. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . red graves ; to men whoawait justice until the sea gives up her dead. Uniforms. In 1775, the Uniform of the navy was in courseof maturing to its present system. There is a prettystory that George the Second, hesitating what schemeof colour to authorise for the dress uniforms ofnaval officers, espied a very smart arrangement in blueand white, worn by an Amazon in Hyde Park. Thelady was a duchess of well-known taste, and a goodWhig. As the King approved
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . red graves ; to men whoawait justice until the sea gives up her dead. Uniforms. In 1775, the Uniform of the navy was in courseof maturing to its present system. There is a prettystory that George the Second, hesitating what schemeof colour to authorise for the dress uniforms ofnaval officers, espied a very smart arrangement in blueand white, worn by an Amazon in Hyde Park. Thelady was a duchess of well-known taste, and a goodWhig. As the King approved both the wearer and thecolour scheme, he directed the Navy Board to adopt thenow universal blue and white for the Kings serviceafloat. Among the best extant examples of the Kingsuniform for the navy is a fine coat and waistcoat nowin the Royal United Service Institution in years elapsed before a uniform became compulsoryfor men afloat. The old English love of colour stilllingered among the people, a feeling sailors manifestedby their scarlet or canary-coloured waistcoats, their^ Masefield, Sea Life in Nelsons Time, p. A g o •- ^1 z o Ji 0, r-
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