NAVAL DRESS
"WHITE COAT" ABOLISHED
(From "Tha Post's" Representative.) LONDON, 25th October. It was announced in Fleet Orders on recently that, with the' Kings approval,"it has been decided to discontinue the use of the white coat from Ist January, 1932. In future the white tunic will be the correct dress with No. 8 "White Full Dress," No. 8a "White Dress," and No. Sb "White Undress," but until the above-mentioned date officers with white coats may wear them on such occasions under No. 8b as, in the discretion of commanders-in-chief, are informal.
The necessary.amendment to the uniform regulations will be published in. duo course. ■ ' : ■
A naval correspondent writes: "The change is a minor one. Tho white coat is a frock coat forming part of the informal uniform worn in tropical climates. It is made of linen, cut to the usual naval fashion and carrying the necessary mark of rank on the cuffs and on blue epaulets. Naval officers only acquire the white coat when proceeding to a. tropical station. It wiu bo replaced by a reefer jacket."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 19
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176NAVAL DRESS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 19
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