IN THE CAVALRY.
- Schoolmaster.
- Regimental Sergeant-Major.
- Quartermaster-Sergeant.
- Sergeant Instructor of Musketry.
- Paymaster-Sergeant.
- Sergeant-Armourer.
- Sergeant-Sadler.
- Farrier-Major.
- Hospital Sergeant.
- Bandmaster.
- Troop Sergeant-Major.
- Trumpet-Major.
- Sergeants.
- Corporals.
In the Royal Artillery there are as follows for each Brigade and Battery, and each rank is distinguished by the following marks on the sleeve:—
| Brigade Sergeant-Major and Brigadier Quartermaster-Sergeant’s sleeve. | Assistant-Instructor in Gunnery. |
| Battery Sergeant-Major’s and Quartermaster-Sergeant’s sleeve. | Trumpet-Major’s sleeve. |
| Farrier-Major’s sleeve. Horse-shoe on stripes. | Collarmaker-Major’s sleeve. Bridle on stripes. |
| Wheeler-Major’s sleeve. | Orderly Room Sergeant, Staff-Clerk, Hospital-Sergeant, Paymaster-Sergeant. |
| Farrier-Sergeant. | Collarmaker-Sergeant. |
| Sergeant-Wheeler. | Battery-Armourer. |
| Sergeant and Staff-Clerk, 2nd and 3rd Class. | Corporal. |
| Bombardier. | Shoeing Smith. |
| Trumpeter. | Good Conduct Badge. |
It will be seen that the badges on the cuffs indicate a higher rank than when placed on the arm above the elbow: thus for Brigade Sergeant-Major and Orderly Room Sergeant the badge is the same; but one is on the cuff, the other above the elbow.
A man whose conduct has been good, and who has not received any punishment for a certain period, is granted a good conduct badge, which entitles him to one penny a day. Some Soldiers have three or four of these on their arm, but to distinguish these men from Sergeants, the peak of the badge points upwards, whereas that of the Sergeants, &c. is downwards.
The distinguishing marks for other branches of the army, although not strictly the same as those given above, are yet sufficiently alike to enable us to decide the rank and occupation of the various non-commissioned officers that we meet.
We now come to the general dress of the various branches of the army, commencing with the
Life Guards, who, when in full dress, wear a scarlet tunic, with polished steel cuirass, steel helmet with a white plume, jack-boots and white leather breeches. The farriers wear blue tunics and a black plume. The Horse Guards have a blue tunic, but in other respects the dress is the same except the plume, which is red.
The seven regiments of Dragoon Guards wear scarlet uniform (with the exception of the 6th Dragoon Guards), brass helmets, with white horsehair plumes.
The 6th Dragoon Guards wear a blue tunic, as also the 17th Lancers. Other Lancer regiments wear blue jackets, and Hussars have blue tunics. The trousers of all the cavalry are blue, except those already named as having leather, and the 11th Hussars, whose overalls are crimson.
In head dresses, the Hussars wear a black low sable head dress like a short bearskin, termed a “busby,” with plume and bag. The 2nd Dragoons wear a bearskin cap with white hackle feather. The Lancers wear a square top black leather skull cap.
When cloaks are worn the 1st Life Guards wear a red cloak with blue cape; 2nd Life Guards scarlet cloak with blue cape; Horse Guards, blue with scarlet collar. The remainder of the cavalry blue cloaks, with collars the same as the facings of their regiment, which are as follows:—