as did their male counterparts. They wore a Norfolk style coat, and Coast Guard uniforms were basi-cally the same as those of the Navy. Further, the women in the service during World War One were in the re-serves and neither women nor reserves were assigned to apprentice schools. The Coast Guard came under the command of the Navy during the war and the few women in their service were all transferred from the Navy Re-serve Force. Finally, those women in the naval service were not assigned to ships’ crews and thus not available for duty as Coxswains.

So, what is the answer? Most likely it is that this patriotic woman had her photo taken wearing a jumper pro-vided by the photographer, a family member or friend as a memento. It just isn’t what it appears to be!

As collectors, there is a lesson in this. If you saw this really neat period photo at a show on in an auction, would you break out the wallet? Well, depending on the price, that might be a good thing, but it could also be a big mistake if you buy it for what it appears to be. Most of us have encountered such items, also including uniforms and insignia, which have some intrigue, but don’t quite fit with what you would normally expect. Is it a good item or is something just not right? A little careful study or consultation can prevent a costly mistake. We have all probably learned from experience that questionable offerings almost always have “a story”, but a story is neither proof nor provenance!

FROM MY COLLECTION:

Identifying Sailors’ Uniforms: A Woman in the W.W. I Naval Service? By John A. Stacey


From My Collection Army Swatch Books or Standard Uniform Fabrics Books (Part II) by William Emerson

1948 Book

The most apparent change in the cover of this book, figure 7, is that rather than have “War Department,” it has “U. S. ARMY” on the front. This book is serial number 848. The page pasted to the inside cover states that the book contains samples for members of the army and for the air force, and references Army Regulation 600-35 and Air Force letter No. 35-4 dated 1 September 1948. AF Letter 35-4 basically stated air force personnel would continue to wear army uniforms but with gold colored USAF buttons and for enlisted personnel, new chevrons, and US and winged propeller in a gold ring collar insignia.

Section I of the 1948 book contains material samples for uniforms without regard to whether they were for

officers or enlisted personnel. This section is further subdivided into two parts since a single tag board section header page could not list all of the cloths. The two section headers are shown in figures 9 & 10.


Figure 7

Figure 9 Figure 10

Among the samples behind the initial page of section I is a swatch of “Brown No. 11” the brown and white

seersucker used to make women’s medical uniforms that were worn in field hospitals and designed to be washed in the field. This page is shown in figure 11. .

Shown next is the index page for Section II of the 1948 swatch book. Interestingly, of the four samples, three are cotton olive drab No. 7, one for oxford cloth, one for sateen, and one for herringbone twill, the cloth used to make “fatigue” or work uniforms.

1960 Book The 1960 book (figure 13) was issued by the Quartermaster Research & Engineering Command, Natick, MA.

Dated 1 July 1960, it has no serial number and evidently was never issued. Folded inside is a tissue paper copy of a 1st endorsement to a disposition form (DF) addressed to the general equipment test activity, Fort Lee, Virginia. The 1968 1st Ind requested the organization develop “appropriate test techniques” as mentioned in the basic DF that is not present. The inside of the book cover is shown in figure 14.


Figure 11

1948 Index Page

Figure 13 Figure 14

In figure 15 is the index page for Section I that lists the swatches for dress uniforms. Section II for service uniforms has part of the index on the reverse of the initial page. For the first time the sequence is not determined by the number of the cloth shade. Like the previous books, behind each section index page is a sample of each cloth, and each sample is labeled as shown to the left. Cloth samples include the gold colored rayon lining used to make the Army Green bill caps. The corner of a sample showing a typical label is shown in figure 16 for a ser-vice woman’s uniform.

Section III for combat uniforms

(the index is in figure 17), includes a sample for 1.8 oz nylon used to make ponchos.

The layout of each section and the swatches is different from the smaller, older standard books. On the left of the notebook is a sketch of the appropriate uniform and a list of the uses for the materials. The right side contains cloth samples 11 inches high with the width varying so that all cloth samples in a section are visible when looking at the uniform sketch. Each individual cloth sample has a narrow paper strip, typed with the cloth’s name. The various sections are shown in figures 19 through 25, in the sequence they appear in the book.

The National Museum of the US Army has a similar notebook for the WAC uniforms. Examples of other U.S. Army swatch book are sought.


Figure 15

Figure 16

Figure 17


Figure 19-25

About 30 years ago I had one of my most memora-ble days of my collecting career. I had set up at a military collectors’ show at an Ohio National Guard Armory in Columbus, OH, when I came across a pile of early 20th century Army generals uniforms for sale. I had never even seen such a thing before, outside of a museum or in vintage photos, and there they were, and they were for sale! But when I looked more closely, there were some obvious issues. One coat was missing several buttons and its cuff stars, not to mention the epaulets or knots. Another was covered with gray spray paint! The trousers and the third coat were in great shape, but the coat needed the epaulets or knots too. And the visor cap was missing its oakleaf and acorn band. The coats were named and would be researchable, but I questioned whether I could ever restore them to make them look presentable, and do it economi-cally. The dealer, from Jamestown, N.Y., related that the original owner, Charles Justin Bailey, had been his neighbor and that Bailey was a West Pointer and a World War I division commander. When I inquired about the price, I was amazed to hear that he would take everything I had on my table for sale as an even swap! I certainly had a decision to make. I debated for some time, then

went back and made the deal! (I later calculated that my trade items had cost me less than $200!) When I mentioned the missing shoulder devices, I was told the he seller had them too, but he couldn’t find them right off, but I would have first refusal if they ever turned up. My mind was spinning when I got home, trying to prioritize what I would do next with my new acquisition. I immediately dug out all of my reference material on early 20th century Army dress uniforms to see what all I actually had and to determine what all I was missing. I already knew that the full dress and special evening dress coats were missing either plain shoulder knots or fancy fringed epaulets, and I sure hoped the originals would turn up soon. I needed a buff waist sash for the full dress coat too. I learned too that the pattern of the buttons on the front of the full dress and dress coats were regulation for a brigadier general, as the dress coat’s straps and evening dress sleeves indicated. The missing bullion cuff stars on the full dress coat could be replaced, but the epaulets would be a major challenge if they

didn’t turn up, and the missing band on the cap would be difficult too. Probably the next day I mailed a letter to the U.S.M.A. Library at West Point asking for a copy of General Bailey’s obituary as published in the Academy’s alumni association magazine.

FROM MY COLLECTION:

The 1913 Blue Uniforms of Major General Charles J. Bailey, U. S. Army By Gil Sanow


Bailey’s dress coat, “before” the spray paint was removed. Note the straps have been detached showing the origi-nal color beneath.

Bailey’s por-trait as it was on display at the Fort Jackson Mu-seum in 1991.


Bailey’s dress coat, “after”, with collar brass added.

General Bai-ley’s full dress coat with the original epau-lets and buff sash. The chapeau de bras is not Bailey’s, but is of the period.

Bailey’s spe-cial evening dress coat. The knots are not his, neither is the shirt, bowtie or vest.

Bailey’s dress/full dress trousers.


A close-up of the chapeau.

A close-up of the front of Bailey’s dress cap. If one looks closely, one can see where the restoration was done.

Close-up of the dress trouser stripes. They are unusual because of the unauthor-ized black velvet strip between the double gold lace

A close-up of the recreated epau-lets. (Not too bad for an amateur restorer!)

A close-up of the original epaulets. Note the red backing. They were made in France.

Lassit er’s co at, restored , with the cap and Sam B rown e b elt th at came with it


When it arrived in a few weeks, I was really pleased with what it told me about Bailey. I learned he had graduated from West Point in 1880 as an Artil-lery officer and had served at numerous posts throughout his career, though it appeared he had no campaign credits for either the Indian Wars or Spanish-American War. He had been promoted to brigadier general in 1913, the year two of my coats were dated, and he had commanded the 81st Division as a major general (National Army) with the A.E.F. during World War I. He was reduced back to brigadier general (RA) after the war and was again promoted to major general in 1921, commanding the 7th Division and later the 3rd Corps. He retired in 1922 and passed away in Jamestown, N.Y. in 1946. About the same time I wrote the National Archives for copies of pho-tos of Bailey in uniform. I ordered what they had, but unfortunately none showed him in the uniforms I now owned. Interestingly, included with the uniforms was a photostatic copy of what appears to be a carbon copy of a letter from Bailey to an unknown histo-rian about the adoption of the 81st’s. wildcat patch. The 81st is generally given credit for being the first division to wear shoulder sleeve insignia in WW1, and Bailey explains in the letter that these were actually designed before going overseas! They were not to be worn, but were, much to the consternation of officers at the Port of Embarka-tion (at Hoboken, N.J.). Though initially ordered to remove them, an appeal was sent to General Pershing on arrival in France, according to General Bailey, and Pershing approved them for the 81st and later for the entire A.E.F.! When my good friend (and AAMUC J.A.G.) Dick Buehner later gave me a copy of an article entitled “The Shoulder Patch” by CPT Ken Sawitzke, a fellow member of the 256th General Hospital, USAR, I had even more of the story and an early drawing of the design. [I have only recently been able to trace the article to Infantry, Vol 65, No. 6 (Dec 1975).] The drawing that ac-companied Sawitzke’s article appears below, along with the officially adopted version of the 81st headquarters SSI. I suspect the drawing is of the original stateside version. Obviously, General Bailey and his idea of shoulder sleeve insig-nia are historically important to collectors and historians of U.S. Army insignia, and I treasure his uniforms accordingly. With my initial research done, my next challenge was to see what could be done to make the uniforms displayable. I looked through my drawers for buttons to match those missing on the full dress and found several suitable ones, though the backmarks were dif-ferent. I made photostatic copies of the cuffs of the evening dress coat and used the copies to make a paper mockup of the missing cap band. This was sent to a custom embroiderer in Pakistan I had used previ-ously for restoration items, along with a detailed description of what I wanted, plus an order for the missing cuff stars. I also ordered a silk sash to be made in the regulation buff color and sent pictures of what I wanted. I closely studied the dress coat with its gray spray paint damage. I took the coat to the dry-cleaner used by the Lorain County Historical Society, where I was then volunteer-ing, to see what they could do. They agreed

Drawing of the 81st ‘s insignia from Sawitzke’s article (Infantry, December, 1975).

Bailey on horseback, reviewing his troops in France – note the 81st SSI on his shoul-der. (N.A.R.A photo)

81st Division Headquarters SSI (Author’s collection)



to tackle removing the paint, but guaranteed no success. They did suggest I remove the shoulder straps since they feared damaging them beyond repair. Several days later I picked up the coat and was amazed with their suc-cess. They has used special solvents to remove the paint, cleaning it several times in the process. Only when one looks closely at the fabric in the right light, and at a couple of the buttons, can any trace of the paint be noticed. Figuring I could probably find a set of duplicate straps if I ruined the originals, I decided to tackle removing the paint from them myself. I had access to acetone on the science lab at the school where I taught, so I experi-mented with soaking the straps and working at the caked-on paint very gently with a straight pin, Q-tips and a tooth brush. Amazingly, virtually all of the paint came off in tiny flakes. The only issue seemed to be that the leather to back the bullion work had become extremely dry and brittle from the acetone. I was able to work in some leather treatment in through the bullion, avoiding the black velvet, and thus softened the straps well enough for my purposes. All these years later there has been little degradation. When the coat came back from the cleaner, the straps were tacked back on, and they looked great. I also added the missing large gilt U.S.’s to the collar, per regulation. The worst of the three coats was now good enough to display. When the cuff stars arrived, I tacked them on to the full dress coat. They were not as deep as the origi-nals on the evening dress coat cuff, but they did look good, but perhaps they were a bit too shiny and new to go on an 80-year old garment. Then, several years later, I was investigating the pockets (for gloves) hidden in the tails of the full dress coat when I discovered two “lumps’ – would you believe they were the original missing stars? Apparently they had been removed decades before for cleaning. They were soon back in place. The “buff” sash from Pakistan was a real disappointment, however – it came out in non-regulation cavalry yellow and in velvet too! Yech! Had I known then what I know now, I would have sought out a reproduction Civil War era buff sash and been much happier. The cap band arrived in good order. The gold bullion really sparkled on the black velvet, background and the oak leaves and acorns were perfect. (They have aged nicely in the interim.) I carefully fitted the cap band to the cap, trimming the joint with the original band near the bullion eagle carefully. I joined the band at the back, by hand, and tacked the front in place too. Wow, what a difference! And what about the epaulets? I had periodically contacted the dealer about the missing shoulder devices, but he reported they had still not turned up. He was sure, however, that he had not sold them separately and promised I would have first shot at them when they did appear. After a year though, I got impatient and began plotting how to get a set. I had seen similar examples offered now and again at shows and in catalogues, and I knew they were beyond my financial resources. Yes, plain knots were authorized for wear under certain condi-tions on this coat, and I was using a pair temporarily, but I really wanted a pair of real fringed epaulets. What to do? I knew my friend Bill Henson (then AAMUC QM) had acquired lots of vintage epaulets and parts, both Navy and Army, when he volunteered at a D.C. area costume shop. Working from pictures and descriptions to figure my needs and the construction of the originals, I asked him if he had any spare parts I could use to fashion into a pair of passable epaulets. Generously, he sent me a box of parts to work with. I found the necessary brass hinge hardware that fit the attachment on the coat, the bullion top, the brass cusps and the fringe too, though not really enough fringe to do a full restoration. Also available was the cording for the edging. All showed a bit of tarnish, so the finished project looked like it was really old. The only things missing were another pair of silver bullion stars and the discs with the U.S. coat of arms. These were ordered from Pakistan as before. It took a week of planning and hand sewing before I was finished, but the finished product was certainly passable, especially to someone who had never seen a pair of originals. I was really pleased. Months went by, and lightning struck again! I got a call from the dealer on a Saturday morning. He was at a gun show about 50 miles away and he had opened up one of his storage drums and, lo and behold, there were the missing epaulets, and the sash too! He quoted me a price which was unbelievably reasonable, but I was really short of cash at the time. Still, he told me to bring what I had to trade the next day. I did, and the deal was made. Wow, was I happy! I could have kept the homemade epaulets for the evening dress coat, but I sent them to Bill and instead used the knots that are on it now.



Over the years I have added to the Bailey collection. I have a copy of his graduation photo from U.S.M.A. and a couple of vintage photos of Bailey, one with Pershing just a few feet away, and a picture postcard showing him at Fort Jackson where the 81st trained. Another shows him on horseback, in France, I assume, wearing at black 81st patch. I was also fortunate enough to be able to visit Fort Jackson, SC, (Originally Camp Jackson) where Bailey trained the 81st and discovered that several Bailey items were there in the post museum. His portrait was promi-nently displayed near the entrance when I was there in 1991. His medals are in the collection too, but are not on display, and the curator was kind enough to send photos of them later. This certainly was an adventure, and I can always look back and enjoy the recollections. As the late radio commentator Paul Harvey used to say, “And that’s the rest of the story.” This sure looks like a good subject for a display at ASMIC later this year.

Tinted picture postcard of Bailey and his staff at Camp Jackson (Author’s collection) Bailey, second from left, facing Pershing, sec-

ond from right. (Author’s collection)

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