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"Boots and Saddles" is a bugle call sounded for mounted troops to mount and take their place in line. [1] In the British Army it is used as a parade call. [2] Its name drives from the French phrase boute-selle, "put on saddle". [3] The call has been used by the United States Army during the American Civil War [4] as well as World War II. [5]
Printable version; In other projects ... Boots and Saddles is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from 1957 to 1959. [1] ... Fifth Cavalry
Caligae (sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [ 1 ] A durable association of caligae with the common soldiery is evident in the latter's description as caligati ("booted ones").
Company officers wore an untrimmed single-breasted coat, with shoulder straps to signify rank and branch of service. Cavalry and horse artillery used a short jacket, which was more practical for riding. Field and general officers wore a double-breasted version, with generals wearing dark blue velvet collars and cuffs. [3]
The formal designation of the most commonly worn mess uniform in the British Army is "No. 10 (Temperate) Mess Dress". The form varies according to regiment or corps, but generally a short mess jacket is worn, which either fastens at the neck (being cut away to show the waistcoat, this being traditionally the style worn by cavalry regiments and other mounted corps), [4] or is worn with a white ...
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In 1904 this was replaced by a dark blue tunic of simpler pattern. Cavalry regiments wore a short attila jacket with transverse hussar-style braiding in yellow (red for the cavalry of the Imperial Guard). Breeches were red. The cavalry branch colour was green and in 1905 this colour appeared on both collars and breeches stripes.
The jacket was further decorated with patterns sewn in bullion lace, often in a pattern matching that of the dolman worn beneath it. The front of the jacket was distinctive and typically featured several rows of parallel froggings and loops, and either three or five vertical lines of buttons. For officers of the British Hussars this frogging ...