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6 Army Service Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Departments generally—10 inches. For Staff, Cavalry, and Rifle Regiments—9 inches.

The proportionate variation for each inch of difference in height is about ⅛ inch in the skirts of tunics.

The skirts of frock coats reach to the knees.

The following are the regulations for Sashes and Sword Belts: -

All Sashes are now worn around the waist, as per Special Army Order for June 1902.

Sashes are of such length that the ends of the tassels shall just reach the bottom of the skirt of the tunic.

Sword belts, other than pattern known as the "Sam Browne" belt are worn as follows:—

Over the Tunic (or Doublet) by the Personal Staff of the Sovereign and Royal Family, and by officers of all arms except by Field Marshalls, General Officers, Colonels on the staff, Equerries to the Royal Family, Officers of Cavalry of the Line, Mounted Officers of Royal Artillery, and Rifle Regiments.

Over the blue frock coat and under patrol jackets and frocks.

The Web belt is worn by Officers of all branches of the Service who wear the sword belt under the tunic, patrol jacket or frock. Slings are made with studs and holes, so that they can be removed from the belt if required.

It is not our intention to touch on the matter of caps and other accoutrements, as full information on these can be obtained from the War Office Regulation Book, or from those houses who make a speciality of supplying such goods.

The following estimate of prices for a Second Lieutenants garments has been obtained from the Army and Navy Stores, and will supply our reader with some idea of the prices charged by a firm who do this class of trade well, and at the same time cut prices rather fine. The fact that they probably do as large a military trade as any firm in London should make this estimate a valuable one, and will serve as a guide for our readers to work to.

N.B.—All badges and distinctive marks on above coats charged extra.