BADGES OF RANK

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 213, 28 May 1918, Page 4

BADGES OF RANK

TO BE WORN ON SHOULDERS. The Defence authorities have under consideration at present a proposal to abolish the emblems of rank from tho sleeves of officers' tunics, and an order on tho subject is to be issued shortly. Rank will be issued by shoulder badges. The purpose of this chanrre is to prevent the officer lieing made, conspicuous in tho field by the sleeve-markings, which experience has proved can be detected at a considerable distance. The new rule may not 'imply to existing uniforms, since nn immediate change would involve either the n(n>i>rs or Ihe Defence Department considerable expense. The™ bjs. lieen :i suggestion that offtrers of the New Zealand Expeditionary. Force mnv be required to wear tnnics with clos'il ollars, of the naltern worn bv the men. At nre=ont tin's is /optional, but "Tnerienee nt the front has been that the own collar, with which collar n r-i tin aro worn, ; s "lm'ienlHiv" in the military sense. It hplos the German sharpshooter to pick out the officers.