U. S. Naval officers’ special full dress uniform
GunnerRear Admiral
U. S. Naval officer. Full dress uniform
Rank: Lieutenant, indicated by the stripes on the sleeve; the tops of the epaulets also bear the insignia of rank.
Corps: The Line of the Navy, indicated by the star on the sleeve.
| Occasion. | Uniform. |
|---|---|
12. Serving as member of a summary court-martial. | Navy and Marine Corps.—The uniform of the day with side arms. |
13. Serving as judge advocate of a general court-martial, or court of inquiry, recorder of a summary court-martial, deck court officer, member of a board| other than an examining or retiring board, witness before a court or board, counsel for the accused. | Navy and Marine Corps.—The uniform of the day. |
14. Upon occasions of special ceremony, by officers on duty with enlisted men under arms on shore, when the uniform prescribed for other officers| is special full dress or full dress. | Navy.—Undress with leggings, or white undress with leggings. Marine Corps.—Full dress, or white undress. (No leggings ever to be worn with full dress.) |
15. Visiting foreign officers other than commanding officers. | Navy.—Undress, or white undress, without swords. Marine Corps.—Undress or white undress, without swords. |
16. At informal daytime receptions, to which officers are invited in their official capacity, when frock coats are appropriate. | |
Navy.—Service dress or white service dress when suitable). Marine Corps.—Undress (or white undress when suitable) without swords. | |
18. On duty with enlisted men under arms ashore, except as specified in No. 14. | Navy.—Service dress, blue or white, as prescribed, and leggings, with swords (or revolvers or both). Marine Corps.—Undress, or field dress, with or without leggings, as prescribed; revolvers also if prescribed. |
19. When prescribed by the senior officer present. | Navy.—White service dress with blue trousers. Marine Corps.—White undress with blue undress trousers, without swords. |
20. At the option of and under restrictions imposed by the commanding officer, when the uniform of the day is white service dress; to be worn only by officers on board their own ship or at exercise in boats. | |
21. Ceremonies in the evening to which officers are invited in their official capacity, such as public balls, dinners, and evening receptions. In hot weather, and in other circumstances where appropriate, dinner dress may be prescribed. | Navy.—Evening full dress. Marine Corps.—Special full dress or mess dress. |
22. At informal evening occasions to which officers are invited in their official capacity. In hot weather, or in other circumstances where appropriate, mess dress may be prescribed. | Navy.—Evening dress. Marine Corps.—Mess dress. |
Photo by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C.