They wear a black silk tie round their neck as a mark of mourning for the death of Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar.
They wear three lines of white braid to commemorate Nelson's naval victories, The Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar.
They wear baggy trousers so that they can easily roll them up above their knees when they want to wade.
Soldiers and sailors tattoo their arms with the idea that when they are killed in battle they can be identified the more easily.
The British Army.—The Army is made up of—
The Regulars or Active Army, which includes infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and many other branches of both white and native soldiers.
The Militia at home are to help the Regulars in time of war.
The Militia exist also in most of our Colonies for their own defence.
The Territorial Force is made up of volunteers to protect the British Isles in case of the Active Army being called away for war in other parts.
In the Army, field-marshals and generals (including major-generals and lieutenant-generals) wear cocked hats, with long white cock's feather plumes, and red tunics or black frock-coats. Their swords are curved scimitars, with ivory handles. Colonels wear the uniform of their regiment with crown and star on the shoulder strap, or, in khaki, on the cuff; majors, one crown; captains, three stars; lieutenants, two stars.